Speed of Metal
The Titans mined Ormagöden's steel flesh from the ground, and found it retained the beast's desire for speed.
They forged swords that flew through the air so fast they could not be seen, and armor so light it made their warriors run faster.
They made chariots so quick it was hard to find beasts fast enough to pull them, and so they abandoned the beasts and made giant vehicles that moved with their own power.
These colossal hot rods were a rolling temple to Ormagöden, forged from his gleaming flesh. They had a fiery engine for a heart that roared with the mighty god's death cry, scattering the Titans' enemies as they carried their civilization across the globe.
Chapter 5 : Rallying an Army
The Everfree Forest was silent when it was nighttime, but that's when it was most dangerous as well.
However and unknown figure walked through the dark woods like it was nothing, stepping across the rotting leaves that were left on the ground. Passing through the wilderness like nothing was even there.
Wearing only a black cloak, and a hood covering the face.
Then came several Timber wolves surrounded the person, their teeth bear and growling.
The only thing the this person did was raise it's hand up showing only one finger... and I mean the index finger before she brought it down.
The Timber Wolves felt an powerful force that crushed them into dust within a heartbeat, before the person walked on. Saying not one word, and giving off a vibe that now sent the dwellers of the forest into fear.
Day 55 : Canterlot Castle
I was summoned back to the castle by Princess Celestia, a few days after that incident with Lucas. I flew through the sky and landed down in the throne room area where she was. "You wanted to see me?" I asked her.
"Yes, and I'm glad you arrived just in time." Celestia told me. "I fear that theirs going to be trouble in the future."
"How so?" I asked her.
"When I was sleeping, I had a dream of a dark figure with tremendous power." She said. "And it's coming here soon."
"Is their anything to do about it?" I asked with concern.
"Yes." She said and looked at me. "I need your help to form an army, cause I'm afraid that my ponies won't be enough and I can't risk losing them."
"I understand." I said with a nod. "Don't worry you just leave that job to me." I told her with a smirk. "Just tell me what I need to do and I'm there."
"Thank you Riles." She said with a smile. "First theirs a cave that has special gems that could help us. They can double a weapons power."
"Alright so where do I find this cave?" I asked.
"That's the tricky part." She said with a sigh. "It's in Diamond Dog territory." Oh boy I remembered those guys from the show, but with this power it shouldn't be a problem... right. "And I want you to try and recruit them for this army."
"Ah-uh-oh... okay." I said with a chuckle.
"Is something wrong?" She asked.
"No, not at all." I said before I took a deep breath. "I'll head down there and get those gems for ya."
"Thank you." She said with a smile. "Be safe."
"I will." I said. 'New Mission: Find the Cave in the Diamond Dogs's place, and Recruit them into the army.'
"Here take this map as well." Celestia told me giving me a rolled up parchment, I unrolled it showing a dessert like area.
"Alright." I said. "I'll be back soon, with an army fit for a Queen." I said with a smile as I ran out of the throne room, and outside taking off into the sky again.
She felt flattered when he said that, but she hoped that he could get the Diamond Dogs to help.
I flew across the sky, passing by many clouds, seeing the sight below me with Luna, looking at the ponies doing their thin- Wait... "Luna?" I asked.
"Hello again Riles." Luna said as she flew next to me with a smile. "I over heard you and Tia talking, and wanted to help."
"But shouldn't you be asleep?" I asked her.
"Yes but were celestial beings, so we don't truly need to sleep all the time. It makes work much easier for us as well." She said with a smile.
"Luna... are you sure?" I asked her.
"I am." She told me and looked at me. "I will provide myself as backup in case you can't speak for our ponies."
"Okay." I said before we landed on a cloud, and looked down below.
"This is the place." Luna said. "That cave is where the gems are, along with many diamond dogs forced to mine the gems."
"Forced? But theirs no gate." I said.
"Their is no gate, these diamond dogs have nowhere else to go. Never given tools, and forcing themselves to break through rock and stone with their own thick skulls. Just their fathers, and theirs fathers's fathers, and so on. Unable to function outside the real world." She said with a sorrow tone. "What do you do with a bunch of children who do nothing but bang their heads all day long?"
The moment she said that, I felt like I was going to break out in tears. "We start a revolution Luna." I told her as I wiped my eyes. "Right now, It's time to sound the Battle Cry."
"The... what?" She asked tilting her head.
I brought out my guitar, and it looked like I didn't need to become a human for that. "I'll explain later, right now it time to liberate some solders." I said as I jumped down, and Luna followed.
