open Apocalypse

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

@, @@Frosty V

 

(OOC: sorry about leaving you hanging for several hours...  I was otherwise occupied)

 

Zinn yelped and fell over as some sort of electric tendril struck him.  As he struggled to stand, he saw the dust finally settling.  Opposite of himself was no longer just one, but three creatures, all of whom seemed to be working together.  Now they stood over there, mocking him.  Mocking Tectonus!  This was why he abandoned pony society.  He could not stand the sheer IGNORANCE of these creatures!  Why couldn't the entire world be enlightened like he was?

 

He wanted to annihilate them.  He wanted to watch them struggle as the earth swallowed them.  However, he knew that the odds were never in his favor, and they were even less so now.  If he had any hope of succeeding in his quest, he would need to retreat.  "It's TEC. TON. US," he screamed in fury, "Tectonus!"  At this, he magically lifted the stone spikes and flung them at the three opponents.  Then, using as much of his remaining strength as he could conjure, created a second dust cloud and galloped off in the opposite direction.

 

It pained him to have to admit failure at his first test, but what else could he do?  Zinn promised though, that he would become stronger; mentally, magically, and physically.  Then he would face these three and teach them respect for the Great Lord of Stone.

[Frosty V 309]

@Antismurf9001

 

Jaeger coughed as the dust cloud entered his lungs. "*cough* NEVER HEARD OF HIM!" he yelled after the Zinn. Jaeger held his pistol up and pin pointed it on Zinn's head. He paused and then lowered the weapon. "Damn to far out...well Iwiek, I'd say we've made a few enemies today, and I have to admit it was rather fun." he chuckled

[Hive King 2,001]

@Antismurf9001

 

Jaeger coughed as the dust cloud entered his lungs. "*cough* NEVER HEARD OF HIM!" he yelled after the Zinn. Jaeger held his pistol up and pin pointed it on Zinn's head. He paused and then lowered the weapon. "Damn to far out...well Iwiek, I'd say we've made a few enemies today, and I have to admit it was rather fun." he chuckled

"Well, the psycho Techno freak is gone so we can either chase him down, find the guy who head-butted me, or try to dig out the cave" Iwiek said rubbing the small cut on his cheek where a stone spike had caught him. Tenebris occupied itself by bouncing the stone spike inside its smoke.

"I say we chase down the Tenor guy, he probably has a good singing voice if he worships Tenor" Tenebris said without a hint of mockery. "Also, he was fun with his little dust baths and spikes" Tenebris chuckled before taking a small dust bath

[Gloomfury 243]

@@Child Of Darkness, 

Gloomfury draws his knife and gets in his fighting stance. "Why are their bat ponies still hear and why would they attack of of their own?" Gloomfurys ears flick from the sound of wings flapping and hooves on rock. He stands closer to Violetinas sister to make sure no one gets near her when they attack.

[Child Of Darkness 285]

@@Child Of Darkness,

Gloomfury draws his knife and gets in his fighting stance. "Why are their bat ponies still hear and why would they attack of of their own?" Gloomfurys ears flick from the sound of wings flapping and hooves on rock. He stands closer to Violetinas sister to make sure no one gets near her when they attack.

"They are here for the same reason we are. Survival. As for them being bat ponies. They are best suited to caves, so my guess I'd they decided to ambush Survivours in the caves."

Violetina turned around and killed one of the agressive ponies.

"Stay close to me. They will try and attack your from the back and above."

 

Niru was cowering behind her big sister. She wanted to help but was to scared to move an inch.

[Gloomfury 243]

@@Child Of Darkness,

 "Gods be damned, out of the frying pan and into the fire." Gloomfury says in annoyance as he stabs two bat ponies who attacked him at once. "You take your sister and get the hell out of here as fast as you can while I buy you sometime. I've fought more this then this when I was a pirate." He jumps on one of them and rips it's throat out with his sharp teeth.

[Child Of Darkness 285]

@Gloomfury

 

(Sorry for being gone so long.)

 

"You need to save your energy and breath, we have already lost time." Violetina looked up to the roof and stabbed another pony.

