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[LordSwinton 759]

"That's a horrible idea!" Starchase stared at Caliber in horror. "We should never split up! The last time we did, I heard...things. Divided we shall fall. He's cunning that way."

 

He was so terrified of the idea he didn't notice the blood running past and soaking his hooves. "Tell him, Amber, tell him it's a bad idea. Right, Lektra?" He turned to the rest of the group for support.

[P-Jay 1,987]

"are you suggesting that i wouldn't survive?!" caliber asked, flaring up immediately. "i can take care of myself! and we dont have time to be all careful when our friend might be dying!!"

 

he puffed out his cheeks. "ill wait for the group decision..." he muttered. "we'll see whether or not its a good idea..."

[LordSwinton 759]

They tracked Arcing Storm to a nearby room and the hallway was eerily silent and void of any other guardponies or maids. Their hoofsteps echoed through the stone hallway. Was it normally this desolated and unprotected?

 

They stopped at a wooden door identical to any other. With a huff and a puff they bought the door down.

 

And there was Arcing Storm.

[Thunder Tinker 659]

Storm... didn't really look the same the last time he had met them. Glowing green and purple scar-like marks traced all over his black coat, his eyes turning into a combination of purple, green and black as well. Clearly he was under control of Sombra as he immediately casted a thunder cloud wall around his 'rescuers', or rather, victims. "Caught ya." The stallion said as the thunder clouds sparked and discharged whenever the ponies inside moved closer to it. And no flying either as the wall immediately struck them if they ascended.

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber saw the cloud, and he didnt pay it any mind, and tried to walk closer to arcing, anyways.

 

he got a nasty shock.

 

but did that stop him? no.

 

he threw himself against the cloud, and started struggling to get out. while at the same time, he was slowly reaching for his sword. arcing had already proved he was a threat. granted, under control, but still a threat. 

 

caliber was being shocked, and he distantly remembered something about how they had a lightning expert in the group, but he didnt pay it any mind.

 

and if he got close enough, he was gonna crack arcing's head open with the blunt of his sword.

[AmberDust 1,118]

Amber shook her head solemnly, looking at the stone walls that surrounded them. She cursed under her breath.

"I should have seen this coming," she said, tracing her hoof down the wall. She looked to Arcing sternly.

"I'm going to try this healing spell on him," she said, and she took out her notebook, flipping it to the proper page.

"Maybe it'll get this evil out of him..."

Edited July 18, 2015 by AmberDust

[LordSwinton 759]

"I knew this was going to happen!" Starchase glared at him, upset at their supposed friend. "I though you were our friend! You are, aren't you?" Seeing Caliber hurt, he attempted to help his teammate and stupidly dashed head first.

 

He was struck badly as he blindly charged at Arcing Storm. "We can't exactly hurt him." He murmured to Lektra. "He's still our friend! Right?" Caliber's murderous intention scared him more than anything else.

[Thunder Tinker 659]

Storm seemed unimpressive with Lektra's efforts to turn his weapon against himself. All she had done was trying to make this into a stalemate. The cube was absorbed back into Storm, his 'scars' now glowing yellow with electric sparks coming from them occasionally.

 

Storm immediately nabbed Amber as she was defenseless. "One move and she gets a nasty, and what would probably be her last shock. That applies to you too." He looked at the three stallions and then to his hostage, his coat containing his nasty electrical energy.

[P-Jay 1,987]

@, 

 

caliber froze when arcing took a hostage. 

 

and in that moment, until such time as the possession/dark magic wears off, arcing was now a full-fledged threat. a threat that was saying that he'll kill amber, and maybe even his other comrades.

 

and...that just didnt fly with him.

 

"...lektra. i need just one good shot at him. im sure i could ko him with a well-placed hit to the head." he whispered quietly. "could you make an opening? doesn't have to be big, i just needs to be able to get through..."

[LordSwinton 759]

He wasn't sure if Lektra had accidentally fried or short circuit her brain. "You're 'done'?!" He wasn't sure how to take that in. The stakes were higher than ever and she was just going to sit back and watch everything unfold? He did feel like grabbing her and shaking her violently but he was still sane enough to not do so. Under normal circumstances it would have never even crossed his mind.

 

He attempted to find an exit only to be shocked again. Faced with no escape, he stared at Arcing who was threatening to kill his own friend. Then it occurred to him that they barely knew him. He couldn't remember anything about Arcing Storm from before that morning. Did he honestly know any of these ponies?

 

He took a few small steps towards the somewhat crazed alicorn and his hostage. He tried to assess the situation and perhaps they could reach an agreement? He was terrified and his hooves trembled but he stood there, trying to stare him down.

[AmberDust 1,118]

Amber tensed as the stallion grabbed her, but she wouldn't let herself be collateral. She swallowed hard, trying to get rid of the lump in her throat.

"It's okay, guys." she said, trying to smile whilst shaking nervously. She shut her eyes tight and her horn began to glow with healing magic, surrounding Arcing and herself.

The two of them were briefly covered in a golden glow. Amber caught her breath, hoping for the best. If this doesn't work, I'll have to get out of this through force, the unicorn thought.

 

The gold glow faded slowly. Amber struggled to check Arcing's eyes for any change.

"Did it work?" she grunted.

[Thunder Tinker 659]

"U-Unngh....." Storm grunted and released Amber, clenching his eyes tightly as Sombra's control wavered and faded. The stallion was left with a sudden tiredness and dizziness, his legs letting him fall onto the floor with a bit of stumbling. "*thud*" "S-Sorry...everypony..." He weakly said out, craning his head up to look at the group.

