Chapter 14: The One That Weeps

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Scout double jumped to get on top of a robot heavy's back, blasting it with his force-a-nature, jumping off as the body fell, blasting at another one. Sniper had taken out more of the bots with his huntsman, luckily finding a stash of arrows in an armament. He didn't hear the spook that uncloaked behind him. The robot spy got his butterfly knife ready, chuckling. But before he could stab Sniper, Rainbow Dash flew into him, tackling him and destroying the bot. Sniper turned around and saw it, nodding in thanks to Dash. Dash flew back off to get scout.

"We've got to get out of here and fast!" Engineer said, taking out robots one at a time with his frontier justice.

" If I'm right, I think I've found a door! It's security locked though, so I'll have to crack it with my screwdriver. Cover me, would you?" The doctor informed, puling out his Sonic screwdriver and starting his work. Engineer and Amy guarded him while he did his work. Medic and Demoman came back, Medic healing their wounds.

"There be too bloody many of them for us!" Demoman said, launching some more of his bombs at a group of soldier bots.

Soldier was reloading his black box when a scout tried to hit him in on the head with it's bat. Soldier grabbed the bat, ripping it out of the scout bots' hand. Soldier then flipped the Scout over his shoulder, slamming it into the ground, and pumped it full of lead with his shotgun. He then dodged a punch from a heavy bot that was wearing boxing gloves, turning around as he did so, filling it's head with lead. He then saw an SMG that a robot sniper had dropped, so he grabbed it and started firing at the bots with both the SMG and his shotgun.

"Almost there…" The doctor announced, moving his sonic screwdriver in a circular motion across the door. Twilight had jumped back to the group, blasting a soldier bot with her magic.

"We've got to get out of here!" she said, repeating Engineers words.

"The Doctor here is working on it." Engineer said, covering him. They could her the blasts from Pinkie Pies party canon blasting multiple bots. Spy re-appeared beside engineer, sounding out of breath.

"The robots are coming faster than I can sap them…" Spy said, breathing hard.

"Got it!" The Doctor said. The door creaked open, and the others re-joined the group, keeping fire on the robots as they did. When the last one stepped out, The Doctor went over a control panel and the door began to close again. Heavy let out a bellowing yell as he unloaded another round of bullets from his minigun, keeping the robots from coming through the door until it closed.

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"Damn it, those robots can't do a single thing!" Shadow Stallion yelled in anger. Ghost mare stood beside him.

"Do not worry, they are earthly things, they were not expected to succeed." Ghost mare said. She wished that they had worked, but she knew better.

"Why can't you turn them into their monster selves and let them kill each other?" Shadow Stallion asked.

"Because, the amount of magic that it takes to bring one's inner demons is almost too strong for me. It drains me of almost all my magic, and I have to rest. Discord was the only being that could do it with ease, and we both know what has happened to him." Ghost Mare explained.

"Is there anything else we can do?" Shadow Stallion asked, keeping his blood red eyes plastered onto the set of security cameras showing that the group was getting closer to their location.

"Well, I remember an old legend about a mythical monster that could bring creatures to their knees with the sound of their singing…" Ghost mare pondered.

"Consider it Done." Shadow stallion said. His eyes began to emit a bright red glow, dark tentacles coming out of his shadow black mane, and went into the hallways.

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Things had been unusually quiet as the group went down the hallways.

"Are you sure we're going the right way?" Rarity asked Soldier, who was leading the group.

"Positive." he simply replied.

"Well, all these hallways, they do look alike." Amy said.

"Now now Amy, I really think it's not very reasonable to question a man that wears a very unusual army helmet that covers the eyes." The Doctor said.

"You've got a smart friend miss." Soldier said, not turning back to look. They kept going until Scout stopped.

"You guys hear something?" he asked. The others looked around, and slowly, they all began to hear the tender singing voices of three young women.

"On the floating, shapeless oceans,

I did all my best to smile till your singing eyes and fingers drew

me loving into your eyes."

Demoman looked around. "Sounds like someone be stepping on a cat."

"And you sang

"Sail to me, sail to me;

Let me enfold you."" The three voices continued.

