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To Kill A God…
Eric dug the plasma blade into the wall of the tunnel, trying to find the fault line he knew all tunnels had. They all had a weakness, one that would destroy the whole network if it went off. There was a snap, then the sound of rocks grinding together. He had found it. Eric twisted the blade in two directions, making a hole a foot deep. He repeated the process, following the crack that had revealed itself. He made a second pass, placing C-4 in all the holes until they were filled. He took some dirt and pressed it into the explosive putty, disguising it to all but the most trained eyes. "Shining Armor, come in." Eric waited for the reply, crouching behind a rock as a couple zombies passed by farther away.
"What's up Firebird?" Shining Armor asked over the COM-link. Eric explained the situation quickly, informing him to evacuate the main fortress incase the tunnel pulled some of it down with it. he also explained the ponies trapped, not mentioning names. "Affirmative. Continue with the rescue and exfiltration Firebird. I'll begin the evac topside. Tell me when you have them out." Eric cut the line and watched the tunnel. Nothing was moving that he could see, and the sonar confirmed. All the targets were still again.
Eric left his cover, moving silently down the hole toward the two ponies. He came across two zombies walking side by side in front of him. Eric projected his blades, the crackle of electricity causing the two to turn around. he swung wide cutting clean through their necks and imbedding the blade in the tunnel wall. He deactivated the blade as the bodies fell, followed by their heads. Eric grasped the handle of his rifle again, continuing down the tunnel as he neared the chamber he was looking for.
Eric exited the tunnel, sweeping his rifle throughout the all and watching the gray visual from the IR for movement. He noticed a torch burning and shut off his invisible light, turning his standard visuals to function. Against the far wall was a cage, a disheveled looking red horse chained to the wall. Eric approached the cage, looking at the horse. He activated the cutting torch attached to the side of his hand, using it to cut through the bars. The red horse was awakened by the sound of the electric arc cutter slicing the metal, the slag falling onto the ground with a sizzle.
"Y'all here to help us?" the stallion asked him in a deep voice. Eric nodded, the torchlight refusing to reach his figure. "Ah can't see y'all, but if ya're, take care o' the others firs'. Ah know what Ah signed up fer'." Eric stopped cutting and activated his speakers.
"Where are they?" he asked. the stallion motioned with his head to Eric's left and hung his head again, obviously exhausted. Eric turned and walked away towards the other torch. Inside the cage was a blue Pegasus, chained to the floor by black steel. Eric extended a wrist blade and laid it against the iron bars, the squall of burning metal resounding through the room. The Pegasus looked up, dried blood coating its face.
"Who's there?" She asked, terror in her voice. "Stay away! Don't do it again! Please!" she crouched down and covered her head with her hooves. Eric continued to cut through the metal, knowing stealth didn't matter anymore as his Sonar showed ten hostiles running through the tunnels toward him. Eric slammed his shoulder against the bars, knocking them in before stepping through the hole. The Pegasus looked up at him as he entered the light of the torch. Her eyes widened at the sight of the human skull looking down at her, letting out a scream.
"Dash, It's me. Calm down." Eric tried to calm her, raising the faceplate. Dash looked at Eric's face, fear falling away. "Come on," he said. "I have to get you out of here." He activated the plasma blades again, lifting her hoof and bringing it down on the chains. Dash screamed in pain as he did.
"Stop!" she screamed, causing him to pull the blade back. "Their enchanted to hurt me if I try to get away, It's no use Eric." She laid back down, crying. He looked at her, finding her will broken and her eyes dulled. "They cut me open Eric," she said, crying harder. "I felt them cut me open and pull something out of me. I don't know what it was, but…" Eric put a hand over her mouth, shaking his head as he let go of the chains, lifting her hoof.
"It's ok, Dashie," he said. "We can talk when I get you out, trust me. Now this is going to hurt," he warned. "But it should let you slip out of the cuffs. I'll have to carry you out though." She nodded and closed her eyes, clenching her jaw. Eric lowered his faceplate, letting the HUD show him a diagram of her skeletal structure. He raised his arm, bringing it down on the leg. The bone pulverized under the pressure, letting him slip the limb from the cuffs as she whimpered in pain. Eric did the like with the others, picking her up and carrying her to the other ponies cage. Eric made two swipes with his blades, the bars falling with a clatter. He stepped into the cage, setting Dash down before grabbing the chain by the large ponies back leg.
