Spike 10

by MasterZero

New Dogs and Old Tricks

"Fluttershy!? Darling, are you okay?!" Rarity screamed, Spike on her back as she banged on the door. The speed the fashionista had arrived at the cottage was startling, to say the least. She had grabbed the young dragon and pulled him away from his adoring fans after the yellow pegasus had screamed.

"Rarity? Spike? Over here! You guys have to see this!" Rainbow Dash shouted from behind the house.

"Rainbow Dash? Did you hear Fluttershy scream too? What hap...What is that?"

A monster of orange fluff was pinning Fluttershy to the ground, licking her face madly. The mare was giggling at the ticklish sensation, before placing her hooves on the eyeless dog's face, petting him. Rainbow Dash was standing on the side, simply shrugging at the sight when Rarity looked at her for answers.

"F-Fluttershy. Darling. An explanation, please?"

"Oh! I'm sorry, Rarity. I'm sorry, Spike." The mare gently pushed the orange pup off of her and smiled at the two. "I found this little puppy in my garden and he just started to lick me."

"...LITTLE?!"

"Darling, do you even know what that thing is?!"

"No, but..."

"Rarity, wait...Do you think this dog thing has something to do with that monster back in town?"

"Monster?" Rainbow repeated.

"What monster?"

"This big, four armed red monster thing in town! It was tearing up the place before-"

"That I stopped!" Spike interrupted, puffing out his chest.

"Whoa! Really? No kidding! Come on, Shy! I wanna see this-WHOA!" Rainbow was suddenly pushed to the ground as the large, orange dog ran off. The eyeless beast was almost out of sight as the pegasus stood up. "Hey! What was that for?!"

"He's headed into town!" Fluttershy gasped.

"Guess that answers that question."

"Come on, girls! We have to make sure he doesn't hurt anyone!"

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"Thank you, Twilight Sparkle. The staff feels much better knowing you're hear to protect them with your magic."

"I'm happy to help, Nurse Redheart. Have you learned anything from your...uh...patient?"

"Not much. We've never seen anything like him before. We even asked the local vet if she has any advice. Nothing. As far as we can tell, he seems to be secreting some sort of poison from his glands. He also seems to be calming down, thankfully."

"That's good, at least..." Twilight examined the red giant, trapped in one of her spells, laying down in a large bubble on the ground. The creature was sleeping, sweating pouring down its body as it rested. "Nurse Redheart, may I try examining him myself later? Maybe I can find something out."

"You're free to try, Twilight. Just-"

"GANG WAY!"

"Huh?" The two ponies turned their heads and saw a large, orange, beast charging at them.

Twilight tackled the nurse out of the way as the monster leapt into the air and landed on the forcefield, shaking it. The beast let out a anguished cry as it attacked the bubble, before turning its head. It saw Twilight's glowing horn and growled at her, slowly moving forward.

"Nurse Redheart."

"Y-yes?"

"RUN!" Twilight jumped back, dodging the slobbering beast's claws, and it chased after her as ponies screamed and scattered about.

The monster leapt at Twilight once more, only to be knocked out of the air by, ironically enough, the sphere holding his master. The dog fell on a nearby cart, breaking and snapping the wood beneath its weight. When it shook the dizziness from its head, the purple unicorn was gone, and his master with it.

Think Twilight. What have you read about this thing?

Absolutely nothing! I've never seen it before!

Keep it together! Just keep it together...What can you theorize?

No visible eyes...Which means its hearing and sense of smell must be-

An orange furred fist punched a hole in the tree, right above Twilight, missing her head by just a few inches. The two hands then forced the tree to split in two, revealing the lavender unicorn. The eyeless dog growled at her, before picking her up by her neck.

"W-wait!"

The beast seemed to understand her, cocking its head to the side as she spoke.

"This is what you want, right?"

Twilight lifted the captured monster with her horn, revealing it from behind her home. The bubble popped, and the body fell to the ground. The dog dropped the mare and ran towards its master, as Twilight panted for air.

The behemoth gently touched the red giant's body, before suddenly turning its head. A couple of earth ponies had yet to find shelter, and as luck would have it, the two were just close enough to be deemed a threat.

"Grr...."

"Hey! Mutt! Get away from them!"

Twilight had used her magic to bring a large metal pot from inside her home, and a large piece of 2x4 she pulled from the destroyed cart. The wood bashed against the metal, making a loud ringing noise. The dog whimpered in pain, holding his ears as the ringing got louder.

"RUN!" Twilight commanded, and the two foals ran off as the monster fell to the ground, rolling in pain.

"Twilight!"

The unicorn turned her head, not stopping the loud banging, as Spike, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash arrived on the scene.

"Twilight, there's this big scary, orange, dog monster coming this way! He's got these big teeth, and he slobbers and he doesn't have any eyes! Can you believe that?! And...he looks just like that...dog...monster....right there. Huh."

"Wow, egghead. You beat that thing all by yourself? That's awesome!"

Twilight felt a touch of embarrassment at the compliment, before looking at Spike with a straight face. "What is that thing?"