"Sounds like someone be stepping on a lot of cats…" Demoman said, a disgusted look coming across his face as he heard the song. He then noticed the others had stopped moving.

"Oi, what be wrong with the lot of ye?" He asked. He got in front of Scout, and saw the green and yellow spinning tunnels in his eyes. He noticed this in the others, even in the princesses.

"Awe, don't tell me you're bumbling aboot because of that wretched noise!" He bellowed. The others had merely ignored him, caught in the trance of the song. The men and ponies started following the sound to find it's origin.

"If this be a trick, ye be all fools." Demoman mumbled, following behind.

"Here I am, here I am waiting to hold, I dream you dreamed about me? Were you here when I was full sail?" The voices echoed in the hallways. They kept going until they came into a room. On top of a walkway, Demoman saw three women, all pony, human crossbreeds, standing there.

Demoman figured they were the ones making all the racket. All three girls had bodies of a human female, but they had some of the features of a pony. One had a horn, another had wings. The third had both, obviously being the leader. The others, all except for Demoman, lined up side by side, some practically drooling over their voices.

"Now my foolish boat is leaning, broken love lost on your you sang,

"Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow."

Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow. I'm as puzzled as a newborn child.

I'm as riddled as the I stand amid the breakers?

Or shall I lie with death my bride?" The three women continued. Demoman had covered his ears, and he figured that he had enough of this racket.

"Oi! You skinny as a twig twits up there!" He called out in anger. The three women looked at him surprised.

"Are you not enchanted by our song?" The one with just a horn asked.

"Are Ye kidding? That rackus is what ye call a song? Ya sound like dying pigs! Hell, I've heard dying pigs sing better than you inbred misfits!" Demoman insulted. The three women were angered by this.

"If you are not enchanted by our hymns, you shall face death by them…" The alicorn one said, pointing to RED, the ponies, the Doctor and Amy. They turned around and started to slowly walk towards Demoman, almost like zombies. Demoman pulled out his Eyelander.

"Aye, I don't want to hurt any of ye, but this bloody music has turned ye to mush!" He bellowed. It was that very same second an idea had hit him. He looked up at the three women.

"So it's music ye want, eh? I'LL GIVE YA BLOODY MUSIC YA NO GOOD HALF WITTED MINI SKIRT WEARIN' CROSSBREDED SHADOWY FILLED TWIGGY BLEUGHTENHAUGN NO TUNED MUTANTS!" Demoman yelled. He reached into his clothing, and after some digging pulled out a bagpipe. He smiled.

"Where did you have that…" The winged one asked, angered by his insult, as were the other two.

"I Don't think ye want to know lassie." Demoman replied with a grin. He took a deep breath of air and blew into the instruments' blowpipe, playing "Scotland the Brave" immensely loud. The group had covered their ears at the sound of the traditional Scottish music. Demoman looked up and saw that the three women were covering their ears also, but still singing, trying to raise their voice over the bagpipes. Demoman chuckled inwardly.

"You sorry sods are going to have to do better than that!" He taunted. He was not even playing at full blast, but Demoman took in another breath of air and played as loud as he could. The noise was so loud no one could hear the siren's singing, and the others started to snap out of the trance.

"Yo, eye patch, FUCKIN' STOP THE NOISE!" Scout yelled, covering his ears. Demoman smiled as he finished the tune. He dried the blowpipe and put the instrument back under his clothing.

"I thought we got rid of that blasted thing…" Soldier said, his head still rambling from the music.

"Did ye really think you could take the pipes of ol' grandpappy DeGroot away from me?" Demoman mockingly asked, laughing. He then looked up at the sirens, who hissed and turned into raven like creatures, their faces still seen. They lunged at the grouped, aiming their talons, but Sniper put an arrow into each of their heads in one go. The bodies dissipated into a black smoke, and they started to fly back to their creator.

"Follow it!" Demoman declared, and the group started chasing it. It was fast, but Scout and Rainbow Dash could keep up with it, the group following their direction. When they saw it slip under a door, they could hear the voices of Shadow Stallion and Ghost Mare behind it, along with the sound of machinery.

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"Well, It looks like this plan of your had not worked either." Shadow Stallion said, un-amused.

