Chapter 3-8: Limits
Rage sat in class filling out the study guide his teacher had given him. Dr. Whooves, the history teacher had them working on a sheet about the countries deprived time. The teacher then taps Rage.
"Can I meet with you in the hall?" He asks.
"Sure thing." Rage says. He stands up and follows the teacher out.
"So, Mr. Chaotic, I was curious you're grade in this class is outstanding and I happen to have an opening in the honors class. Your grade and work effort shows you would probably do well in the class. The choice is up to you but if you want I can get you put in the class. Your buddy XL is in said class."
"Alright, if it helps my education." Rage nods. "I'll move to your honors class if you'll take me."
"Great. I will talk with Principal Celestia so we can pull a few strings." Dr. Whooves says.
"Alright." Rage says nodding. "Well I should get the rest of my study guide finished then."
"You don't need to." Dr. Whooves says "I can excuse you from the assignment if you are going to move."
"Oh alright...what do you want me to do then?" Rage asks
"We're working on a WWII project I want you to start some research I will send you the project's directions to your email." Dr. Whooves says.
"Oh alright." Rage says as Dr. Whooves opens the door back up. Rage goes to walk in but he looks back and notice's Rarity and Shadow sneaking around. "What are those two up to?" Rage asks himself rubbing his chin.
Class finishes up and Rage heads to the lunchroom for lunch period. He gets in line and XL files in behind him. "Hey Rage long time no see." he says.
"XL what's up man?" Rage asks greeting him with a low-five handshake "How have you been?"
"Been good, you?" XL asks. "How come I haven't seen you guys around?"
"Well we've been busy...I was back on Mobius for a while to deal with something, as well as a few other things. How about you?"
"Well besides my class work piling up things have been okay I guess." XL says. "I've been chatting with Sonic but I don't see you around after school as much, where do you go Rage?"
"Oh yeah that's right I forgot I got a job after school, I work down at the Canterlot Zoo and Aquarium now." Rage says.
"You know I should be surprised but I guess you working around animals almost makes sense." XL chuckles "But how did you get a job there?"
"Flutters put a good word in. But what did you mean by me working with animals making sense?" Rage answers as they sit down.
"I mean think about it, you know coming from Mobius and all Mr. Hedgehog." XL chuckles
"Very funny." Rage chuckles. "Only you and Sonic can joke around like that without pissing me off you know."
"What do you mean? Does that offend you?" XL asks.
"Well not really but you know how I am about trying to keep where we exactly come from a secret." Rage answers.
"Really?" XL scoffs "Even after all that's happened around here?"
"While it's true most of our powers have been exposed but nobody outside the school would ever believe it in this world. Even so keep where we are from is key. There are a few creatures and monsters here that could cause harm back home as you already know." Rage explains.
"Like Jaden?" XL asks.
"Hm?" Rage asks looking at XL "What do you mean?"
"Well I mean it's pretty obvious he isn't exactly human." XL says. "The way he swayed Rarity and Shadow so easily? No human could have done that."
"You speak as if you are human yourself." Rage smiles.
"Well we are...aren't we?" XL says.
"Maybe but you know what I mean." Rage sighs.
"True but you know I think Sonic may be right about what Jaden is." XL says "But he said you refused to believe it."
"Yeah, I'll give you he isn't normal but vampires? That is a bit of a stretch I mean what makes something one to begin with? So many rumors and false info out there on them it's impossible to tell unless you see them feeding." Rage says.
"I guess you have a point." XL says as Sonic walks up.
"Hey Rage you got a minute to talk?" Sonic asks. "About you know what?"
"What about it?" Rage asks.
"You think Jaden might try something tonight? With the others?" Sonic asks
"Rage what's going on?" XL asks.
"This isn't the place." Rage says "Sonic, XL meet at my house tonight before Jaden's party. Honestly Sonic I might almost be close to convinced about your claim though. At this point it's fair we accept any possibility."
"You're right, sorry I brought it up here." Sonic apologized.
"No worries." Rage responds.
Later, at Rage's house Sonic and XL knock and Rage answers letting them in. "Sonic did you explain anything to XL at all?" Rage asks. "About the omen?"
"No, best we kept that a secret." Sonic sighs.
"What are you guys talking about?" XL asks.
"XL tell me do you find it weird Sonic, Sunset, Twilight and the others were invited, along with myself, to Jaden's party tonight when we barely know the guy?" Rage asks.
"Well it does sound strange." XL agrees "I'd say something is up."