We floated down to the cave and their weren't any guards, or a gate but we saw hundreds of Diamond Dogs, and they were using their heads to break the rocky wall. But if this was like in the game, I would need to find the right ones to play my song on.
They didn't seem to mind us walking down the cave's tunnel, only focusing on what they have been doing for so long.
Then I see some, Some diamond dogs wearing iron shackles, denim vests, with bananas, belts, and all that other stuff. "Okay Luna watch and be amazed." I said before I tuned the guitar, and played Battle Cry. Listening to my own melody playing and bringing my fist into the air, and sending off a wave of energy around me.
The Diamond Dogs that heard that music stopped and were baffled from this new sound.
"Whoa... what is... that sound?"
"It's a devil screaming."
"It's a angel singing."
"It is creation's hammer upon the anvil of time."
"It Bucking awesome!"
"It's called... Heavy Metal." I said with a proud smile. "And it's the real reason why you should bang your heads." I told them before I noticed a statue of their leader and pointed the neck of my guitar at it. "Not for that guy."
"Right." One of them said. "Screw this place, Lets get out of here."
"Metal!" Another Headbanger Dog cheered but then two more Normal Diamond Dog said.
"Hang on guys I know that it's been a little hard now, but this will work out." A Normal Diamond Dog said.
"Yeah if we keep up production and make a stronger flea-killing product, The Boss will let us go up to his pleasure palace." Another Normal Diamond Dog said.
"Theirs gonna be piles of girls and Cider and stuff." The first Normal Diamond Dog said.
The Headbanger Dogs looked at us, and back to their doppelgangers, before looking back to Luna and I. "... Were with them." One of them said.
Another Headbanger Dog gave the Normal Diamond Dog the one finger salute before walking up behind us.
This made the two Hair-banger dogs growled as us now. "Yeah? Well we have a good thing going here, and were not about to have you grease-bags ruin it." They both ran to a giant stone double door. "Guard!"
"Riot!"
"Walkout!"
The doors opened up, and it showed a Minotaur that was eight feet tall, and had a pair of iron gauntlets with diamond encreastment knuckles on it's arms. But it also wore a Zorro like mask over his eyes, he had on a black shirt that said security on it, and he also had on a pair of black leather pants. It growled as it came inside, and we could feel the ground shake a bit as it walked out.
"Yeah, those guys over their saying that their organizing a union." A diamond dog told the new monster.
It made the 'Mino Bouncer' growl again, and slammed it's gauntlets together.
"Were gonna tell the others." The Diamond Dogs said, tattle tails.
Luna and I were about to get ready and fight the beast, but the HB Dogs ran right in front of us and their shackles were now gold colored and they glowed with a red aura. They used their heads as blunt weapons as they bashed on the security monster.
He was able to bash some of them away, but they still kept coming. The outnumbered him and it made him collapse with a groan as he fell on his back.
"Whooo!" A HB Dog cheered. "That felt great."
"I wanted to do that for ages."
Another kicked the bouncer, and growled. "That's for killing charlie you bastard!"
"Whoa ho ho." I said walking up to them impressed by what they did. "See that? That was awesome. But with some help and a little practice you guys can be a force to reckon with. You all up for it?"
"Yeah!" They yelled and were even more pumped.
"Alright when I do this." I raised my Tollusk Claw with my guitar up in the air, and did the thumbs up. "It means you gotta follow me I would use a sword but I don't have one for the time."
"Right." They said.
"Okay now lets start walking in formation." I said as the six of us walked to a diamond dog statue, and when we got there the HB Dogs totaled it with their own heads turning it to gravel. "Awesome, now try another sigh. When I do this." I held out my Metal Beast paw into a 90 degree angle. "This means don't follow me, stay here and guard this spot."
"Got it." They said.
"Okay." I did it again, and said. "Defend this pile of junk with your life."
"Yeah." They said.
"Okay I'm gonna go over to that statue over their." I said as I walked over to the statue. "Okay I'm gonna turn around now and if I find anyone following me, I'm gonna be really disappointed." I turned around and saw that the HB Dogs along with Luna stood put there. "Alright, but now we need to huddle up for the finale." I said with a grin. "Over here." I commanded.
"Alright!" They cheered and ran to me.
"Of course." Luna said running to me as well.
