Chapter ten
author notes: here's another chapter hopefully this makes up for the delay. Hopefully this chapter pleases you.
Shawn was walking along a stone path, a path that never ended. He continued to walk and walk and walk. Many things were going through his head. Am I dead, what is this place, where am I. Shawn was still walking when he saw a child by the side of the path, the child was crying.
Shawn stopped by the child,"hey kid you okay" he asked putting his hand on the child's shoulder. The child looked back and Shawn observed that the child was Arabic,"y...you killed my father" the little boy said crying.
Shawn flinched at that,"no,no! I didn't mean to kill him!" Shawn yelled.
The child got up and slapped Shawn on the face," you killed him! When will you realize that! Wake up mister! WAKE UP!"
Shawn sat up in a bed yelling, "Scott!" he tumbled out of the bed, when he tried to get up he fell back down, a deep burning pain lanced up through his leg.
"Scott! Hold on...hold on" he slumped to the floor, "just hold on" Shawn laid there on the floor speaking to himself. Two ponies came rushing in, both of them wearing nurses hats.
"quickly get him back in bed" one said. They tried to pick Shawn up.
"get away from me" he yelled he started dragging himself out into the hall, "I'm coming Scott!"
"sir please you're in no condition to move" the nurse protested.
"no! Don't you see him! He needs me!" Shawn yelled.
"quickly get the sedative" the nurse said to the other one. The second nurse returned with a syringe, giving it to the first nurse she inserted the needle into Shawn's arm.
"Scott...Scott I...I'm coming" Shawn said as he drifted back into sleep. The two nurses somehow managed to get Shawn back into the bed. By that time Joseph and everyone else except Scott piled not Shawn's room.
"what's wrong with him" Ashley asked the nurse.
"his leg has gotten infected, it's making him see things" the nurse said.
"oh Shawn" Ashley said.
"where's Scott" Harry asked looking around.
Scott had awaken with the most horrendous headache he had in a long time. Everything looked strange to him, that when he realized he was chained upside down hanging from the ceiling. He struggled within the chains that held him.
He stop struggling when he heard voices.
"you fools! You brought me the wrong one!"
"we are sorry our king, we shall not fail you next time"
"you better not or I shall take away your immortality!"at the mention of that the knight ponies cowered and slipped back into the darkness of the tower.
A tall figure walked out from the shadows, "I see our guest has awaken." the figured chuckled.
"I can't wait until your friends and celestia come to find you!" it said.
"fuck you!" Scott yelled and spitted on the tall figures direction.
"temper, temper" the figure said.
He turned around and laughed while walking away.
It had been a week since Shawn had been injured. By now Shawn's leg was rid of the infection and was almost well enough to walk on again. Shawn had awakened from his forced sleep to see celestia sitting in the room. She was starring out the window. She apparently felt someone watching her for she turned around and smiled at Shawn.
"w...where am I" Shawn asked.
"your at the hospital" celestial said," you were found on the side of the road, bleeding"
Shawn eyes suddenly widened in remembrance of the recent events.
"Scott we got to help him!"
"slow down Shawn" celestial said, "tell me what happened"
Shawn took a deep breath and told her about how Scott and him were attacked by these strange ponies , how they kept coming back no matter how many times they shot them, how the ponies were skeletons wearing armor, and how they took Scott.
"and so you were injured by this" celestial held up the helmet using her horn
"yeah" Shawn said recognizing the helmet.
She looked down and shook her head, "this is not good"
"what is it" Shawn asked.
"long before I was princess of the sun, back when I was the warrior celestia there was a pony who used the dark arts to rule over part of equestria. My sister and I battled with him and his army. But he had casted a spell over his army making them immortal, never dying, never living. Eventually my sister and I managed to imprison him. We locked his army inside his tower. I now fear he is free and has come back for revenge" celestia said.
Shawn looked at her with confusion, "you a warrior" he asked
"yes but that's another story for another time" she said
Shawn only slowly nodded," well what are we waiting for"
Celestia looked at him confused, "what do you mean"
"haven't you seen what came with us? With what we have we could easily beat this guy" Shawn said.
"you may be right, but. See how much trouble you had with only ten of them. Imagine an entire army of those creatures and at the head of all of them a pony who masters in the dark arts" celestial said sounding worried. She got up and walked over to where Shawn laid," I believe the best thing is to wait and see what he does"
"but we can't do that! He has Scott" Shawn yelled.
"I'm sorry Shawn but my word is final" celestial said, "now rest up. We may need you very soon" celestia walked out of the room. Shawn was left alone in his room. He looked over at the helmet that was used to impale his thigh. He reached over to pick it up, he examined the fine details of the helmet. Shawn had a chill run down his spine just with only the helmet he could feel a certain aura around it.
"mister Shawn" a nurse said popping her head in the door," your friends are here to see you"
"uh huh" he said still observing the helmet," let 'em in"
"hey Shawn" Joseph said walking in," you feeling better"
"yeah a whole damn lot better" Shawn said placing the helmet on the nightstand next to the bed. Everyone else piled in..all except for Scott.
"it's good to see that your better" Ashley said hugging him.
"haha you had us scared for a bit there" Bert said patting him on the shoulder.
"I'm glad to see you guys too" Shawn said. He looked at Harry who seemed to be down in the blues.