"Sonic, I am sorry for doubting you but it appears your assumption was right on Jaden." Rage says looking at Sonic, when I was on my way home I saw Jaden sulking about so I followed him... I saw him do an unspeakable act but it was enough proof for me."
"Did you catch him feeding?" Sonic asks and Rage nods.
"You didn't stop him?!" XL shouts "What is wrong with you?!"
"And risk exposing myself and my abilities? Not a chance! If I did that then Jaden would know what to expect out of me, also if he knew that I knew he'd come after me." Rage replies.
"Oh..." XL says looking down "Sorry."
"Anyways, right now us three are the only ones who can stop them." Rage says "Our friends will never believe us at this point..."
"So what do we do?" Sonic asks.
"We go to the party and if they do end up doing anything to our friends... we go from there." Rage says "If they are able to do some half change thing to our friends we can't jump the gun then."
"If they don't?" Sonic asks.
"Then close to the end of the party we confront them." Rage says. "If we have to fight we will. Remember to kill them we will have to pierce their heart."
"With a wooden stake right?" XL asks.
"No that one is just a superstition that was thought up, as long as you pierce the heart it will die." Rage says.
"Well that's easy for you Rage." Sonic scoffs opening and closing his right hand "You have that sword of yours you can call at any time if you need it. Not to mention it can become a bow. What do we use?"
"One second." Rage says as he walks to a door. He opens it and goes down a staircase into the basement.
"What do you think he is doing?" Sonic asks.
"Why should I know?" XL says shrugging.
Rage soon returns with a small box in his hand. He places the box on the table and opens it. "Here they're a bit crude but they will work." He says as Sonic and XL both take out a long buck knife.
"Hunting knives?" Sonic asks "Rage where the hell did you get these?"
"I hunt on the weekends sometimes when I am not working." Rage says.
"Well what if they smell of animal blood?" XL asks. "If they smelled it they'd be suspicious."
"Please I clean them thoroughly after I use them." Rage scoffs. "If the smelled of animal blood then the scent would be all over and believe me it is not a pleasant smell. After a few days the whole house would stink of it probably if they were still dirty."
"Well it's not perfect by any means but it works." Sonic says "Better than nothing and we can conceal them."
"Exactly." Rage says "We should be getting ready soon. Best not be late."
"Yeah, see you at the party Rage?" Sonic asks
"You bet." Rage agrees.
Meanwhile, with Shadow... "Jaden you can't be serious!" Shadow yells
"I am." Jaden chuckles "Besides you don't want to end up living on for eternity without them would you?"
"No, but that's not the point! Why turn them all too?" Shadow asks. "I didn't agree to this!"
"You wanted a way to be with your loved one forever and I am giving it to you. All you have to do is make your first kill, you and Rarity, do it tonight at the party that is when it will be easiest." Jaden chuckles.
"Jaden you don't understand... when Rage catches wind of this...he...he will kill you!" Shadow objects.
"That red head? Kill me?!" Jaden laughs "As if! I am an all powerful Head Vampire! I am immortal that red haired joker can't kill me! Maybe in a million years but he'd be long gone by then."
"Jaden listen to me you don't understand Rage... he can do things... powerful and strange things..." Shadow says. "I don't mean to betray him but I don't want to see you hurt either."
"Sounds like you are in a bit of a predicament then Shadow." Jaden chuckles.
"Uh boss..." one of the guys speaks up, it was the same one who had tried following Rage before.
"What is it Micha?" Jaden asks.
"Shadow may have a point. When I went to follow him home so I could try feeding on him... he knew I was there, like the entire time and I was concealing my footsteps but he still heard them somehow." he explains.
"Hrm must not have done a good job about it then." Jaden scoffs "Now get back to work, people will be arriving any minute.
That night around 9:00 Rage, Sonic and XL all arrived together. "Remember, we know nothing." Rage says to them as they get out of his car. The three wait a little bit before the girls arrived.
"Rage!" Sunset says running up and hugging him. "I thought you weren't coming."
"Nah I got nothing better to do." Rage says as they walk to the gate where Jaden was meeting the people as they arrive.
"Ah if it isn't Rage, Sonic, XL, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Rebecca." He says greeting them "Welcome please enjoy yourselves to your heart's content. Oh and Shadow and Rarity are already here don't worry."
"Evening, Jaden." Rage says shaking his hand.
"I am surprised you showed up after the way I treated you." Jaden says solemnly. "Of which I am sincerely sorry about."
"No hard feelings Jaden." Rage says as he heads in.