"WELL IF THAT DAMN DEMOMAN WASN'T TONE DEAF IT WOULD'VE WORKED!" they heard Ghost mare return in anger.

The group had followed to where they saw the shadows go under the door, and the could hear the Ghost's Shadow on the other side.

"That's them." Engineer said.

"Right, I'll open the door." the Doctor said, preparing his sonic screwdriver. Sniper stopped him.

"With all due respect Doc, it's probably best to let us open it our way." Sniper said. The Doctor understood and backed away to where the Amy and the others were.

"Well, we're about to be part of a big battle." The Doctor said.

"Again…" Amy muttered.

"I know, quite fun, isn't it?" The Doctor jokingly asked.

"Ready to charge!" Medic announced, aiming his medigun at Heavy.

"Spy, when we blow the door, you cloak immediately and get behind them. Disguise as one of the minions if you can." Soldier said.

"Not a problem." Spy said, cloaking.

"Everyone else, raise hell. Look for the blueprints." Soldier ordered. Everyone nodded, lining up against the wall. Demoman put his set of sticky bombs on the door, and lined up again.

"Are you sure this will blow the door open?" Engineer asked soldier.

"Only one way to find out." Soldier muttered. "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" he bellowed.

"HUDDA HUDDA MMPH!" Pyro yelled. Demoman noded and activated the bombs, causing a large explosion. Metal went flying both ways, outside the room and in. The group charged in, the ponies and the Doctor and Amy following. Sniper took down two soldier bots with his arrows.

"Charge now Doctor!" Heavy yelled, revving is minigun.

"Ja! Oktoberfest!" Medic exclaimed, flipping the switch. They could feel the much welcomed energy flow through their veins, Heavy laughing as he mowed down robots with Sascha, the robot's weapons having no effect on them.

"There they go!" Dash yelled, flying after Ghost Mare and Shadow Stallion, who tried to escape. Ghost Mare dodged Dash's attempt to tackle her, but she did get Shadow Stallion.

"Gotcha!" Dash exclaimed. Shadow Stallion smirked, which was unseen to her since his facial features except his eyes were as black as his flowing shadow colored coat.

"Don't be to sure!" He mocked. He then began to sink into the ground, which made Dash's jaw drop. She then saw Shadow Stallion come back up beside Ghost Mare.

"Hey! No fair!" she exclaimed, chasing after them again. Applejack bucked another sniper bot in the chest, crushing it.

"Crikey!" the bot let out before falling over and disabling.

"Y'all aught to know not to mess with a country girl!" she exclaimed, going to where Engineer was to help him.

The Doctor had used his Sonic Screwdriver to fry the circuits of the bots that tried to attack him and Amy, Amy even taking some down. The Doctor then saw the multicolored streak that was rainbow dash, chasing after a white and black mist that was just as fast.

The Doctor waited for the right moment, then jumped onto the white and black blur as they passed. The Doctor held on to the coat of the Black one, both of them looking at him

"Who is he?!" Shadow Stallion hissed. Ghost Mare's expression didn't change, but if they could, her reaction would be in shock. The Doctor recognized this and had the surprised look for both of them

"YOU!" She exclaimed.

"You." The Doctor repeated in a calmer tone.

"You will not claim me!" Ghost Mare yelled. Both her and Shadow Stallion suddenly jolted to a stop, Sending the Doctor flying off. He landed on the floor but got up just as quickly. RED and the ponies had taken care of the bots, and now it was just them and the Ghost's Shadow. Ghost Mare and Shadow Stallion stood together, RED and the Girls standing in a line ready to continue the battle, the Doctor standing in front of them.

"I now know who you are." The Doctor said with the serious tone that he had, one that could chill the bones of any creature.

"Your face is frozen, much like any stone object. You're not of this world." The Doctor said, staring Ghost Mare in the eyes.

"What makes you believe that?" Ghost Mare hissed.

"I can tell what you are when I see one. You're an old enemy of mine, not of them. But how have you mostly broken free? That's the question." the Doctor said, a sly look on his face.

"YOU KNOW NOTHING OF ME!" Ghost Mare angrily yelled. The Doctor stood firm, and kept his serious tone.