As soon as they did the Dogs destroyed the second statue. "Right earn yourselves some destruction." I said with a chuckle as they turned it to gravel to. "Okay were gonna mix it up, see that last statue over there?" I asked and they nodded. "When I do this." I used my Metal Beast Claw to do the devil horns hand sign. "You go completely psycho on whatever it is I'm pointing at."
"Rodger!" They said.
"Okay go get em!" I yelled as I pointed at the statue with the same hand sign.
The Headbanger Dogs ran at the statue and obliterated it into gravel. "Rover sucks."
"Heck to Rover."
"I hate statues."
"Great work guys, now with that done it's time to free your fellow buddies." I said with a smile. "Were gonna bust everyone of your bros out of this place." I said as I called for them, and we ran to the gate the Mino-Bouncer came out of. I had them attack it and they used their own heads to break it down. Leading us down a pathway, where their was allot more Headbanger Dogs using their own heads as sledgehammers to break the rock.
But that wasn't all. In the center was some kind of giant pillar being turned by more Diamond Dog slaves that was stirring up broken stones slong with those gems, crushing it into gravel, then into sand. "Faster!" From the top of a floor like area was another Mino-Bouncer but he was twice as big, and wearing allot of metal bling just like Mittens from Brutal Legend... the one Eddie Calls in the first mission. "Keep Moving!" He yelled as he watched the Diamond Dogs slaves worked until one of them passed out. "Hey! No fainting the the gire!" He yelled once more and it made me and Luna angry
I played the Battle Cry Song once more and sending out another sound that got the Headbanger Dogs attention, and giving them another power boost. "What!?" You know I think I'll just call him Fingers.
"Uh oh." I said.
"Trespassers!" He yelled. "Destroy them along with the traitorous slaves!" Before we knew it more Normal Diamond Dog guards came and tried to attack, but thankfully our new buddies helped us defend off them. Luna and I went over to more of the slaves, and just like before I played the song to recruit them, and they helped their buddies.
"Is that all you got Fingers!?" I yelled at him with a smirk.
"Traitors! Animals! I rather see you all dead then freed!" Fingers yelled before he pointed his fist at the gire. "Cripple the grinding gire! Berry the ungrateful man-cogs!"
"What'd he say?" One of our HB Dogs said.
"Something about a crate full of Ham-hogs or something." Another said.
"Riles their are three columns holding this mechanism." Luna said. "I'll take one of them while you take the other two."
"Alright but be careful." I told her. "Some of you guys help her out, the rest defend one the other column." I commanded.
"Got it, roger, check, Right." Some of them said as a dozen HB Dogs went to help Luna, while ten of them went to the second column. I went to the third column and eight HB Dogs followed me.
We saw that a Mino-Bouncer was punching the third column and it looked like a lighting bolt. The HB Dogs that were with me instantly ran and went ape-shit on the guy.
I saw that Luna was using her magic to repair the second column that looked like a skull, the HB Dogs were keeping the Normal Dogs and Bouncers off her. Until it was fully repaired. She panted a bit from using that much magic, but she shook it off and used a spell to heal them.
The ten HB Dogs, were fending off the Normal ones, but their was two Bouncers over powering them. "Guys stay here and protect this column, I'm gonna help your buddies."
"Yes Sir!" They said and held their positions.
I ran over to them, and some of them were knocked out. I was about to play a song to give them a power boost. But then at the same time Luna used a spell to heal them. The HB dogs that were knocked out woke back up, with a grin they charged at the two Bouncers and head butted them hard doing double damage.
"That's right I can use a healing spell, but I'm still learning the repair spell." Luna said.
"Luna your awesome." I told her with a smile and it made her blush, before I kicked a normal Diamond dog away.
"Enough!" Fingers yelled and slammed his gauntlets on the floor.
"Luna, guys... I'll be right back." I told them and winked at Luna before I flew up to the floor I was on.
From behind him he turned to me with a glare and a frown, and I had a sucker in my mouth. I don't smoke.
"You think you killed them all don't you?" He asked. "But you forgot the others, my managers. The only two I can completely relay on. Fear." He lifted up his left fist showing a gauntlet with the words FEAR on it. "And Pain." He lifted up his right hand showing another gauntlet with the words PAIN on it.
I took the candy out of my mouth and tossed it to the side, before I smiled and punched my misshaped hand. This would be a piece of cake.
I then saw him jump high into the air, and he landed down on his fists creating a shock wave the sent me back, and it even damaged me as well.
"Damn." I said, before I rolled out of a punch that he tried to send to me, but then I felt him back hand me away from him again. 'What the hell, this is like nothing from the Game.' I thought before I got hit by another punch, this time I was able to block it with Clementine.