"He he everything is playing out perfectly." Jaden chukles.
Rage catches up with Sonic and XL. "Guys so I did some looking into everything and I figured out that if any of the others happen to get turned as long as we can kill the Head Vampire before they feed they'll be okay."
"You know Rage aside from being a bloodthirsty monster. Jaden's not that bad of a guy." XL says.
"I'll give him that much, if things were different maybe we could have been friends." Rage sighs as Shadow walks up.
"R-Rage!" he says almost surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"It's a party Shadow I am here since I had nothing better to do." Rage answers watching as the others break off.
"Rage... please come with me...we need to talk." Shadow says pulling him away into a secluded room.
"Shadow what is this about?" Rage asks rudely.
"Rage...it's about Jaden he's..." Shadow stops
"A vampire?" Rage asks.
"How did you know?" Shadow asks.
"Thank Sonic." Rage answers.
"Really?" Shadow asks shocked.
"Oh yeah." Rage says "Shocker isn't it?"
"Hmph anyways Rage you need to get out of here. He wants all of us to join him." Shadow says.
"That's cute..." Rage sighs. "You should know though I am immune to all of that stuff."
"Rage!" Shadow growls "As we speak your friends are being tricked to drink Jadens blood! I was assigned to you..."
"Fine, fine chill out Shads." Rage says. "Look you're probably going to be watched so give it to me."
"Wh-what?" Shadow asks shocked "But Rage if you drink it you'll-"
"Were you not listening?" Rage sighs "I am immune to that kind of stuff."
"Fine." Shadow says handing Rage a flask who takes it and drinks it before coughing and spitting it up.
"Sweet lord of Chaos that is nasty!" Rage coughs. "What of the others?"
"Besides Sonic and XL I am afraid you're alone." Shadow says.
"But why not them?" Rage asks.
"Do you really need to ask?" Shadow asks. "Who wants Sonic to be with them?"
"I guess you have a point." Rage chuckles. "What now?"
"We go see Jaden." Shadow says "Come."
"What about Sonic and XL?" Rage asks.
"Forget them...you know they can't help us now." Shadow says.
"Sonic maybe bu XL..." Rage says rubbing his chin.
"If I bring one of them then Jaden may expect something is up." Shadow replies.
"Yeah I guess you're right." Rage agrees. "Let's go then."
Shadow leads Rage away from the party and to a field where Jaden, Rarity, Micha and another guy were standing with the girls all passed out on the floor. "Well, well ,well I'll be damned you kept consciousness even after the change." Jaden chuckles
"What can I say." Rage shrugs "But what did you mean?"
"In that flask was my great and glorious blood." Jaden chuckles.
"God I was wondering what tasted so awful." Rage gags.
"Either way you're one of us now." Jaden chuckles.
"Right so now then." Rage sighs as he extends his hand and the area around it distorts some.
"Wh-what are you doing?" Jaden asks.
"So look." Rage says as a blade appears in his hand.
"It's a sword so what?" Jaden chuckles.
"I'll make this as simple as I can. Jaden I am going to kill you and take my friends back." Rage says pointing the blade at Jaden.
Jaden looks at Rage for a bit before he begins to crack up. "You fool! You're one of us to! As the Master I can keep you from doing anything! I can stop you where you stand!"
"Then by all means I am ready any time." Rage says as he moves to his stance ready to battle.
"Wh-what how can you still be moving?!" Jaden yells "I saw you drink it! My great blood the gift I saw you!"
"You see the thing about me is I am special. Something special known as Chaos runs inside me...its part of my own blood. It prevents any of that stuff from affecting me. You cannot change me into one of your foul foolish thralls." Rage answers.
"Very well then I will just kill you where you stand!" Jaden yells charging at blinding speeds. He lunges to hit rage in the gut but Rage grabs the fist with his free hand and kicks Jaden back. "Hmph you lucky little fool. You got one hit but you are only human no way you can keep that up."
"Try me." Rage challenges. Jaden screams in anger as he charges followed by his two friends. Rage charges as well and when they get close Rage leaps at Micha and kicks him back before hitting the other in the chest and then lunging his sword into it's heart. It screams and Rage uses Chaos Control to teleport backwards as it explodes in a flash of light.
"Heh you may have taken one of them but they took you with them Rage!" Jaden laughs.
"Guess again!" Rage yells from behind Jaden as he nails him in the back of the head with a rising kick. Jaden flies a few feet before landing in the grass. He gets up and glares at Rage.
"Yes I see you're a bit more than I first thought" He yells in anger.