"They know the weakness, they are trying to slow you down. If they where tried to kill us, we would be dead."

 

(What to do... Let's do a storm. This will effect the people on the surface.)

 

As a result of all that has happened over the past day or say. A lage storm of Dust has formed over Equestria and has now fallen to the ground in a storm, thick enough to choke a weaker pony to death.

[Hive King 2,001]

"Another storm?!" Iwiek lamented before lashing his Electro-Whips into the side of the mountain in frustration. "Huh, well I'll be damnned" Iwiek chuckled as he saw the rock crumble into a small hole. Tenebris zipped around, laughing at the way the sand particles looked as they passed through its smoke. Iwiek's compact body allowed him to squeeze into the hole, albeit uncomfortably. He was about to call Tenebris, but the smoke cloud seemed to be having fun

[Frosty V 309]

@Evil Dragon Master

 

Jaeger pulled his bandana back over his muzzle to protect him from the sand flying all around him, he just stood there, still and quite, not moving, but breathing slowly. He liked storms, and he wanted to enjoy this one before it was all over.

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

They're going to hunt me, find me, and kill me! Zinn thought as he ran.  I was done running!  I was supposed to be the hunter from now on!  Why?  Why?!

 

You failed, the voice stated.

 

"I know!" he shouted angrily, and immediately regretted it.  I'm sorry, my Lord, but there were so many of them!  My magic is not as strong as it was before my enlightenment.

 

You must become stronger, the voice told him.

 

"Yes," Zinn whimpered, "but how can I train with them following right behind me?  They'll always be there, right on my tail!"  It was then that he noticed a dust storm beginning to descend upon them.  At this, he smiled a wild and triumphant smile.  This was exactly what he needed!  In a storm of this size, his enemies would be forced to stop, but not him.  Not Zinn; with his magic, he could still continue!  He could gain ground, and the storm would cover up his trail behind him.  He gave his thanks to Tectonus as his horn sparked to life, making a weak barrier that pushed back some of the dust.  It was far from perfect, especially after using so much of his strength in the fight earlier, but it allowed him to breathe and keep moving, though slower than before.  And he smiled in anticipation of his enemies' demises.

[Hive King 2,001]

They're going to hunt me, find me, and kill me! Zinn thought as he ran.  I was done running!  I was supposed to be the hunter from now on!  Why?  Why?!

 

You failed, the voice stated.

 

"I know!" he shouted angrily, and immediately regretted it.  I'm sorry, my Lord, but there were so many of them!  My magic is not as strong as it was before my enlightenment.

 

You must become stronger, the voice told him.

 

"Yes," Zinn whimpered, "but how can I train with them following right behind me?  They'll always be there, right on my tail!"  It was then that he noticed a dust storm beginning to descend upon them.  At this, he smiled a wild and triumphant smile.  This was exactly what he needed!  In a storm of this size, his enemies would be forced to stop, but not him.  Not Zinn; with his magic, he could still continue!  He could gain ground, and the storm would cover up his trail behind him.  He gave his thanks to Tectonus as his horn sparked to life, making a weak barrier that pushed back some of the dust.  It was far from perfect, especially after using so much of his strength in the fight earlier, but it allowed him to breathe and keep moving, though slower than before.  And he smiled in anticipation of his enemies' demises.

 

Tenebris continued looping through the sand happily while Iwiek skulked in his cave. 

"Ugh, why won't this storm just go away?" Iwiek groaned, flicking a bit of sand off his snout with shake of the head. 

"Hey, I see the Tenor pony" Tenebris commented after flying up to get a better look at the storm. 

"What?!" Iwiek yelled, nearly bursting out of the cave. He growled, touching the scar on his cheek where Zinn had cut him. That freak would pay, storm or no storm. "Tenebris, lead me to him" Iwiek growled before jumping out of the cave and pulling out his secret stash of trash. The trash would make him faster but more vulnerable, not that it would matter. Iwiek lashed his Electro-Whips constantly to keep the air in front of him somewhat clear as he ran through the storm. 

