You ever say or do something that you can't explain?
Maybe it wasn't you that said it - You that did it.
Maybe it was someone else - their thoughts bleeding through into your brain.
Deep inside a lab were two earth stallions, they looked at a massive room filled with many creatures, most were ponies from all ages, dragons, anthro animals, etc.
They were each inside their own pod that fits their size, all of them seem to be connected to one huge machine in the center.
"Hey! How's the current one going?" One asked.
"Really good, I was just about done testing. Now... into the pod you go!" The other responded pressing some buttons, a pod in front of him closed and joined the others.
"What's his name?"
"Apparently his name was Spike or something, purple dragon as you can see, just a few more and the Corvus project can commence"
BANG!
"Aaaaah!" A front left hoof was sent flying away from it's owner by a bullet of a ridiculous caliber. The severed hoof sprayed blood on one of the hundreds of pods.
"Locker!" Screamed the other stallion as he saw his colleague slowly bleed out from it's wound. He feels a gun being placed behind his neck. Feeling the residual heat of it's recently dispensed bullet
"How do i free them" Said a feminine voice with conviction and a small sliver of fear in it's tone
"You can't" Laughed the stallion not caring if his life is taken.
"He definitely is" She said to herself.
She leaned on a wall as Inklord and Skyline passed in front of her carrying the wounded Jack. Her purple eyes fix on Jack's red eyes as his unconsciousness goes away for a few seconds to also look at her eyes. It's almost as if they communicate by just... staring at each other, the message seemed to be clear for the both of them.
The connection was made
Jack slipped once again into unconsciousness as soon as his eyes broke contact with her's
She looks up and closes her eyes, this rain feels... the same as all the other places she's been, it may have taken longer than she expected to find him but everytime she does.
"It's a treat" She laughed as she finished that sentence.
This would not be the first nor the last time. Not since Z-
Monday - 7:56 PM
Jack was laid down on a bed in the hospital unconscious.
"Will he be alright?" Asked Sky to Inklord.
"He'll make a full recovery, can't say the same for his armor" Said the brown pegasus while looking at the pile of scrap metal that was his armor previously. "What the hell must've happened?"
"Maybe he got attacked again?" Sky thinks. "He probably got overwhelmed" He inspects it and finds the Alicorn Amulet, he puts it in his pocket.
"But you saw his eyes, the way he spoke, the way he moved around and brutally murdered their leader. He looked possessed" Inklord said while walking to the exit. "Something stronger than him must've gotten to him and... did that"
As the pegasi walk outside a duo of earth pony stallions with white lab coats and glasses enter Jack's room and take a look at him.
"Yup, he's one of those alright" Said one of them.
"Let's take him in and evaluate" Said the other.
The scientists pass by a small pony puppet that laid down in one of the chairs.
Rarity's Diamonds HQ
Monday - 9:35 PM
"That's one we can scratch off the list..." Said Kick as he swiped Les Miserals to the left.
"We may not have Jack for the next one but us two is enough for now" Inky said while looking at the map.
"Yeah... I wish Jack was here too.." Said Kick looking down.
"Huh?"
"Oh, sorry, was thinking out loud" Answered Kick.
"I'll review the intel you have on the remaining groups, I'll decide our next course of action tomorrow. You two can leave me alone if you want" Inky settled down and tapped the map for each group and began to read walls of text. Kick and Sky leave the room.
"So what was the weapon you recovered?" Asked Kick.
Sky pulls out the strange looking prototype. "I recognized the shaped as it looks similar to a new version of the current AA Railgun" He makes sure it's shut off. "Someone managed to make a small rifle like gun.. that shoots literal lightning bolts" He switches it on and sparkles start to fizzle and crack on the gun's exposed barrel. "Of course, it's unfinished" They reach a firing range and Sky takes aim.
FZZZZZZ ZOOOOOM!
The single bolt completely annihilates the target dummy. "That doesn't mean it can't be effective" He switches it off and looks at a small logo on the grip.
CD
"I wonder who's this manufacturer"
"Are you sure?"
"Yup! The source of everyone's problems is deep within that building"
"What about those three soldiers?"