"Hmph." Rage says before an attacking Micha tries to hit Rage but he thrusts his sword at him and hits him in the middle of the chest. Not where he needed to hit but it was enough to allow Rage to cut over and kill him. He threw Micha back but he didn't explode like the other one. "You're next Jaden." Rage says.
"How can you do all of this?" Jaden asks unsure what to think. "That sword and that power...it's...it's unthinkable!"
"We're not as different then." Rage says. "To be honest I doubted you were some crazy monster like this. You can thank Sonic getting me to figure it out. But you should be thankful you didn't do all of this while being on my bad side."
"What do you mean?" Jaden growls.
"Because if you had been... I'd have already killed you by now. You wouldn't even be standing there right now... if I had know what you were going to do to my friends then I'd have killed you before."
"Well then maybe you should know the rest of my buddies are taking the people still at the party." Jaden chuckles. "You're friends are more than likely dead by now."
"I wouldn't underestimate them." Rage warns.
Back at the party both Sonic and XL had the knives Rage had given them in their hands with some scratches and bruises as people were running. "You doing okay Sonic?" XL asks.
"Fine how are you holding up?" Sonic asks him.
"Okay for now. But we can't handle all of this on our own. We need Rage's help there are just too many." XL says.
"Just wait. Once he deals with Jaden he'll come." Sonic says. "I know it."
"You won't get away with this Jaden." Rage says.
"You may have killed those two but you'll learn that purebloods are much more difficult to kill..." Jaden chuckles.
"Bring it on." Rage says. "You haven't seen anything yet!"
"Shadow get him!" Jaden shouts... Shadow was gone.
"He's gone Jaden." Rage says.
"I am going to make sure you pay for all of this!" Jaden yells. "You just don't understand the great gift I offer. The luscious ability to tempt and lure people to you... the absolute perfection we are. But seeing how things are now we will settle this at a different you haven't lost any of that sweet energy of yours" Jaden scoffs.
"I'm ready right now let's go right now." Rage says.
"For you see I grow wary of this and your friends will just come to me eventually." Jaden chuckles. "I see no reason to toil here any more. I have other things to attend to."
"Come at me fruitcake!" Rage challenges.
"Did you just..." Jaden snarls.
"Did I what?" Rage asks.
"Did you just imply that I am gay?" Jaden asks.
"Does that surprise you?" Rage asks confused.
"To think you would dare to even have such thoughts." Jaden scoffs.
"Look pal, you speak all flamboyant you look pretty damn fruity in those clothes. Gay or not you're a damn fruitcake." Rage reasons.
Back at the party Sonic and XL were doing their best to fight off the invading monsters. "There's so many!" XL pants before he gets tackled.
"XL!" Sonic yells running over to help before getting tackled himself. "Damn!" he curses. Suddenly the monsters are sent flying off of them by a black blur. The two get up to see Shadow standing there. "Shadow!" Sonic says
"Don't just stand there defend yourself!" he yells as more come.
"Alright that's it I am going to destroy you!" Jaden yells lashing at Rage and tackling him. He pins Rage to the ground who glares back into his blood red eyes. He sniffs Rage and smiles "Oh I can smell your hatred it boils quite nicely with that blood of yours. I am going to enjoy this."
"Get off of me." Rage warns. "Or you're going to make me mad...and remember what I said about getting on my bad side..."
"Oh and what is a feeble boy like you going to do about it?" Jaden chuckles. "I am stronger than any human could be..."
"Chaos..." Rage grunts as he glows. "Blast!"
"Chaos what now?" Jaden asks as the glow gets brighter "Oh shit!" he curses as an explosion of energy forces him off of Rage. Rage quickly leaps up and summons the Chaos Emeralds. Jaden manages to get up and looks at Rage. "So you've snapped huh?"
"I have had it." Rage growls "Listen up and pay attention fruitcake I am about to show you something that few have seen... and none have lived to tell about it!"
"Not if I can help it boy!" Jaden yells charging for Rage as a pillar of light erupts from Rage making him stop midway. "Agh!" he grunts covering his eyes waiting for the light to die down. When it finally does Rage was floating just off the ground. A flare of multicolored energy was around him and his hair flailing from the energy that was surging around him. "What the hell... what is this? Just...who are you?!"
"My name is Rage Chaoitc...I am a Chaos Guardian something that many fear." Rage says.