"Oh really? You seem to be pretty mad, like one would be if they were froze before they could get a hold on an enemy. No one expects a beauty to attack, but when you're seen, you freeze. And all you can do is weep."

"Nothing but a Weeping Angel."

Ghost Mare became enraged and yelled, and began to morph. The others looked in amazement and shock. They could see all the body part melting and mashing together to make the form of a stone grey women, dressed in ancient robes like the Greeks would have worn, and it sprouted large wings. This all happened while Ghost Mares face did not change expression. When the morph had finished, they could see before them a statue of a Weeping Angel, all of her body parts capable of moving with the exception of her face.

"How have you broken free of your kinds' genetics?" The Doctor asked.

"Because I had freed her." Shadow Stallion said. The Doctor looked at Ghost Mare.

"It is true. He broke me free of the curse, but he could not heal my face or else I would lose all of the abilities of the Weeping Angels." Ghost Mare explained.

"But you will not live to see me in this state long." Ghost Mare then said, Charging at the Doctor. He dodged the charge, scout ducking to dodge it as well. Ghost Mare flew into the wall, but quickly regained. Soldier fired his Black box at her, but The Rockets had no effect.

"Lead materials can't destroy a Weeping Angel!" The doctor proclaimed, looking for something while the others dodged attacks from Ghost Mare's claws.

"The only way to stop and Angel is for two or more angels to make eye contact with each other, making them quantum lock forever!" He explained. He was pondering on a way to stop her when he noticed some glass on the floor. He picked up one that was large enough to see his head in full view. He smiled at the reflection, the idea giving him.

"Just like Medusa!" He chanted, repeating it as he ran back to the group.

"Has he gone mad?!" Twilight asked, dodging another swipe of Ghost Mare's claws as they heard the doctor running.

"Just like Medusa! Just like Medusa! Just…like…Medusa!" The Doctor chanted. When he came close enough to Ghost Mare, he grabbed a Rock and threw it at her head, hitting it dead on. Ghost Mare turned around, but instead of seeing the Doctor, She saw her own reflection in the glass the Doctor was holding.

"NO!" Ghost Mare yelled in pain. She continued yelling as she felt her body slowly freezing. She started charging towards the Doctor, who was now waving at her as he held the mirror. Just as one of Ghost Mare's claws barely touched the Doctor's garments, she froze completely, the look of horror still plastered on her stone face. The Doctor looked from behind the mirror to see that his plan had worked.

"Yes! Just like Medusa!" The Doctor exclaimed. "Someone get me a rope!" he then ordered. Medic found one and gave it to him, and the doctor proceeded to tie the Glass to Ghost Mare's frozen face, entrapping her in quantum lock.

"This can help also." Twilight said. Her horn started glowing, and a purple shield appeared around the glass, not allowing anything to touch it so it wouldn't break. Shadow Stallion laughed at the view of this.

"You truly are worthy opponents for my master." Shadow Stallion said, laughing. Two large tentacles then shot out of his body towards the frozen Ghost Mare and wrapped around the statue, squeezing immediately and crushing it to dust. This caught the whole group off guard.

"Wasn't she your bloody sister?!" Sniper asked in a shocked state.

"She was merely a tool for the ultimate plan." Shadow stallion said, his evil grin hidden by the darkness. "You see, I saw what true power was long ago from my master. He is the one that gave me this coat, the powers…" Shadow Stallion explained.

"I freed Ghost Mare, wiping her mind of everything except for the fact that she was a weeping angel. I told her she was my sister. I, of course, was in a human like form then. I had you focus on her so I could work on my masters' plan. You see, he has set up his own "game" where he hunts worthy opponents. A fine sport if I do say so myself." the grin on Shadow Stallion's face only grew bigger.

"You're mad!" Spy exclaimed. Shadow Stallion laughed.

"Maybe you should tell that to my master." Large tentacles then came out of Shadow stallions body, and they made a large circle behind Shadow Stallion. A black mist started to fill within the circle. A Cold shiver went down everyone's spin, and the sound of voices whispering quietly filled the room.