"One of those dummies is on the hospital. The other 2 are helpless without him"
"My people won't like this revelation..."
"That's the point"
Chapter 3: The Axioms that shape us
Tuesday - 10:35 AM
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Jack was inside a tube. He hears some voices from outside but can't make out what they're saying. He opens his eyes and finds himself surrounded in some strange liquid, he had a mask that allowed him to breathe, his eyes start to ache so he closes them, in this short period he was able to see two figures in front of him, both stallions, he couldn't make out what kind they were. After a few minutes the two stallions leave, their hoofsteps getting quiet fast thanks to the liquid clogging his ears. It was his time to make a move and attempt to escape.
Fzzz...
Damn, his horn was suppressed.
CLICK!
The sound of a button being pressed near him is heard. The tube starts to shake and the water starts to drain. The glass opens like a door, Jack falls outside along with some of the liquid.
"Ew! Ew! Ew! Icky! Yuck..." Said a voice he didn't recognize. Jack's eyes meet... 3 white toes?
"What... the.." He looks up and meets face to face with a... dog? But he was... anthropomorphic? He wore a pair of blue pants with a small piece of paper sticking out... he's going to assume his chest is bare as he can only see white fur and a black lightning bolt on the left corner near his neck, his fur was white with blue on the sides, his head was also mostly white with blue fur on the top and his ears... "The fuck?" Jack says.
"Hello hello! The name's Shinzo" He vows. "Shinzo Oshiro" He helps Jack stand up. "Interdimensional police" ...Wait what? "Are you Jack?"
"Uh..." He notices Shinzo's long black cape. Is this guy serious? "Y...es?" He receives a swift kick that knocks him down. Jack lands next to a shard of glass that reflects his face, he notices the suppression ring on his horn.
"Yep, had to make sure" Shinzo pulls out a small hilt that turns into a lightsaber. "Been told that someone called Jack was about to stir some trouble" He attempts to stab Jack but he puts his front left hoof prosthetic on the way, the blade goes through but Jack doesn't get hurt. "What?!"
Jack bucks Shinzo away which makes him leave his saber stuck on Jack's prosthetic, Jack has a new weapon! He pulls it out and holds it with his real front right hoof. Shinzo's small piece of paper gently lands near Jack and he picks it up.
Your assignment in Dimension 137
There has been reports of an unknown Level 10* on the loose. Find it and destroy it.
Subject has been looking for an insignificant Level 3* it nicknames "Jack". While his purpose is unknown you must destroy him as well as a preemptive measure.
*Level 10: Incredibly dangerous world-ending entity. Already destroyed 3 or more dimensions.
*Level 3: Above-average resident.
~ Keepers of the multiverse
Shinzo stands up. "Yeah, Level 3 alright" He pulls out a small ray gun. PEW! Jack ducks and the beam goes through the wall behind him, the hole revealing they were someplace really high in the city.
Alert! Breach in Floor 13 of Science Division, Unicorn Ward
"Science division?" Jack thought to himself before focusing on Shinzo with his stolen saber.
"Uh oh, time to get a move on" Shinzo holsters his ray gun and runs towards Jack. He makes his saber shut off remotely, picks up Jack and jumps off the building through the hole.
"Wooooooaaaaaahhhhh!" Jack screamed as Shinzo lets go off him. Shinzo shot a grappling hook.
"Welcome to my humble paint shop stran- You?!"
"Sup!"
"What do you want?! You didn't come here for paint"
"You're an expert in stealth right? Go to the hospital and you'll see a pleasant surprise, it will sure give you the motivation to do something~"
"..."
Rarity's Diamonds HQ
Tuesday - 7:35 AM
Skyline woke up hanging upside-down in his bedroom, you know, the usual for bats.
After having breakfast he went to Inklord's room and knocked. "Hey Inky! You there?" The door slowly opened on it's own to reveal Inklord wasn't inside. "Ugh... don't tell me..."
Sure enough, going back to the command center, there he was. Inklord was sleeping with lots of envelops, papers, and multiple news reports about 'Missing ponies and disapearence of many Death Row criminals' Sky shook him a little bit to wake him up.