[Gloomfury 243]

@@Child Of Darkness,

"Then what the hell  do you think we should do?! I'm starting get really tiered of the bastards!" He charges into a small group of them and kills then in a barrage of fury. He bites on one of the bat ponies throat then curb-stomps two more with his forelegs and then buck one more in the face at the same time. He spits out the bat pony he still had in his mouth and heads back to Violetina and her sister mouth dripping with bleed. "And I'm getting really sick of the taste of these bastards blood real fast."

[Guest]

Twisted looked at what was happening underneath him. He was not too pleased of what he saw, but then again did it seem like they were busy enough trying to kill each other to try and come for him. A thick cloud of sand was building up. Deciding to evade a brown out he shot down and into a tree relatively close to where he heard some noise. He put on his bandana protecting himself from swallowing sand.

[Hive King 2,001]

Iwiek coughed on some sand before spitting it out and continuing on his quest. He would find that religous nut-case and tear him apart! 

"We're close" Tenebris called from above. Iwiek grunted in acknowledgement before stepping into a run, forgetting his trot

[Frosty V 309]

@Evil Dragon Master

 

Jaeger followed behind his companions maintaining a steady pace. He was very interested in this religious pony ....what he believed, why he believed it. Yet most of him just wanted to hold the pony down as he beat his face in for thinking he was ignorant and shoving his religion in his face, but it would be decided when they met again......soon

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

Zinn continued on through the storm.  It was lasting much longer than he had expected, and his barrier was slowly becoming less and less effective.  Of course, Zinn knew that this was just the first part of his training.  He would have to learn endurance, as well as how to use as little magic as possible to get the job done.  Only then could he become strong.

 

The fact that his magic was now weaker than ever didn't phase him though.  He was completely confident that his enemies couldn't follow him.  Maybe the smoke cloud could, but it wouldn't leave its companions behind.  Such was the weakness of the ignorant.

[Hive King 2,001]

Iwiek finally saw the religous nut-case and charged in a rage. 

"HEY TENOR WORSHIPPER!" Iwiek roared as he charged. "This is for my face" Iwiek growled before extending his limb to bounce the unicorn into a waiting Tenebris. Tenebris laughed as it slammed Zinn back towards Iwiek, who grabbed Zinn by the leg and slammed him into the ground

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

"HEY TENOR WORSHIPPER!"

 

Zinn froze, his eyes widening in disbelief.  How? he thought, but did not have much time to think as electricity surged through his body and he flew through the air, hitting some sort of solid, giggling surface.  He tried to move, but his limbs wouldn't cooperate.  Then another tendril wrapped around his leg and slammed him to the ground.

 

"How?" he asked weakly.  "Why?"

 

You failed, said the voice in his head.  Failure must be punished.

 

"You were going to save me!  The storm was supposed to save me!"

 

You were given the hope of salvation so that the pain would be greater.  

 

Zinn saw the small pony with the buzzing tendrils coming closer.  "He's going to kill me," he said.  "I can't die!"

 

Then beg him for your life.

 

"What?!"

 

BEG!

 

Tears filled his eyes.  His failure was greater than he could have imagined.  Was Tectonus abandoning him?  A feeling of dread engulfed his mind.  He tried to speak, but was immediately forced to cough out a mouthful of sand.  Managing a weak spell to protect his mouth, he did as his master had instructed.  "Please," he begged the approaching pony, "please, you can't... I can't... no, please don't kill me!  I can't go, not now!  Not before it's over!  I'll do anything, please!  Just spare me!"

Edited November 6, 2013 by Antismurf9001

[Hive King 2,001]

Zinn froze, his eyes widening in disbelief.  How? he thought, but did not have much time to think as electricity surged through his body and he flew through the air, hitting some sort of solid, giggling surface.  He tried to move, but his limbs wouldn't cooperate.  Then another tendril wrapped around his leg and slammed him to the ground.

 

"How?" he asked weakly.  "Why?"

 

You failed, said the voice in his head.  Failure must be punished.

 

"You were going to save me!  The storm was supposed to save me!"

 

You were given the hope of salvation so that the pain would be greater.  

 

Zinn saw the small pony with the buzzing tendrils coming closer.  "He's going to kill me," he said.  "I can't die!"