"We don't know! It just appeared at Fluttershy's house! We think it has something to do with tall, red, and scary back there."

"That would make sense..." Twilight placed a hoof to her lower lip and nodded. "It tried freeing him from my forcefield earlier. Don't worry though, as long as we can hurt it with loud noise, it shouldn't cause any trou-"

CRUNCH!

"Uh oh."

"Should have seen that coming," Twilight sighed, closing her eyes, before she turned around to find the red giant holding a crushed pot in hand.

"I got thi-WHOA!"

"Hey!"

"Ah!"

"Unhand me, ruffian!"

"Eep!"

With shocking speed, the red alien grabbed Rarity, Spike, Fluttershy, and Rainbow in each of his hands, while Twilight was pinned down by his foot.

"Yoto heeja boja!"

"...What did he say?!" Rainbow replied.

"Wait...You guys didn't understand that?" Spike inquired.

"The Omnitrix has a galactic translator installed in it. You are the only one who can understand me. Listen closely, Trieena is nearby."

"...Pardon?"

"Trieena. The one who made me attack your village."

"Whoa, wait, what? You looked like you were making you attack P-!"

"Keep your voice down. I have no doubt she is somewhere close. I am injured. I will lose if I fight her. So you will fight her."

"And why would I do that?"

"Because I'll crush your friends if you don't, and because she'll kill you and your friends anyways after she gets the Omnitrix. If you help me, I'll help you, Wielder of the Omnitrix."

"Spike. My name is Spike. And even if I did agree, how are you supposed to find her exactly, Fourarms?"

"My name is Oeon. As for finding her, let Wyz deal with that." The four armed titan let out a whistle and his partner jumped up and sniffed the air. It only took a few seconds for the dog to turn and point at a nearby drain pipe. "Trieena. I know you're in there. Come out."

"..."

"..."

A small flying saucer floated out of the pipe, making the purple dragon giggle. "That's Trieena? Oooh! I'm so scared. Maybe after I beat it, I can give it to Pumpkin and Pound Cake! I bet they'd love a new toy."

A blue slime followed the UFO and formed a physical, feminine body. The slime creature's eyes narrowed at the sight of Oeon and spikes covered her body. Her hands turned into large hammers as she took a fighting stance.

"I see my poison's warn off. But do you think you can beat me in your condition?"

"I'm not the one you need to worry about. Wielder, deal with her, and I'll release your friends."

"Fine. Put me down an-WHOA!" Spike was quickly thrown at the problem, forcing him to transform midflight.

"...?"

Oeon looked at his partner and shrugged in response to the 'look.' "Payback for hitting me earlier."

Spike felt an orange, hard substance covering his body like an egg. It then exploded, and a new alien fell before the polymorph. The alien had six, small legs, ending in sharp points, and a pair of arms ending in pincers. The mos noticeable feature of the alien was the enormous head it had

"...Is that...a giant crab?" Twilight slowly said.

"...Seriously?" Rainbow added.

"I do say, that landing was far more abominable than I would have preferred. Quite the abrupt arrival, would you not agree, love?"

"Twilight, why does Spike sound like he's a gentlecolt from Trottingham?"

"I really hate to say this, Rarity, but I have no idea."

"Yes, well then. Prepare yourself, jezebel, for a rip snorting battle of fisticuffs! Yes, jolly good, I do say!" Spike released a smug, stereotypical Canterlot/Trottingham laugh before stopping. "How peculiar. My metamorphosis seems to have granted me a higher intelligence and a more varied vocabulary. As well as a distinct accent. Jolly good! Jolly good, indeed, governor! I believe I shall name this intellectual and bumptious form, Brain-!"

A swift kick sent the wordy crab high into the air, before crashing into Sugarcube Corner.

"Hi, Spike!"

"Good evening, Pinkie. Pardon me, there is a ruffian in town that demands a comeuppance immediately!"

"Okai-dokei-loki! Nice British accent by the way!"

The door to Sugarcube Corner opened to reveal a cake covered crab. He walked forward with his tiny legs, glaring at the alien woman with his green eyes. He placed a claw on his neck/chest, which was covered by a purple and green striped neck brace, before speaking.

"Right then. I have deduced that my habit of sesquipedalian loquaciousness had left me open to an attack. Well, I shall not allow myself to be distracted by my clever wordplay nor my hyper intelligent mind....Before we start though, allow me to look up something....Ah, so that's how you spell: precipices. Twilight! Remind me to turn into this next time you want a letter written!"

"...THIS is the wielder of the Omnitrix? You're a child with a toy!"

"A wise warlord of the planet Khoros once stated that the only difference between a man and a boy is the size of their toys. I do believe my toy is quite large, indeed. Now, behold my my testosterone inspired strength!"

"...What?"

The crab's head suddenly opened up, revealing a gigantic, green brain. The brain crackled with electricity before it unleashed a bolt of lightning, hitting Trieena and sending her flying back down a street.

"Whoa! He can shoot lightning!? That's awesome!" Rainbow laughed.