"N-no mom... Jack is just... my friend..." Inklord said in his sleep. "Huh...?" He opens his eyes. "Sky?"
"Wakey wakey you lazy pegasus" Sky looks at all the paper sheets strewn around the room. "Did you manage to reach a conclusion despite... all this"
"Oh... OH, yes, yes I did" Inklord starts cleaning up his mess. "The 54i" He said. "They hold a very important foothold in the city, and it's the second strongest group, you could say all the smaller ones try to replicate their gold standard, the 'Inmortal' standard. Although the 54i only care about themselves and their beliefs"
"Taking them down could cause a power surge within the criminal groups" Skyline says. "Hell, maybe they'll even start fighting each other"
Inklord nods. "Once we get Jack back we'll take down those idiots and their little battle royale"
"Great as always Inklord!" Skyline said. "Let's g-"
BOOOM!
The room shook.
BOOOOOOOOM!
The room shook once again.
"What the fuck?!"
The map lit up with two reds spots near the HQ. General Kick knocked down the doors. "Bitch, we got a bank heist AND a research facility being raided by 54i!"
"Are both incidents orchestrated by them?" Inklord asked.
"We're not sure, we were only able to identify 54i operatives on the office building fire" Kick answered. "But both events must have a connection"
"Inky, I'll handle the bank heist, save some of those 54 fuckers" Skyline took a helmet and ran out.
Inklord looked at the map and then looked at Kick. "Mobilize"
Tom Rook Bank
Tuesday - 8:55 AM
Skyline looked upon one of the biggest guard lockdowns he's ever seen, trucks, cars, lot's of guns. There was absolutely no way whoever is pulling off this heist to come out of there alive.
He saw as a group of heavily armored pegassi entered the bank. They waited.. no gunfire is heard at all...
"Something's wrong... This is the second team we've sent" Said the captain of the lockdown.
"I'm going in, you guys are fucking useless" Skyline exclaimed as he pulled out the prototype lightning gun and flapped his bat wings.
The interior of the bank was completely dark, only light sources were his suit and a flashlight. The interior was... not welcoming at all, in fact, the whole place was painted red!
"I think i shouldn't be here..." Sky whispered.
"Good idea"
"Huh?!" He shines his flashlight in the direction of the voice. All the light shows is the rooting corpses of the last team that went inside. All mutilated, burned, organs splattered everywhere, behind it all sat a small pony shaped plushie that Sky figured it probably belonged to a foal here.
CLINK!
"What the fuck"
Coalescence Research Center
Tuesday - 9:01 AM
Inklord was dropped in the middle of the battle. Complete contrast from the silent anxiety of the bank lockdown. He stares into a similar war zone like yesterday, bullets flying everywhere, the occasional laser, death making the air toxic. In the center of it all stood his objective, the "Coescence" facility, the creators of most technological advances of today. What could've caused them to raid such an important place so recklessly?
Welcome back to Nightmare OS ver. 1.15 Inklord Featherwing!
Putting on his helmet he began a scan of the interiors. As expected there's a lot of hostiles in and out of the main building. He spots an opening he could use on a nearby alleyway. He looked at the main entrance, he watched as a duo of guards attempt to push inside but are brutally shot in the face by a 54i squad. He just hopes the same won't happen to him on his attempt.
He activates a cloaking device on his suit, rendering him completely invisible, he must keep flying to a minimun as they'll be able to see his flight trail. He manages to sneak to the alleyway and avoided any puddles, luckily it wasn't raining. He finds a fire exit and enters, his face imediately flashed with a blinding light.
"AAAHHH!" Screamed a voice he didn't recognize.
"WHAT THE FUCK" Inklord stumbles and crashes face first into a wall, his cloaking deactivates.
"Oh thank fucking Luna, you're one of them!" Said the voice turning off it's flashlight.
"Huh... wha..." Inklord's vision was blurred.
"My squad used the same entrance, we were ambushed but we took out all of them... only I remain though..." Said the voice who approached Inklord and helped him.
Inklord's vision finally focused on his unknown ally. He seemed familiar.