Eric twisted a link until it snapped, letting the broken steel fall before doing the same with the other one. He snapped the link as ten zombies filed into the room. Eric turned around and raised his rifle, spraying the room with lead. The bodies fell, holes blown in their skulls. Eric activated the blades on his wrists, slicing through the chains in one movement. The horse fell to the ground, grunting before getting up and stumbling around. "You good to walk out of here?" he asked. the horse nodded. "Can you carry her with you?"
"Eeyup," the red pony said in a southern accent. Eric placed Dash on his back, gently letting go of her. they left the room, heading toward the tunnel that entered Night Forge Castle. Eric felt something watching him from behind, but each time he would look back there was nothing. They continued, Eric letting Big Mac go in front of him. Eric stepped up behind them as they left the caverns, entering a stone room. His feet were pulled out from under him, causing him to fall on his face.
"You betray me for the last time Slayer!" The growling voice of the shadow god screamed at him, beginning to engulf him in darkness. "I will rip you limb from limb and mount your dismembered corpse from the battlements of Canterlot!" Eric turned over to see a wickedly insane grin and glowing red eyes. "And you thought I was going to let you turn on me after you evacuated Canterlot, planned to have the sun goddess at power assist you in killing me. Foolish mortal, you will die!" the god came out of his shadow, revealing himself.
The being had a wolf's head and neck, the body of a winged dragon. Its arms and legs were those of a giant humans, a massive hand wrapping around his neck. "No," Eric snarled, pulling a silver blade from behind his waist. He dug the full ten inches into the god's side, bringing a howl of agony from him as the blessed metal began to burn inside of him. Eric jumped onto the deity, grasping him by the neck and pushing him back into the tunnels. "You will be the one to die!" he screamed before being engulfed in darkness again. the god shrouded them both in darkness, the black haze dissipating to reveal they both were gone.
Eric flew through the street, landing hard and sliding across the paving stones of Canterlot Square. The god landed on top of him, pulling his helmet from his head and tossing it aside. "Did you think this push pin could harm me, slayer?" he asked with a grin, holding the melted silver blade up to Eric's face. "Bah! You have not the ability to match me!" Eric activated his thrusters, launching out from under the god in the direction of his helmet. He stopped next to it, grasping the article and slamming it into place.
"My kind are know for killing gods, monster," Eric said as he jumped to his feet. He activated his blades, spikes projecting across his armor from any place a hold could be gained. He pulled a rod from his waist, activating the four foot blade of energy. "We're also know for inability to quit." He began to stalk in a circle, the god following mirroring his moments as he formed a black axe from the shadows of the setting sun.
"Bah! Killing gods. Have you concept of immortality?" the deity crouched slightly, preparing his offensive, "You cannot kill that which cannot die!" the monster jumped into the air, bringing the blade of his axe down toward Eric. Eric rolled forward, flames trailing the gouges in the stone from the spikes. Eric boosted from his jets, charging the monster and slicing him across the back. The Deity howled and landed a solid blow in Eric's armor, knocking him to the side. "You also cannot harm a shadow!" it screamed at him as he stood, black mist swirling across the deep gash in the gods back.
Eric raised his fist, firing all of the rounds stored in his gauntlet into the gods chest. The deity stumbled backward as the rounds impacted, shadow once again filling the wounds. Eric took the chance to charge again, slicing through the gods neck and taking to the sky above. The beheaded entity knelt and picked up its head, placing it on its shoulders again and turning to face him. 'That's a problem,' Eric thought. He pulled the weapons to his shoulders, firing fifty caliber rounds into the god. the monster took the lead without complaint, laughing at him all the while.
"You think your weapons can defeat me?" it asked him as he continued to empty his chain. The gun clicked and slowed its rotation, falling back over his shoulder. "You have not the ability to harm me, let alone kill me!" the god jumped into the air, slamming the flat of the double edged axe against his chest and sending him through a building. Eric landed in the next road, his plasma devices having been crippled by the blow to his electronics.
