Foundation 177 - Pinkie Pie's Plague
Chapter 3: Introducing The Arsenal
Previous Chapter Next ChapterStepping inside the portal she was greeted with the front gates of the Citadel of Horror that was the heart of their operations. The iron bars of this entrance were resemblance of an old Gothic style and the stone pillars that they connected too had gargoyles on them made out of Entmillium. The stone path that led through the gate and to the very courtyard of the first castle entrance was made of obsidian. Amy stepped up to the gate and almost as if there was a personal recognition system the gate opened up for her instantly. She walked along the sidewalk towards the very front of the castle and traveled inside.
There she was inside the hallway that would soon extend towards the center of the structure and in that center contained a hallway that lead to each individual wing of the castle. She proceeded to this center and then she stepped on a circle in the middle of the room. Around her there were 12 hallways including the one of which she had came from. In betwixt the center of the room and entrances to the paths, there were pillars. Each pillar was in between each of the doorways that held the same gothic style as before. The ceiling was dome like and held a hole that aligned perfectly in a vertical manner to that of the center circle that Amy now stood on. When her feet had both planted themselves firmly upon this circle, the radius of it lit up into a glow of blue. The area of the circle was covered in demonic carvings. The plate that she had been on then started to ascend towards the hole in the ceiling. Amy remained in a state of perfect calm as the elevator-like device made it's way up to the second floor of the castle.
Upon arriving on the new floor she walked out of the radius of the center circle, and proceeded down another corridor. She stopped at a door that held a device on the left side of the wall that bordered the frame of the entrance. It was located under a torch and it was in the shape of a box. The top of the box held a receptacle that had a strip of paper hanging from it. On the bottom was a port for which the paper would be entered. A digital screen below that read "Please input name on paper and turn in". Amy knew the drill and took a sheet of paper and put her signature on it, then giving it back to the machine. When the machine was finished processing it the door then unlocked and she was permitted to enter into the meeting room.
"I am terribly sorry about my continued lateness." Amy had sincerely apologized. "A little rat discovered my laboratory so I had to take care of her."
"See to it that you take better care of your Lab Amy" Pinkie Pie had told her. "I don't want anypony else discovering more and more of our secrets." "By the way, Where is Rukia? She should have been here by now."
"I believe she was just finishing up with Orihime" Sakura answered the question of the pink pony.
"Would you mind fetching her for me?" The pony requested to which Sakura gave her a nod of approval and had got up from her seat to seek out the soul reaper.
Down in the basement of the tower Rukia was in, Orihime was nearly dead. Her body was covered in slash marks and her cavity had been opened. Orihime was crying but she was strong willed and didn't want to scream in pain.
"Well well well, You're pretty tough, I must admit that. But you must die now. I have a meeting to attend afterall!" Rukia had yelled as she raised the knife upwards, aiming at Orihime's chest.
The orange haired female had closed her eyes, facing her destined fate. The pain had forced her eyes open when she was stabbed right in the heart. Rukia did it multiple times, and slowly those orbs of her's then closed once again. The female was relieved of her very life source and then her head fell limp, ceasing her life altogether. A knock on the door was heard followed by Sakura entering in.
"The meeting has begun Rukia, I have been asked to retrieve you for it." She told the soul reaper.
"I understand, Let me put some preservation powder on the corpse and we can leave." Rukia responded to the kunoichi.
She then took out a purple and velvet pouch and poured some of it's contents out onto the now deceased Orihime. She then tied the pouch back up and put it away. Her now facing Sakura as she walked out with her towards the meeting. The two arrived back in the room and gathered around the table. Each taking their respective seats.
"Now that we have everyone here, I would like to discuss the next step in our plan." Pinkie started the meeting with this statement. A hologram of a disgusting and disturbing creature was shown to the group.