"What the fuck"
Tom Rook Bank
9:10 AM
Sky's eyes couldn't believe what he was witnessing. A small brown foal with black hair and tail was somehow carrying 10 money bags. The foal looked at Sky.
"AAAAAAAAAAA" The foal screamed. POP! It blew up into a pile of cookies, the bags all toppled down.
"What in the ever loving fu..." Sky turns around and notices the plush toy is gone. He looks back and- "FUCKING HELL" Now theres 10 brown foals carrying the bags inside a brown tank with a cookie sticker that popped into existence.
"WOOF! Bad guy spotted Pup!" Said one foal.
"WOOF! Copy that Pup, Pup commence Pupperation Payday!" Said another that popped it's head out from the tank with a military helmet. The tank roared to life while the other 'Pups' threw their money bags inside the tank and promptly blew up into piles of cookies. The tank took aim at Sky.
"I would like an explanation" Muttered Sky.
Coalescence Research Center
9:10 AM
"Jack?!" Said Inklord.
"Huh? Who? The name's Sandman" He was a blue unicorn with blue eyes who had the exact same mane and tail color and looks of Jack, his mane style was identical too! "Sandman Blueplay" His armor was lit up in similar red neon like Jack's
"Oh-... Sorry... though you were... uh... a friend. Name's Inklord Featherwing" Answered Inklord embarrased.
"It's okay, now Mr. Inklord, I've heard you're a higher rank than me, That means i must follow you" Said Sandman, getting his rifle ready.
"O-ok.. Ja- I mean Sandman" Stuttered Inklord. He drew out his pistol and activated his helmet scanner, his objective was to reach the 54i leader, he'll have to interrogate one of their members to know it's location.
Top of the Barrel
10:35 AM
She gently placed the glass that was once full of cider down. Something unheard of from someone like her. She looked up at a clock. "Almost time..."
"Almost time for what, miss?" Said Tuna with curiosity as she passed by her to clean a table.
"Date with destiny" She looks down at her fluffy black furry arms.
"Well, good luck!" She cheered as she carried an empty bottle to the kitchen.
She looked at the small mare and laughed. She turned to the left to look at a TV hanging from the ceiling, on it was the live broadcast of the bank heist and the 54i raid of the research facility. She made her move in this game of chess, now all she needs is for them to fall right into her setup.
"Man, lots of shit happening lately" Said Step from a table away from her.
"It certainly is weird, I wonder if it's all connected" Said a blue stallion.
"Werd shut up, you don't know shit" Step screamed annoyed. Werd looked down.
She got off her chair and began walking towards the entrance, she didn't blow it away like previous times. "You're not ready for what's coming"
"Yeah yeah yeah, you always say that, but WHEN is it coming?" Said Werd.
She looks up to the highest building in the city, very... very far away... her eyes catch a small red dot falling.
"Today"
Coalescence Research Center
9:40 AM
"Alright fucker, spit it out" Inklord questioned their hostage. With the help of Sandman's unicorn magic they managed to tie him down on a chair, they quickly hid in one of the private offices.
"I ain't telling you shit!" Spits out their hostage. He was a green dragon with yellow scales, he was wearing a black hoodie and grey pants plastered with exactly 54 glowing neon gold dragons.
"We'll play the good cop and bad cop, except this time" Inklord drew his knife, he signals Sandman to watch their surroundings so no 54i members ambush them. "I'll play both roles" He rubbed the knife on the dragon's left knee. "But you can shorten this interrogation if you reeeally want"
The dragon looked at the pegasus and then the knife. He was a dragon.
So he prepared to breathe fire at them.
SHANK!
"AAAA- MMMMMM!" Inklord quickly covered the dragon's mouth. He had slashed a bit of the dragon's left leg. He didn't want to go that far... yet.
"Shhh... shhhh... keep doing that and this will end sooner than expected" Inklord wispered to it's ear.
The dragon settled down and Inklord removed his hooves from the dragon's mouth. The dragon gulps. "T-the 54i have c-c-c-close connect-i-ions to most of the rebel network"
Inklord raises an eyebrown. "Is that so? But that's for the future, let's focus on the now" Inklord rubbed the knife on the dragon's chest. "Where is your dear leader?"