"This is of evil sorcery…" Princess Celestia said. Her eyes widened as they saw a tall figure start to step through the portal. He reached one hand out of the portal before stepping through. The creatures ghost white featureless face slowly reared it's head around, observing the room. It then stopped as it was facing the Doctor. A dark whisper then filled everyone's ears.

"DoCtOr…." The Doctor's eyes widened, then recognizing the figure. It was one he did not know much about. This is what scared the Doctor about him.

"My master arises, You shall all fall before the lord of darkness, The Slenderman," Shadow Stallion's dark voice echoed in the room. Soldier reacted by firing his Black Box, but Slenderman caught the rockets in his tentacles, not moving his head back. The suited Demon then threw the rockets aside like toys, and slowly started floating towards the group. Celestia and Luna tried to create a spell to blast Slenderman back, but they couldn't summon it up.

"Sister, my magic is not working!" Luna exclaimed.

"Neither is mine." Celestia said, shocked. She could feel the cold air of death surrounding her as Slenderman got closer, his tentacles reaching out like snakes trying to inject their venom into it's prey. Then multiple tentacles immediately shot out from Slenderman's body, chasing after the group. The Doctor tried his sonic screwdriver, but to no avail. Demoman cut one tentacle with his eyelander, but two more grew in it's place, grabbing him and restraining his arms and legs. Dash was speeding around the room, but the tentacles had multiplied, surrounding Rainbow in a cage like form.

Applejack bucked one tentacle away, but another grabbed her front legs, tripping her. It then wrapped around all her hooves. The group continued fighting, one by one, until they were inevitably caught. Sniper struggled to break free. He could just pull his arms out, but he couldn't get his lower body free to jump out.

"Now, you RED felons shall pay the price for trying to challenge Slenderman." Shadow Stallion said. He pressed a button with one of his tentacles, and a door slid open, revealing the teleporter that RED were hoping to use, completely functional. They could see Teufort, the sun shining brightly on the two buildings.

"Planet Earth, as you know it, shall be destroyed by the creations of my master." Shadow Stallion evilly said.

Twilight knew she couldn't break out of the snake like coiled that held her, but she could see the others struggling to break free. Pinkie pie couldn't escape, Fluttershy was crying, Heavy looked like he was bout to throw up the 6 sandwiches he found in a kitchen they had passed through on the way here, And Rainbow dash was flying as fast as she could inside the small cage that held her. She looked over and Saw Sniper, his arms free, trying to figure out what to do.

Sniper thought for a few moments, trying to figure out something. They had come this far, they couldn't give up now!

"We'll find a way out of this!" Sniper yelled. Slenderman tilted his head, looking in his direction. Shadow Stallion laughed.

"Funny. The very portal you fought to create is and will be the one we need to destroy your home world." Shadow stallion said. Sniper looked over the Teleporter, and saw what he thought was an open spot in the metal mainframe, No bigger then the arrowhead he had on his arrows. As the tentacle swung across the room, he saw it going towards his huntsman, which he had dropped.

Sniper reached for it, and was just able to grab it. He then struggled to pull an arrow out of his quiver. Slenderman's grip was tight, so he reached down to the bottom, where the front tip of the arrow where the arrowhead was. He bit his lip as he cut his hand pulling the arrow out. He set up the huntsman and took aim.

"Yeah, funny indeed, because no one is using it." Sniper said. The others looked at him.

"Sniper, you don't mean you're going to…" Engineer started, trailing off.

"I'm sorry mates. If the portal stays open, this thing will destroy our world. We have to find a different way." Sniper replied. He released the arrow, it going straight into his target.

"What have you done?!" Shadow Stallion exclaimed in shock. The arrow had cut into the portal's mainframe, and it started sparking. Electricity started shooting out, sparking everywhere. One of the lightning bolts struck Shadow Stallion, who started to yell in pain, his voice becoming distorted. He released a blood curdling scream that would even make the devil shudder, and disintegrated. Slenderman held his head, a loud screech being let out. He lost his grip on everyone, them all dropping to the floor.

"Get out, this place is gonna blow!" Soldier bellowed. The group ran out of the room as warning signals started beeping immensely as the portal device started to explode. Slenderman hissed and Wrapped himself in his tentacles, disappearing. The group ran as fast as they could back to the entry point they first came in at.