"It was a mistake to think that you could take me on." He said before he raised his fists into the air, but he got hit in the back by a blue beam of magic.
"Riles I got your back." Luna said as she flew over to me and used a healing spell.
"Thanks Luna." I said with a smile, and played some noted to make some lighting bolts that hit the big guy, and then struck the guitar strings for a pyro ball, below him.
When his stomach was showing, I tossed my guitar up into the air and flew at him. I used my chaos magic to make my fist the size of a truck tire before I punched him in the gut. I then caught my guitar, and then used ground shaker to shake the cave a bit, and a big rock fell and landed right on his head, making him see stars.
"Luna hold this." I said giving her my guitar and she held it in her magic. I poped the knuckles of my Paw and Claw before walking over to the brute.
"You'll pay for that." He said, as he struck me but I took it and upper cut him in the face, then a jab to his nose, and then a right cross.
Oh no he gave me a straight punch, but I punched him in the nose again, then another and another before he shook his head and slammed his fist down but I jumped to the side, but he got me in the face with his other fist. I wobbled before shaking it off to, but then he got me in the cheek, then my other cheek. He raised his fist up once more to finish me off. I felt woozy but I faintly heard a voice.
'Common kid you can do better than him, you too on two Evil Exes that were stronger than this loser.' A voice said.
Yeah... Yeah... YEAH! As soon as Fingers brought his fist down, I jumped back just in time to avoid it. I then jumped on his fist, and tightened my own fist, giving his a punch, to the left side of his face, and then one to his right side, and then a left one, then a right one. Left, right, left, right, leftrightleftrightleftrightleftrightleftrightleftright!
I back flipped of his fist, and jumped at him, punching his dead center in his nose once more, and the force broke one of his horns, and busted his lip, and some blood came out of his nose as well. My punch sent him flying off the high floor and he fell from it landing down on the gire with a loud and hard thud.
He groaned as she barely got up. "Guards... all guards... code red... report-" He got pushed off by one of the HB Dogs rotating the gire, and he fell into the grounded up stones and gems, slowly sinking but leaving only his head sticking out. He had those swirly eyes like in those anime.
His headset fell to the ground right onto a stone. The HB Dogs we liberated were celebrating and they got bottles of booze with them.
But then the ground started to shake. Luna and I floated down to him, and she gave me back my guitar before more Mino-Bouncers came out from the doors around us.
"Uh ho... this is bad." An HB Dog said.
"Were gonna need another army." Another said, they turned to me and Luna.
I smiled and quickly ran to the head set, and took it from the rock and started to play Battle Cry again.
We could hear the music coming from all around us and it got all the HB Dogs attention, they were curious and stopped what they were doing and went to see what it was. They saw me playing the guitar and I kind of like what I was doing now cause I started to play Rock of Ages by Def Leppard.
Def Leppard : Rock of Ages
Alright
I got somethin' to say
Yeah, it's better to burn out
Yeah, than fade away
All right, ow
Gonna start a fire
Come on
Rise up! Gather round
Rock this place to the ground
Burn it up let's go for broke
Watch the night go up in smoke
Rock on!
(Rock on!)
Drive me crazier, no serenade
No fire brigade, just Pyromania, come on
(What do you want?)
What do you want?
(I want rock 'n' roll)
Yes I do
(Long live rock 'n' roll)
Oh let's go, let's strike a light
We're gonna blow like dynamite
I don't care if it takes all night
Gonna set this town alight, come on
(What do you want?)
What do you want?
(I want rock 'n' roll)
Alright
(Long live rock 'n' roll)
Oh yeah yeah
Rock of ages, rock of ages
Still rollin', keep a-rollin'
Rock of ages, rock of ages
Still rollin', rock 'n' rollin'
We got the power, got the glory
Just say you need it and if you need it
Say, "Yeah!"
Ooh yeah
Now listen to me
I'm burnin', burnin', I got the fever
I know for sure, there ain't no cure
So feel it, don't fight it, go with the flow
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme one more for the road
(What do you want?)
What do you want?
(I want rock 'n' roll)
You betcha
(Long live rock 'n' roll)
I'm here
Rock of ages, rock of ages
Still rollin', keep a-rollin'
Rock of ages, rock of ages
Still rollin', rock 'n' rollin'
We got the power, got the glory
Just say you need it and if you need it
Say, "Yeah!"
Say, "Yeah!"