The dragon shook. "The 54i will never yie- AH AH AH AH MMM MMM MMM MMM!" Inklord repeatedly stabbed the dragon's chest, being careful to not damage anything important.
"Definitely yielding for me" Jokes Sandman.
Inklord lets go off the dragon's mouth again. "Alright... alright... fine... She is in the top.. floor..." The dragon looks down to look at it's wounds, he starts to blackout from trauma. Inklord steps on the dragon's feet, carefully moving his hoof through it's bare green claws trying to get a reaction to keep him conscious.
"He's gone for now" Inklord puts a black bag on it's face and moves his chair to a dark corner. "After we're done here I'll tell them to pick him up for further interrogation" He flies to Sandman.
"I heard him say top floor, that's where the most important project is being held" Sandman states.
"Then that's where we're going" Inklord points forward. "On me"
Tom Rook Bank
9:12 AM
Sky ducked under the blast, it took down the wall behind him, the tank then began to move towards him but he quickly rolls away.
"Retreeeeeat!" Screamed Pup as his tank blasted it's way through the blockade. Sky runs outside to catch up but the tank is pretty fast somehow. He looks at a not-damaged hoverbike and hops on. He starts it up and zooms through thr street faster than normal flight. The hoverbike's neon blue lights left a pretty flight path.
Sky manages to reach the tank and questions how it goes so fast.
Inside the tank there's a Pup running in a conveyor belt which seems to be the engine. "Commander Pup! Enemies approaching!" The Pup with the military helmet takes out his binoculars and spots Sky. "Kill him!" Three rows of plasma rifles pop out of one hole and aim at Sky.
"Oh Sh-" Sky barely manages to dodge the storm of bullets that began to be fired. The plasma rifles combined fire completely destroy 3 buildings they passed by. "Fuuuuuck!" His hoverbike was about to tip over for being so close to the floor, he jumps and manages to hold onto the tank. The hoverbike rolls out of control and blows up in the distance. Sky feels something hug his back, he turns to find the same plushie from before but now it was holding a knife.
The plush hissed and swing the knife close to Sky, he kicks it inside the tank and climbs to the top to get in himself. He swings open the hatch to find himself staring down the barrel of a shotgun. He quickly dodges the blast and grabs the gun. "Gotcha!- WOAAAH!" The Pup swings around the gun with Sky effortlessly. Sky jumps inside to find the whole tank is controlled by a bunch of Pups. They all scream in unision at their intruder.
The tank fires a shot at a bridge they were approaching and in the panic the Pup that was driving lets go causing the tank to crash into a nearby building and spinning out of control. The tank manages to stop on it's side just before the hole in the bridge. Sky climbs outside slightly hurt thanks to his armor.
"What... the fuck... this is the strangest heist... I..." He lies down and notices it started to rain. He looks to the side to see both the plushie and 'Pup' standing with weapons ready to keep fighting. Sky stands up. "Alright you freaks" He takes out the prototype weapon and turns it on. "Thrill me"
Coalescence Research Center
10:26 AM
"Alright, we should be close" Whispered Inklord after swiftly cutting a stallion's neck and gently placing him down. Sandman scouts ahead.
"Two more up ahead, they're guarding a door" Said Sandman as he came back.
Inklord pings the two and scans the door they guard, it leads to a massive room. "Bingo" He hides behind a desk and so does Sandman. He looks at the guards, one is a unicorn and the other is an gryphon, both are wearing the same golden dragon clothing their dragon hostage has.
"They're perfectly aligned, can you fly super fast and slice their necks?" Suggests Sandman.
"That... could work..." While Sky is better at flying out of the two, he could pull off something simple like this. He sneaked to one side and held his knife steady on his left hoof. The guards talk to each other.
"So, what the hell are we guarding?" Said the unicorn.
"I dunno, boss didn't say, taking her sweet time inside tho" Answered the gryphon.