"Now, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted. I shall name this form, BRAINSTORM! Heheh, yes, jolly good. Twilight, once I am done with this malevolent matriarch, what saw we all go for a round of tea and crumpets, yes?" Spike stopped for a moment and held his head. "Whoa...What am I saying?"

"Arrogant little cerebrocrustacean!" Trieena screamed, rising up. She swung a hammer at the hero, stretching it at him.

"Bollocks!" Brainstorm leapt out of the way of the attack, only to be smacked by the leg of the polymorph, sending him through a nearby house. "Ah...Bugger. Huh? Bugger!" The crab quickly ran off as Trieena gave chase, attacking with spiked feet.

"Hey! Fourarms!" Twilight shouted. "Let us go help him!" The alien looked at her, and she recognized the look in his eyes as one of confusion. "Let us." She emphasized by pointing at her and her friends. "Help. HIM!" She pointed at Spike several times..

"Um...Please?" Fluttshy added.

"..." Oeon let out a whistle and his partner nodded.

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"Ah! Bollocks! Bollocks! Boll-WHOA!" Brainstorm fell on the ground and groaned in pain as he rubbed his ginormous cranium.

"I'm going to enjoy killing you!" Trieena screamed as she stretched up and fired a blast of blue slime out of her arm.

Brainstorm's head opened once more and a yellow, electric dome covered his body, blocking the acid. He dropped the shield and unleashed another lightning bolt, shocking the bounty hunter. Before she could gain her second wind, a tree was flung at her from behind, taking her by surprise and knocking her down to the ground.

"Huh? Ah! Thank you. Quite the helpful vulpinmancer, aren't you?" Brainstorm scratched the head of Wyz, as he stood by his side. The dog woofed and panted in response, before the two looked at Trieena melting the tree with acid. "Right then. Time to get serious. How do we beat her? Can't risk a physical fight with her able to turn acidic...Wait...Quickly, come with me!"

The two ran off, with Brainstorm suddenly being picked up and soon riding the wild vulpinmancer. Trieena was hot on their trail, stretching her legs to take giant steps after the two. The two raced through town, dodging torrents of acid that burned the grassy ground around them.

"Run, run, run! I can keep this up all day!" Trieena suddenly realized something. The fight had gone in a complete circle, with the three back to where the fight began. She looked at the cerebrocrustacean, confused, just like Oeon and the mares. "What exactly is your plan, you overgrown space lobster? All you've done is made it easier for me to destroy your friends once I'm done with you!"

"And that, you arrogant polymorphic moron, is where you are wrong. For I have something in my possession that you do not."

"And what is that?"

"An electromagnet." Brainstorm's head opened up once more and fired an electric blast, but not at Trieena. He hit the crushed metal pot Twilight had used earlier and it crackled with electricity. The piece of metal was then picked up by the alien and directed it at the polymorph.

"What are-?" The UFO over her head suddenly flew away from her and became stuck to the piece of metal. That started a chain reaction, and Trieena fell to the ground, reduced to a puddle of blue slime. "I-I can't move!"

"Of course not. Without your personal gravity distributor, you are affected by Equestria's gravity, and, as we all know, Equestria's gravity is stronger than Viscosia's!"

The watch beeped and with a flash of red, the giant crab was turned back into Spike. The dragon rubbed his head for a moment, before looking at the puddle, then his friends. "I sounded like somepony from Trottingham for a while there."

"Spike!" Twilight's horn glowed and suddenly she and the others were teleported away from Oeon, and around the purple dragon and embraced him. "You're okay!"

The celebration was cut short as Oeon spoke. "Wielder. You defeated my enemy, and for that, I thank you. In return, I will not attempt to take the Omnitrix from you."

"Omnitrix...So that's what this thing is called?" Spike asked.

"How can you understand him? It sounds like a gibberish to me," Rainbow commented.

"If I may..."

Oeon got down on one knee and Spike slowly nodded. He held out his arm and the red alien twisted the symbol, pressing certain buttons every now and again, before pushing the dial down.

"There, that should have activated the Master Translator pro-"

"I understood him!" Twilight gasped.

"As did I," Rarity added.

"Wow...Hey, do you know how to do anything else with this thing?" Spike inquired.

"Only very few programs. Unless you want me to make it self destruct and wipe out the universe, then I suggest you forget about me trying anything else."

"How do you know so much about this thing?" Twilight questioned.

"Allow your town doctors to help my friend and I, and I will tell you all I know about the Omnitrix..."

Comments

[MLP BRONY 27]

YAY! ITS BACK!

[Jack D. Knights]

[bronyboy30]

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[demanji]

back also is he going to meet asmith?

[p0nypanda]

Yay, its back! Also, I totally heard Brainstorm's voice in my head.

[nightelf37]

About time.

[VunderGuy]

"Hey! Fourarms!" Twilight shouted. "Let us go help him!"

"Hey Twilight!" VunderGuy shouted. "Let us go find less stilted dialogue that uses contractions for characters that normally use contractions so that it doesn't seem nearly as forced!"

[really pathetic]

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[firestorm blade]

hey i just realized! when spike is brainstorm he can actually keep up with twilights vocabulary!

[SonicStreak5344]

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Me too!