We're gonna burn this damn place down, woo hoo
Down to the ground
Time felt like it had stopped as they looked at us, then they started banging their heads to the music and jumped off the gire and joined us in the fight against the Bouncers. I smiled and played some notes making lighting bolts and Pyro balls on them, but it was hardly necessary since they were out numbered by our new army.
It was like ants and sugar, the HB Dogs were the ants and the Mino-Bouncers were the sugar as they were all taken down.
Once all of them were KOed, I put my guitar away and smiled again. "Listen up!" I called out for their attention." In honor of you guys were gonna call this new army Ironhead... with a 'E' on the end so people know that were not messing around!"
"Iron Heade!" One said.
"I like it." Another said with a smile.
"Right on! ...I don't get it."
"Now.. lets get back to Canterlot and get this Army Started!" I yelled out.
"IRON HEADE!" All the Headbanger Dogs yelled out.
"Well Riles... your first mission and your already assembled an army for us." Luna said with a smile.
"Looks like it." I said with a chuckle. "One more thing." I said and ran out to the entrance, with Luna following me. I played a song Recall Flag and it summoned a flag in front of us, but I also went to it and focused some of my chaos magic to give it an aura to let people know that this spot was now Ironheade turf.
Luna could feel the aura I made and it made her feel safe and welcomed. "You already mastered aura magic as well?"
"Yup." I said with a smile. "Remember when I was in the Canterlot Library?" I asked her.
"Yes." Luna said.
"I found those books of spells that let you use territory type of magic." I said with a smile and took out the map, and right where we were at, the map now had an Ironheade Symbol on it, along with a area covering the acres of land it stretched which was about a hundred acres. "All of that there is ours." I said with a smile.
"Well I'll be sure to let Tia know about this." Luna said. "We should make sure that the Royal Guards know about our new army as well."
"Right." I said as we walked back to Canterlot along with a hundred Headbanger Dogs.
Day 57 : Underground Lab : Private Study
Inside a private study, their was a large fish-tank with large Parana's swimming around, with someone in front of it. He was a tad bit over weight, with long black hair, and he had on a pair of square glasses. He wore a white dress shirt with a silk jacket, a black tie, black slacks, with Italian shoes. "A huge disappointment." He said with an Italian accent. "That mine was a perfect resource for the Project."
"But Boss we got more than enough of those fancy gems for it right?" A thug said with an Italian accent to, he had on a brown suit, and a white tie, with chestnut brown hair.
"I ain't done talking Lando." He told him without looking at the fish. "As I was saying. With the rate of gems that were now using, it should speed up the project and cut a month off of the time it was previously planned out, but with what happen two days ago it could possibly rise back to the previous time." He said and waited for about thirty seconds before he sighed. "You can talk now."
"Thank'ya Boss." A big muscle guy said with a low voice, he had on a blackish-blue suit, with a pink tie, and he wore a fedora hat that covered his hair and his eyes, so only the lower half of his face could be seen. "We can find out who's doin this stuff, and put'em in a pair of cement shoes, then toss'em into the ocean."
"You always suggest that." A skinny and short Italian said with a high voice, and had a short red hair. He wore a dark-gray suit, with a silver tie, and he wore a tall fedora has as well, but the top of it was four feet long. "The cement shoes, than the ocean, over and over again. I know were in a mob but that's not all we do."
"But I like da cement shoes, I love how da guy we whack just sinks to'da bottom." The big guy said with a smile.
"Dan, Tiny. That's Enough." Their Boss said as he took some red tablets out of a bottle, and tossed them into the fish tank. Once they sunk halfway the paranas went berserk and started eating them. "One little set back, will hardly effect our mission."
"Of course Boss." Dan said. "No stinkin kid is goin to get in our way."
"Good." The Boss said.
"So Boss what's goin to be our plan now?" Tiny asked.
"For now we have to wait." He said and placed his hand on the glass of the fishtank watching his pet fish devour the food he gave them. "I am Randal Amalfitano, Mob boss of the League of Evil Exes, and will not be bested by some child." He whispered to himself.
Jericho listening to what Randal said from out the door, with his arms folded he was leaned up against the wall. Before he got off, and looked at the ring he placed on before walking away. 'What has happened to us?' He asked.
Meanwhile. . .
The same figure that roamed through the Everfree Forest, walked out and saw Canterlot Castle it's beauty in the night, and gleaming from the light of the moon itself as well. "Chaos." The figure spoke with a feminine voice, and then 'she' began to walk again in a different direction not saying another word.