"She looked pretty concerned when she gave us the order to raid this place, think she's hiding something from- GUUUH" Their necks were cut. Sandman slides in to quickly catch the unicorn before his fall makes noise, Inklord catches the gryphon.
Inklord and Sandman look at the door. "I think we should disguise ourselves..." Says Inklord looking at the 54i corpses. He takes off his helmet and pulls out the scanner gadget.
"Huh? Why?" Asked Sandman.
"She'll probably notice us from miles away, I read that she has a special gun capable of piercing any type of surface so..."
"We're as good as dead... let's hope this works"
The sign above the door said: SP/CORVUS
10:33 AM
The doors slide open, the duo enter the massive lab with their 54i hoodies and pants, Sandman admires the scenery with curiosity while Inklord tries not to lose focus on the objective, his scanner is pinging all the bodies inside the pods, he can't figure who's actually standing. His scanner is supposed to only ping the living.
All these creatures are alive.
"Damnit! What are all these guys doing here anyway?!" Inklord gets in front of one and does a deeper scan. "Angel Grace, Unicorn, Age 19, ...Death Row... 'Not enough sparkles on her dress'" He moves on to another one. "Cristal, A-alicorn?!, Age 26, Death Row, 'No alicorns allowed'" He moves to one more. "Patchwork, Abyssinian, Age 22, Death Row, 'Walking barefoot'"
"So.. these are all criminals? Sandman says.
"Death row" Now that that was cleared up Inklord hides his scanner in his pocket.
"Keep trying bitch, you'll never figure it out" A male voice is heard in one corner of the room. They follow it until they spot a orange earth stallion tied down alongside... an anthro figure with the same 54i clothing, all that could be seen were it's blue claws and blue feet. It's hood was up, covering the back of it's face. It's right arm was a prosthetic, it had a beautiful golden dragon engraved across it.
The 'leader' pulled a very stylish revolver, it had the same golden dragon engraving on both sides, 'The Annihilator' as it was called, it fires a custom made caliber just for the gun and as Inklord explained it is capable of destroying any type or armor.
The leader aims at it's hostages head. "Just fucking tell me... please..." The leader said in a feminine tone almost... crying in fact.
"Pussy, you keep putting that gun on my face, but you know how 'valuable' I am!" Scoffed the green stallion. The duo notice the pony corpse with a missing hoof near him. "Here's the kicker miss! Those pods are locked FOREVER!"
The 54i leader was fucking livid, she shook like an enraged child. Her hood falls off to reveal she is a blue female dragon. She begins punching the pod in front of her. "Spike... SPIKE! Ember is here... Answer me... It's me... Ember..." She doesn't want to shoot the pod or machinery in fear of all of it breaking down.
"Uh... boss?" Said Sandman pretending to be a member. Inklord shook in fear, he hopes this works.
"H-...huh?" Ember turned. "Why are you two not... forget it.." She was crying. "You have probably noticed why i brought you all here... Everyone is here... all of the missing citizens... our families...our friends... our people..."
"Not like their lives mattered in the slightest!" Said the green stallion, Inklord and Sandman try to hold their laughs.
"SHUP UP!" Ember pulled out her gun at the green stallion with all the fear gone from her eyes.
CRASH!
Skies of Manehattan
10:40 AM
"Wooooooaaahhh!" Screams Jack as he falls down, the city grows larger as he falls. He looks behind him to see Shinzo used a grappling hook on the building they were on to break his fall. "Okay Jack, focus, you can break the suppresion ring... focus your magic..." The lower part of his horn begins to glow it's usual red. "Not like... your life depends on it or anything..." His magic manages to surround the ring and begins to pull it apart. He opens his eyes to see the streets below getting closer. "Come on... come on!"
CRACK!
The ring breaks apart! His horn is now fully usable! He teleports just in time, warping directly to Shinzo and giving him a mean sucker buck.
"OOOF- Almost a level 4..." Shinzo holds the grappling hook with his left hand and swings his lightsaber around but Jack keeps teleporting away from his attacks, he ends up accidentally cutting his own grappling hook and begins falling. "Shiiiiiiiit!" He pulls out a small gadget and presses a button. "Ha!" His falling direction shifts towards the building and he gracefully slides on the glass, the gadget had shifted his gravity and now could walk on the building.