"Hmph you're still not going to beat me boy." Jaden laughs as he forms a spike of earth and sends it at Rage. Rage just bolts to the side so fast Jaden didn't even see him move. Angered Jaden screams as a pair of demonic wings sprout from his back. "Nobody makes fun of me and gets away with it!" he growls as his eyes glow red.
"Shut it." Rage demands in a monotone voice suddenly behind Jaden as he kicks him into the ground. Jaden retaliates by letting out a high pitched wail. Rage covered his ears in pain as Jaden follows up the wail by hitting Rage in the gut making him cough some blood up before Jaden hits him again and sends him into the ground. The Chaos Emeralds are hit out of him from the attack.
'Dammit...' Rage thinks. 'Curse this human body I can't stand up to him like this...'
"Hmph I guess it was all talk...not that I am surprised, coming from such a foolish child. Humans are wonderful things the way they try to intimidate and all. You're done Rage..."
"No..." Rage grunts using some of his power to close the wounds he had. He couldn't waste the power to fully heal them, he just needed to make sure they weren't bleeding. "I...I am not done yet."
"Please you're beaten Rage. You can barely stand." Jaden chuckles. "What do you think you can do.
"Looks...can be deceiving." Rage smirks "You're nothing compared to other dangers I have fought fruitcake...You remember Chrysalis at all?"
"Course' I do... that bitch sapped my powers for three weeks!" Jaden says scornfully.
"I am the one who killed her." Rage says as he stands up "So I am not going to lose to you!" he yells vanishing.
"Oh ye-" Jaden begins but stops as he feels something pierce his heart. He looks back to see Rage standing there panting and through his chest was Rage's own hand.
"It's over fruitcake." Rage pants as he extracts his hand.
"This..isn't over Rage... my kind will avenge me!" Jaden screams.
"To hell with you!" Rage yells as Jaden explodes in a burst of fire.
Meanwhile at the party area the large burst of fire could be seen as Sonic and XL both extract their knives from another of the attackers. "What was that?" Sonic asks.
"You think that was Rage?" XL guesses.
"Must have been." Sonic says "Is he okay?"
"Master Jaden!" one of the other vampires yell. "I can no longer sense him!"
"Someone must have killed him!" another yells.
"Rage did it." Sonic says.
"Who could have done it?" The first one asks.
"It was our friend Rage!" Sonic yells. "And, I'll be anything he's on his way here right now to finish things off!"
"What do we do?" the other asks.
"I dunno about you but I am getting out of here! If he could kill Master Jaden then who knows how fast he'd kill us!" The first says as he retreats slowly the others follow suit and run.
"It's over." Sonic pants sitting down on the ground. "We won."
"So Rage finally won..." Shadow says poking his tooth "We're saved...
"Of course he won." Sonic says "No way he'd leave us hanging."
"Hmph I guess you're right for once, Sonic." Shadow chuckles.
"Where is he anyway?" XL asks.
"Over here." Rage pants. Behind him were the girls, all still knocked out and piled on the sled used to bring them to where Rage fought Jaden.
"Are you okay?" Sonic exclaims
"I am a little beat up but I'll be fine." Rage answers.
"Where is Rarity?" Shadow asks.
"She went home to take a shower." Rage says "She felt so dirty she refused to even talk before she did."
"Wow." Sonic says looking at his watch "We should get going home too. Almost 1 AM."
"What about the girls? All of them are still knocked out." XL asks.
"We take them to their homes and lay them in bed. With luck it will all just have been a bad dream to them. I kind of wish it was one myself." Rage says with a yawn.
"You did good tonight Rage." Shadow says. "I honestly thought you were going to turn when you did that."
"What are you talking about?" Sonic asks
"In order to become a vampire you are bit and not killed or you drink the blood of another." Shadow says.
"So in order to keep things on the down low so to speak, I drunk Jaden's blood like the girls. Thing is my Chaosblood keeps that kind of stuff from effecting nasty though..."
"Heh you almost threw up." Shadow chuckles.
"You know what... I almost regret that I didn't." Rage groans. "I never want to taste anything like that again."
"You won't." Shadow chuckles "Don't worry."
"I am going to take the girls home now." Rage says turning "You guys want to make sure everyone here is okay?"
"Will do." XL says.
"Just get them home safe." Sonic says waving.
"See ya later Red." Shadow smirks.
"H-hey!" Rage calls.
"Hmph just go." Shadow laughs. Rage flips shadow off in a joking manner before leaving to take the still unconscious girls home. After doing so he went to his house, up to his room, quickly changed into his sleep wear and climbed into bed. "I think I'll just sleep this off as a bad dream myself." He jokes.
To be continued