"don't worry Harry we'll get Scott back" Shawn said, "I'm sorry I couldn't protect him better"
"it's not your fault" Harry said looking up forcing a smile on his face
"look Harry the celestia said we should wait, she said we should not that we have to" Shawn said, "I propose when I'm able to walk we go after those sons of a bitches that took Scott"
Harry smiled," ha I would like that very much" and everyone broke into laughter.
" okay Shawn the doctor said about one more day until you can walk again" Joseph said.
The four walked out into the hall leaving Shawn yet again by himself.
The next day was released from the hospital. He met all four of his friends riding the tank towing the jeep behind them. Harry jumped off the tank. Shawn walked over to where Harry was unlatching the chain from the hummer.
"if it's okay with you Harry I'm going to ride on the tank" Shawn said.
"I understand" Harry said nodding.
The tank rumbled away with the hummer following it.
"hey Shawn!" Joseph yelled within the tank, "we figured it would be best for you to rest one more day. Giving us more time to prepare"
"sounds good to me" Shawn yelled over the engine.
They reached the castle scaring the guards at the gate as the big heavy battle tank clanked past them. While the other were busying themselves with preparing their vehicles as in filling the gas tanks, cleaning guns, and checking the electronics. Shawn went to his room and laid down on his bed. He rubbed his leg where the spiked helmet had been stabbed.
Shawn was observing the wound when a knock was heard from the other side of the door.
"come in" Shawn yelled.
Rarity,rainbow,and applejack walked into his room. Rarity was carrying a basket. Applejack was carrying a basket of apples, and rainbow was carrying her usually pride and coolness.
"goods news dear" rarity said setting the basket down," I finished your clothes" she took out multiple clothes and Shawn held them up to himself.
"wow rarity! This should fit perfectly" Shawn said, "thank you"
"oh it's no problem, none at all" rarity said smiling.
"We heard about your little encounter. So I figured I bring ya some apples" applejack said .
"thanks I getting sick of eating rations everyday" Shawn said taking the basket that applejack offered.
"hey Shawn we need you real quick" Ashley said popping her head in the door.
"okay" Shawn said, "I'll be right back" he said to the three ponies.
Shawn followed Ashley down the hall to where Scott and Bert slept. They walked in and saw joseph,Bert,and Harry standing in front of a bed. On the bed were supplies.
"okay Shawn can you think of anything else we need" Joseph asked him, "we got guns,shelter,food, the tank is all fueled up and ready to go."
"same thing for the hummer" Harry said.
Shawn rubbed his chin, "well I think you guys got everything. When do you want to leave"
"I was thinking leaving tonight since you seem to be fine "Joseph said.
"sounds good to me. Plus if you are worried, my leg feels great"
"that's good news"
"oh one more thing" Harry said," you can't go into ground combat with those clothes. Here" Harry gave Shawn a desert field jacket,pants,gloves,and helmet, "these are Scott's extra clothes, they should fit"
Shawn took the clothes, "thanks"
"don't forget the body armor" Joseph said picking up the vest from the bed and tossing it at Shawn.
"well I'm going to go get ready. Mind if I take one of these" he asked pointing at the laid out m-16s
Joseph shrugged, "why not"
Shawn picked up the gun and started walking out of the room, but Ashley spoke up, "there is one thing we are forgetting"
"what's that" Joseph asked.
"we need to know where the pony that took Scott is"
"ill take care of that" Shawn said, "don't worry"
He walked out of the room back to his own. He opened the door seeing the three ponies still there
"thank you for the gifts" he said, "but I have to go do something right now"
"that's fine" rarity said walking for the door followed by the others, "we'll see you around"
The three ponies left and Shawn left the room also. He walked down the halls until he found celestia.
" princess" he said walking up to her," I just wanted to know where this enemy of yours lair is"
She looked back at Shawn," why would you want to know that"
" well...um... So we can avoid it" he said quickly not knowing what else to say.
She nodded not knowing that in almost every human sentence was a lie," it is on the edge of the everfree forest" she pointed out the window where she stood showing Shawn the direction.
"ah thank you princess" he said walking off.
Celestia turned back to the window staring out.
Shawn had spent the rest if the evening preparing for the journey. He took some naps and cleaned his new gun. By nightfall he was dressed in his combat gear. Scott's extra clothes fit a little loose, but loose was better than tight. He had walked into the hall when Bert knocked on his door.
" you ready" Joseph asked standing in the hall with everyone else. Shawn nodded and they all walked out into the courtyard.
" okay everyone get in before the engines start" Joseph whispered," when they start get the hell out. The noise us going to draw major attention"
Everyone nodded. Shawn was going to drive the hummer while Harry was going to man the .50. The tank had her usual crew. The radio on the hummer crackled to life.
"you kids ready" Joseph asked from the tank.
Shawn picked up the mike and said," yes daddy"
Joseph laughed," okay start your engine now" the tank roared to life as did the hummer. Shawn drove the hummer out the gate as the tank clanked around and went after the hummer.
But before the rescue party had left the courtyard, celestia had saw them enter the vehicles for she didn't usually sleep. Her sister Luna next to her. Celestia looked at Luna and said," I think it would be best if you were to get twilight and the others.
Author notes: I think I made this chapter got through the storyline a bit too fast. But that's what I get for writing this during school. Hahaha well ill hopefully upload tomorrow . skullcrusher206 out!