"Of course!" Jack shot magic lasers but Shinzo was dodging them all, he jumps towards Jack with his sBer but Jack blocks it with a magic shield. Jack then creates a small magic explosion behind him to propel himself and Shinzo away from the glass. Holding on tight he holds Shinzo's limbs with magic with his back towards the wall as the changed gravitation pulls them towards the window.
CRASH!
The window breaks on Shinzo's back, destroying his cape and other clothing, they continue 'falling' through the floor, passing by many confused ponies as desks, chairs, etc. crashed against Shinzo. Finally, the glass window on the opposite side damages Shinzo's gadget and his gravity goes back to normal. They both fall down. Jack kicks Shinzo down one more time to speed his fall while Jack uses magic to safely land. Shinzo however shoots a reserve grappling hook that ends up stabbing his prosthethic, pulling him down as he teleported, warping them both.
Coalescence Research Center
10:55 AM
Shinzo crashed through the roof first and landed with a roll, startling everyone else, he pulls his hook and Jack comes through the same hole, Shinzo greets him with a mean punch to his face that detaches Jack's prosthetic and sends him flying towards everyone else. He lands beside Inklord.
"What the fuck?! Jack?!" Inklord said surprised.
"Uh oh, witnesses" Shinzo said as he pulled out his ray gun which prompted Ember to aim her Annihilator to Shinzo instead. "Cute, but that gun won't work on-"
BANG!
Ember fired.
Shinzo somehow grabs the bullet and with this momentum he spins around and throws it back at them. Everyone jumps down to dodge it and the bullet goes through Spike's stomach. He snapped out of his forced unconsciousness and gave his final breath as he died. Ember stands up to see Spike's stomach torn apart by her own gun.
"No... Spi-.." She wipes a tear off her face. "Spike..."
Jack teleports behind him and headbutts him. Shinzo counterattacks with his shoulder and pins Jack down. "Cheers mate!" He points his ray gun directly to Jack's face.
Jack was about to cast a spell when another figure rushes in and tackles Shinzo away. "Huh?!" Everyone else is surprised by the arrival of another figure in a hoodie who began punching Shinzo relentlessly.
"You. Don't. Fuck. With. My. Jack!" Said the new arrival, clearly female from the voice alone, a small fluffy tail and black furred feet are all that can be seen as she covers herself in a hoodie. Inklord rushes to Jack and picks him up.
"Jack! What are you doing here?! I left you at the hospital!" Inklord asks as he flies towards Sandman with Jack.
"Beats me, I don't remember anything since last night... did we get Les Miserals? What's going on?" Jack asks with a lot of confusion.
"Quick recap, yes, we did get Les Miserals and now we're fighting the 54i, you and that mutt dropped in as we tried to get their leader and we're as confused as you are" Inklord recaps.
"I... woke up somewhere else... inside a tube and then I met that guy who then tried to kill me after learning my name..." Jack looks at Ember who was still mourning over Spike. "What's with her? And all these other creatures?"
"Seems they were performing experiments on death row criminals, she seems to be very attached to that one dragon, but we should focus on her later" Sandman says. "The name's Sandman" He boops. "Nice to meet a fellow unicorn guard!"
"Ok..." Jack looks at the hoodie girl who still had Shinzo on the receiving end of a million punches.
"Fuckin- Get this bitch off me!" Screamed Shinzo who couldn't sustain their mysterious ally.
"Jack is MINE! MINEE!" The hoodie girl said.
Ember stood up, she seemed to finally be at peace. She unholstered her gun and made a long twirl on her prosthetic as she slowly began rising her metal arm until it was high enough. She whispers. "The only one getting out of this room alive is me" Sandman rushes to her and grabs her arm in an attempt to throw her aim off.
BANG!
The shot was fired directly at hoodie girl who skillfully jumped over it, reaching the ceiling and bouncing back towards her with a kick to her face. Ember drops the Annihilator and it slides harmlessly on the ground. Sandman keeps Ember on the ground with his magic.