"Ow," he said in a deadpan, standing up and dropping his added weapons. The steel bands fell from his suit, clanging on the ground. "I'm going to have to get smart fast." Eric took to the sky again, trying to find the being once more. He turned around above the city, trying to spot the god. Eric felt large weights grasp his legs, creeping up to his chest and materializing as the wolf headed god.
"Fool," it said. "You still fight the inevitable." Eric began to charge his thrusters, the whine of the turbines growing louder. Eric grabbed the god by the chest, holding it in a vice.
"I may not know when to quit," Eric said as the turbines became above the audible range. "But I know you have to have somewhere to be to exist." He launched upward, his suit on auto pilot as he blacked out from the G's. Eric awoke in the upper atmosphere, the god fighting to be freed from Eric's grip. "Now you die," he said, the speaker working hard to make him heard in the low amount of air. Eric flipped back, diving toward the ground as his suit flashed warning after warning.
"What are you doing?" the god screamed in terror as Eric approached light speed. "You could destroy the universe you fool!" Eric paid him no mind, having the suit burn a sliver of Devnium nine ten after he leveled out. the Speedometer rose like a rocket, flashing red on his display as he breached Mach 10. He kept going, trailing violet flames as the pair began to glow white. "No! You will destroy everything I worked towards!" the two burst into flame as they passed the light barrier. They were surrounded by a molten visage, red light ruling the area.
"Good bye!" Eric said before letting the god fall from his arms. A burst of light signaled his exit of the dimension. The god looked at the growing sphere of light, knowing what it could do. They had broken the dimensional barrier, entering the alterlands. The sphere burst, casting flames in all directions. The fire devoured everything, leaving black nothing behind in its wake.
"No! I will not be defeated by a mortal!" the god screamed as the flames engulfed his legs. The burning energy continued to devour the world around him, dark beasts fleeing from the blaze and screaming in terror. The god reached toward the nearest hand hold, trying to find a way out before the flames engulfed him completely.
Eric reappeared in Equestria with a burst of fire, the ring emanating from the ball of light they had left behind. He was burning as he descended towards the castle. "Oh, shit…" he moaned before locking his armor. Eric stiffened, impacting on the four foot thick stone walls and continuing on into the main building. He had slowed substantially, now bouncing across the polished marble floor and leaving dents twice the size of a man. He slammed into another wall a moment later, passing through it and sliding across the floor of the throne room.
Celestia jumped at the explosion, ducking for cover as a mass slid fast across the floor to her seat. The object slammed into her throne, launching and tumbling through the air toward the large stained glass mural. She cast a spell, halting the mass before it passed through the window and fell over two thousand feet to the rocks below. inside the sphere of magic was a charred and blackened suit of armor that she recognized immediately. "Eric!" she called out to him, trying to make sure he was awake. She set him on the floor, releasing the spell and walking towards his contorted and locked form. She saw a flashing light and pressed it, releasing the lock and letting his body go limp on the floor.
Eric reached up and lifted his helmet from its locks, rolling over and coughing up gray fluid from his lungs. The impact absorbent poured from several ports that opened when Celestia released the lock, spreading across the floor in a large puddle. "Ow," Eric gasped before falling back into a coughing fit. He regained his composure a moment later, sitting back and running his hands through his hair. "Send out the clean up crew, princess," he said, breathing heavily. "We won." He smiled and laughed raggedly, coughing afterwards as gel flew from his throat.
The Princess looked at him incredulously, not believing him. "How did you kill it?" she asked, lending him her shoulder so he could stand. Eric took the offer, rising to his feet before activating the compression systems. He walked forward, dropping his sleeves from their place and walking out of the boots. He lifted the chest plate and dropped it into the pile of parts.
"Even a god can't live when there is nothing," he said, panting from the adrenaline of the crash landing. "When light is broken and surpassed, a reality can be destroyed. I just passed dimensions and let one fall apart with him in it." Eric smiled and coughed again. "Now," he said, blinking hard. "I'm going to sleep for about a month. No visitors please." Eric laughed weakly before falling unconscious.
Im just going to finish the update with the credits, sorry but my time is limited at the library :/