[LordSwinton 759]

"Arcing!" Starchase excitedly rushed to his side and shook him lightly with a hoof. He didn't look very well. "It worked!" He gave Amber a quick squeeze.

 

The sound of a thousand thundering hoofsteps echoed in the hallway outside. Reinforcements had arrived. With one down and four versus Celestia knows how many guards, chances of escape dropped to 0.

 

Starchase rushed about the room, looking for a secret passage if there was one (nope there isn't). He put his hooves to the wall searching for any secret switch of sorts in the other end of the room. He pressed both of his front hooves onto a big oval mirror and fell right through it!

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber laughed, pulling out his sword. "indeed!" he said, jumping in the middle of the crowd, and doing a sort of spinning motion, slashing all around him.

 

he was slashing faster by the second, and whoever trained these guards obviously did a poor job doing so, as only his cape suffered damage.

 

"hey--wheres starchase?" he asked, realizing that the pony was no-where to be seen.

 

"ah, we'll worry about that later! for now, lets find the king! he'll regret taking arcing from us!!" he jumped up, and started running towards where he though the king would be, running across the head's of the guards that were trying to slash at him.

[LordSwinton 759]

The tyrant was sitting on his dark crystal throne as the intruders burst in of his hall, their weapons no doubt casted on him.

 

"Muhahahahaha!" He threw his head back and laughed heartily as though he was in no danger whatsoever. "Have you come to 'kill' me?" Speaking lightly in jest, he sat up in his throne and the room turned darker and darker. "Make this quick, my time is unworthy of you fools! Do you not tire of your worthless lives? Your futile efforts to end my rule? Has your long history of misery and Princesses not taught you anything? I cannot be destroyed!"

[AmberDust 1,118]

Amber smiled as Arcing returned to his usual self.

"It's good to have you back," she said, relieved. And healing spells counteract dark magic possession, she added internally, whipping out her notebook and quill. However, before she had a chance to write anything down, Starchase disappeared in a ripple of silver. She stared blankly at the mirror, slack-jawed.

"Did you see that?" She asked Arcing.

[P-Jay 1,987]

"c'mon, lemme at him!" caliber yelled, still sprinting, not registering the fact that the room was growing darker. 

 

he leaped into the air, doing a vertical spin, slashing his sword downwards. a common way he attacked first, and a good way to gauge an opponent's strength on the first strike.

[LordSwinton 759]

King Sombra's physical for began to dissipate like mist. He didn't seem fazed about it, instead maintaining his fearsome grin. "You think youve defeated me? The cycle shall be repeated! I always return and I will hunt you! I AM IMMORTAL!" He screamed as he faded away. Talk about anticlimactic. Nothing about the room seemed to have changed other than the absence of the evil dictator. The dark gloom lingered on.

[LordSwinton 759]

Lektra's voice echoed in the empty throne room. Sombra had seemingly dissipated and moved on. Even if he was still alive, he'd have no intention of appearing, that or he died cause normal ponies don't survive head chopping or katana slashing. But he was no ordinary pony. Who knows what happened to the tyrant? Perhaps he decided to take a holiday in the snowy alps. We shall never know or care as Arcing is back and all is well other than the fact he's lying on the floor in another room, possibly with half of his life shaved off due to the recent event and left with the not so battle ready Amber. And the whole damn place is swimming in blood. They might need a snorkel or even some scuba kit to get back there. Fortunately the blood was already draining off, a great deal spilled over to the other side of the mirror or dripping out the window like a waterfall from the outside. It was a symbol of their victory, so say the ponies staring from beyond the walls.

[P-Jay 1,987]

"he'll be back. villains always come back for more...on second thought...where did the others go again?"

 

caliber sheathed his sword, and wandered back to where amber and arcing was. "...im missing something, here...i think starchase was looking for a secret lever, or something...maybe he found one?"

 

he started feeling along the wall, and shortly after fell through the same place starchase did.

[LordSwinton 759]

Out they pooped onto the pavement, partially soaked in blood. Sirens were blaring and the police surrounded them. Passerby pedestrians stopped to stare at the scene. The surrounding pavement was washed in blood and it looked horrendous.

 

Starchase was sitting on the curb, huddled into a small mass and desperately trying to attack the police attempting to communicate to him by flailing like a mad 'man'. Freaking out the cops tasered them and packed them off to the station.

 

You wake up in prison. Damm.

[J.R. 3,183]

Blizzard landed on the ground. He had no idea where he was or how he got where he was. All he did know, was that the last place he was, was on his way home and now his entire body had changed, and he was stuck. Alone. 

 

He wandered around, wondering, "Ugh...what happened? Last I checked I was near the Everfree forest. Now...where am I?"

 

Unfortunately, he was arrested for solicitation, and now he ended up in prison.

Edited August 17, 2015 by Ice Blizzard

[P-Jay 1,987]

four sliced-in-half batons later, and he was then tasered. he woke up in the same cell as the others.

 

"...probably shouldn't have called that cop a fatass..."

 

he stretched a little, and looked at himself. "so, anyone here know what...these are?" he waved his hand in font of him. 

[J.R. 3,183]

Blizzard was already sitting in the same cell as the others, trying to figure out what exactly was going on. He didn't bother to look up at anyone, he just sat there and thought to himself, "What's going on...? Now I'm in this strange place for whatever reason....what's happening?"

Edited August 17, 2015 by Ice Blizzard

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber took a break looking at ice before he shrugged. "im here for--" he put on a mock police tone "--'attempted murder, assault, 2nd degree murder, resisting arrest,' blah blah blah. they didnt hear our story, though."

 

he got up, and walked past the bars lektra bent. "now wheres my sword?"