Shinzo gets up and shoots a taser at the hoodie girl.
"WaaaAAaAAooooAAAAH!" She is tased and falls to her knees. "What.. the... fuck?! You can harm me?!"
"Oh shit, Level 10 over here" He pulls out one final gadget. A small blue cube. "This should do the trick.." He presses a button on the top and it starts sucking air in, he aims it at hoodie girl and it starts sucking her in. She holds on to one of the pods.
"Waaaaaahhhh!" Her hood falls off to reveal she is in fact Axiom. "Holy shit! Jack! Be useful for once and save your best friend over here!"
Jack just looked at her and felt an strange motivation to actually help, he lets go of Inklord's grasp and teleports in front of Shinzo, kicking the cube away which drops Axiom to the floor weakened.
"Alright fuck this-" Shinzo sucker punches Jack to the floor he lands beside his prosthetic. "I've had enough of everyone's bullshit" He shoots out a force field and traps everyone else but Jack and Axiom.
Axiom struggles to get up. This guy really means business. She looks over to her left to find Ember's Annihilator laying on the ground, she crawls to it.
"This should be enough" Shinzo begins tapping some buttons on the cube. He looks at Jack trying to put his prosthetic back on. "Both of you are getting one way tickets to-"
"Jack!"
Jack looks to his left to see Axiom push the Annihilator towards him, he catches it with his real hoof and forcefully shoves it inside his prosthetic.
BANG
Jack fired. The recoil of the Annihilator destroys his prosthetic. The bullet travels at high speeds and-
BOOM!
Shinzo's head blows up in a horriying manner, bits of his former head and blood fly everywhere, splattering the surrounding area. Shinzo's body falls to it's knees and drops dead. His blood making a large pool on the ground and drenching his blue and white fur in it. His jugular could be seen.
The force field goes away and everyone drops safely. Inklord rushes to Jack once again.
"Jack! Holy shit! You okay?" Inklord holds him up again.
"Y-yeah..." He looks at Shinoz's headless body. "Inky..." He looks around. "Wheres Sky?"
"Oh... he went to a bank heist that was happening at the same time" Inklord responds. "I hope he's okay.."
They both look over to Sandman putting cuffs on Ember and freeing the scientist hostage.
"Thanks... That was the strangest moment of my life.." Said the scientist. "My name is Quantum Leap" He puts on glasses. "If you want you could let me deal with the leader of the 54i" He said with an evil smile while looking at Ember and gave her a swift kick in her face, the magical cuffs Sandman placed on Ember only allowed her head to move.
"No, you have like a hundred others to play with, we're taking her to custody" Said Inklord. "Sandman, help me take her and the other dragon to HQ" He looks back to Quantum. "Do you know where the PA system is?"
Jack stands up and looks at Axiom. He doesn't remember her from yesterday. She stands up too and they stare at each other's eyes. Jack slightly titls his head to the right, as if he's telling her something. Axiom holds a hand on her chest and shakes, almost as if she's doubting. Jack closes his eyes, opens them a few secons later, She's gone.
"Jack?" Inklord calls for him. "Lets go, we got some 54i to demoralize"
Carousel Bridge
11:40 AM
Amidst the wreckage of the damaged bridge and some buildings shot by the tank. Axiom made her entrace, warping in at high speeds and leaving a fiery trail behind her as she halted to a stop.
"Alright everyone stand back, we got a Axiom back in Action situation here" She summons a dark twin-blade as she notices her surroundings. "Aaand what do we have here?"
Attention my fellow inmortals.
Ember's voice was heard throughout the building, making everyone inside and outside stop firing, the battle finally stopped.
We have lost.
The remaining survivors were shocked.
Our spirit has been broken
The guard began detaining them. Some tried to flee and some just surrendered.
All
Axiom looks upon piles and piles of cookies throughout the place.
Hope
She notices a pile of cotton in front of her. If began shaking.
Is
From the pile jumps out a bat pony with a plushie's head on it's mouth as it rabidly bit it to bits. It turns it's head to Axiom reveal it's Sky with the Alicorn Amulet on his chest.
Lost
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