The portal device then let out a small blue spark that collapsed on itself, then let out a huge explosion, enveloping everything into flames. RED, the Doctor, Amy, and the ponies ran for their lives as they came to the exit, jumping out. They all covered their heads as the tank exploded, deactivating. After the chaos had ended, The group looked up. They then heard the whisper of Slenderman again.

"Do NoT CeLeBrAte, FoR I sHaLl ReTuRn…" Slenderman hissed, thunder clapped, then all was silent. The sun began to shine through the dark clouds as they disappeared, obviously controlled on their own under Slenderman's power. Everyone sighed a sigh of relief, Scout falling on his back, worn out. Sniper sat on a piece of broken metal, staring at the tank. The Doctor came up beside him.

"Listen, what you did, I saw the look in your eyes. You tried to think of every other way, but saw the inevitable. You took the choice, knowing that a entire races safety was more important that you returning home. It takes a very strong man to achieve that." The Doctor Said to Sniper.

"I don't like that I had to make the choice, but it's done. I did what was right." Sniper said, now tending to his bloody hand. The Doctor patted him on the back, then got up.

"Well, You are all very brave men and ponies, I wish I could stay, but I'm afraid that our time here has been extended to long." The Doctor said. He pressed a button on his Sonic Screwdriver, and the TARDIS started to appear behind them.

"What should we do about this "Slenderman"?" Princess Celestia had asked. The doctor smiled.

"You have the powers to defeat him, the elements of harmony, am I right? And with RED, they shall be vital in the success. This Slenderman can be defeated, but to do that, you must break the silence." The Doctor said. He and Amy went into the TARDIS, and it started fading away.

"What do you mean, "Break the silence"?" Luna called out. But the TARDIS was already fading away, but just before it did, it stopped and the Doctor opened the door.

"By the way, tell your sniper friend that his camper van is around the other side of the tank. I found it in the field with cows and figured you guys could use it." The doctor said with a smile. He then closed the door and the TARDIS disappeared. The group looked around at each other, and Engineer sighed.

"I guess we are back at step one…" Engineer groaned.

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A number of mysterious things had been happening since RED had disappeared. The BLU's had been deemed victorious, but multiple sights were they had fought began to shut down. BLU Spy had asked the administrator why this was happening, but she wouldn't tell him a word. When they were not under surveillance from cameras, the members of BLU would try to gather information about how red disappeared. So far, they knew that it was because of RED Engineer's invention that they were gone, and it was Spy's fault.

The group had been sitting around the locker room, until Soldier had an idea.

"I bet one guy could help us…"

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Looking through his books, the wizard Merasmus was trying to coagulate a new spell, but his studies were interrupted by a loud banging on a door, and he heard the yelling voice of the man he despised.

"MERASMUS! GET YOU ASS OUT OF THAT SPELL BOOK! WE NEED YOUR HELP!" Soldier bellowed.

"Go away RED Soldier! You know you are welcomed here no longer!" Merasmus bellowed in return.

"Hey, we aren't those REDs, we're the BLUs!" soldier yelled. After a few seconds and the sounds of multiple locks unlocking, the door opened, revealing Merasmus.

"My mistake, do come in." Merasmus said. The BLUs walked in and sat down in some chairs that Merasmus had around.

"We need your help." Spy said.

"I can sense that your counterparts are missing." Merasmus stated, getting nods from the BLU team.

"Ja, and we were wondering if you could help us locate zhem." Medic asked. Merasmus rubbed his chin at this.

"Why should I help you find them, so you can begin fighting on my property again?" Merasmus said.

"of course not," Engineer said, holding his hand up, "we need them back because Mann Co. is shutting down. And If I'm correct, you own some possessions of theirs that are vital to your studies, and if they shut down they will take everything back." Engineer stated, finishing. Merasmus took this into account, he knew this was true. After a few minutes of consideration, Merasmus agreed to find where RED were.

The group gathered around a table that had a Crystal ball where Merasmus sat, and he wave his hands over it, a green mist falling from them and into the ball.

"I see many things, the REDs are very much alive, but are in a very strange land, filled with many creatures that are… multicolored?"