 

Then beg him for your life.

 

"What?!"

 

BEG!

 

Tears filled his eyes.  His failure was greater than he could have imagined.  Was Tectonus abandoning him?  A feeling of dread engulfed his mind.  He tried to speak, but was immediately forced to cough out a mouthful of sand.  Managing a weak spell to protect his mouth, he did as his master had instructed.  "Please," he begged the approaching pony, "please, you can't... I can't... no, please don't kill me!  I can't go, not now!  Not before it's over!  I'll do anything, please!  Just spare me!"

Iwiek looked at the pitiful creature with disdain. 

"Pitiful, broken down already" Iwiek mocked before putting his hoof on the throat of Zinn. 

"Why is water coming out of his eyes?" Tenebris asked, causing Iwiek to flinch.

"It's called crying, it means he's sad" Iwiek explained, already knowing Tenebris's next statement.

"I don't like sad things. make him stop crying" the smoke cloud whimpered. Iwiek sighed before stepping off the pony's neck. Callous as they may be, Tenebris and Iwiek did truly love each other.

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

Iwiek looked at the pitiful creature with disdain. 

"Pitiful, broken down already" Iwiek mocked before putting his hoof on the throat of Zinn. 

"Why is water coming out of his eyes?" Tenebris asked, causing Iwiek to flinch.

"It's called crying, it means he's sad" Iwiek explained, already knowing Tenebris's next statement.

"I don't like sad things. make him stop crying" the smoke cloud whimpered. Iwiek sighed before stepping off the pony's neck. Callous as they may be, Tenebris and Iwiek did truly love each other.

 

A feeling of intense gratefulness filled Zinn as the small pony stepped away.  It was the first time in a long time that he could remember feeling true joy.  "Th-thank you," he said weakly, but sincerely.  Then exhaustion, both physical and mental, overwhelmed him and he passed out.

[Hive King 2,001]

A feeling of intense gratefulness filled Zinn as the small pony stepped away.  It was the first time in a long time that he could remember feeling true joy.  "Th-thank you," he said weakly, but sincerely.  Then exhaustion, both physical and mental, overwhelmed him and he passed out.

Iwiek kicked the body to try and wake it up. 

"Uh, hello?" Iwiek questioned before coughing, In his rage, he had forgotten about the storm. Iwiek thanked Celestia that their cave was nearby and tossed Zinn in it before scooching in. "Ugh, he'd better not try to kill us when he wakes up" Iwiek growled before napping

[Frosty V 309]

@Evil Dragon Master

 

Jaeger walked up slowly behind Iwiek and Tenebris to stare at the body before them. "What did you two do?! Did you even give him time to speak at all before you clipped him?" he asked as he began to see the pony breathing. "Oh thank Celestia....now I can beat him to a pulp when he wakes.

[Hive King 2,001]

@Evil Dragon Master

 

Jaeger walked up slowly behind Iwiek and Tenebris to stare at the body before them. "What did you two do?! Did you even give him time to speak at all before you clipped him?" he asked as he began to see the pony breathing. "Oh thank Celestia....now I can beat him to a pulp when he wakes.

"We beat him up and then he fainted" Tenebris laughed before poking the body. When it didn't twitch, Tenebris continued.

"Poke, poke poke.." Tenebris chanted while smacking the prone body repeatedly, causing Iwiek to face-hood at his sibling's stupidity

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

@@Frosty V, @

 

It was a while before Zinn awoke.  Upon awakening, he noticed that every single muscle in his body appeared to scream in pain, and some creature was constantly prodding him.  He was alive though, which was more than he expected.  He groaned and sat up.  Something felt different about him; he almost felt younger.  When he looked to the three who had not only spared his life, but had apparently brought him to safety, he winced.  "I suppose that I owe you three an apology..." he admitted.

[Frosty V 309]

Jaeger nodded slowly, "Kinda sorta....I'm all about the strong for your religion thing, but don't like.....kill over it alright?" he said in a sympathetic tone. "A simple sorry will do.....and I suggest that you stick with us for a while....could use you in a fight." he muttered as he pulled out a cigarette and lit it..."smoke?" he asked the others.