It was a creature that had the body of a zombie with flesh that had looked like it had been rotting for over a month, and then its arms were like that of sickles extending at least two and half feet towards the ground and were slightly curved outwards. On these sickles were blades on both edges. The creature seemed to have a humpback a bit, but the one feature that stuck out the most was the face. It was a familiar face to Sakura. Upon that creatures shoulders was the head of the long since dead Hinata. The flesh upon the skull of Hinata's face was also the same color and texture as the rest of the body. The eyes were blackened out and held no pupils. A liner of very dark blood that bordered that of the color black ran down from the sockets of her eyes. Her mouth was gaping open and revealed serrated rows of sharp teeth. Her jaw was attached in a rather odd way as it hung low. This obviously provided for more space to put food into.
"What the hell is that thing?" Rukia stammered with a bit of shock.
"It is nothing to worry about my dearest Rukia" Pinkie Pie reassured her. "It is one of my finest creations. I figured that we needed to start mass harvesting organs so I created this little beauty. I call it a Shukakusha."
"What is it suppose to do?" Amy asked with much inquisition.
"Silly, It's supposed to harvest organs of course!" the pony responded. "We shall use these all across the dimensions to harvest all the organs in the universe!"
"Sounds like it will plummet the world into eternal chaos and make it a hellish land!" Sakura shouted with glee and newfound excitement.
"That is exactly what it will do!" Pinkie exclaimed as she jumped onto the table, her eyes conformed to a more serious look. Meanwhile her lips took the shape of a devious smile. While she trotted, she explained the master plan. "I want to create a world of utter chaos and eternal suffering, A world where everywhere you go, somepony is screaming in sheer horror for that which is terrorizing them. Peace shall cease to exist. My Dreams shall shadow this world and create the ultimate place for hell to run rampant!" "You all shall accompany me in this plan of ours and we shall become gods of this world!
Pinkie Pie's Speech skills were far beyond that of most people, her masterful level of charisma being the main attributing factor to this. As a result of this, the group was impressed and began wondering what they could do after having seized the world under their control. Respectively, each one had ideas for what they desired and were strongly certain that this plan was to succeed, especially with Pinkie Pie managing it.
"When can we send it out, and how many do we have?" Amy asked, excited about the proposition.
"We can make as many as we need from our victims, but that won't be necessary as we only need one to contract the disease it carries that makes one become a Shukakusha." Pinkie Pie responded.
Just then a pedestal had appeared from under a panel in the floor that slid open. On top of that pedestal was an orb that was glowing red and producing an alarm like noise. It was indicating that there were intruders. A screen appeared as well, and flashed on to where these intruders were currently located at.
"Royal equestrian guards... Seems they were on to me more than I had suspected." Pinkie said with a bit of a chuckle "No matter, You all can witness the power of a Shukakusha now."
The colts had rushed in through a portal made by a royal unicorn. As four colts with golden armor were there along with the unicorn who also had golden armor on as well. They were in sector J and were scouting the area for any signs of life. The corridor they were in was abandoned and had rubble everywhere. Some of the walls were covered in blood stains and the windows were shattered a bit. Spider webs were in a few corners and lightning crackled outside from the constant thunderstorm that seemed to be in this dimension. Just then the rattling of chains was heard off in the distance as something was coming towards the equestrian ponies. It's feet seemed to brush against the stone as if it was sliding and not really lifting its limbs up.
The colts were prepared to fight the creature off, but as soon as they saw what lay before them their very eyes were in a state of horror. A Shukakusha with the face of Rainbow Dash lurched forwards from around the corner at the group of ponies.
"Is that... Is that who I think it is?" One colt had said.
"It is! What the hell happened to her!" Another replied.
"She has long since perished my fellow colts. Gaze upon her face and then unto her flesh. It is not the same natural color that she usually had, and not a single ounce of her soul remains intact within her eyes." The mare had explained to them. "She is a being that is beyond that of normal death now. She has been transformed into that of a demon."
Rainbow Dash had then let out a horrifying screech before she jumped with shocking speed and latched on to a colt, Her claws having shredded the flesh of the pony in mere seconds. The infectious disease that she had consumed the very life of that colt in seconds, and transformed it into a shukakusha as well. The other colts screamed in terror as their fates were the same as their ally. Even the unicorn succumbed to the harvester's disease. Once the task of eliminating them had been accomplished the shukakusha just lingered around.
Back in the meeting room Pinkie Pie had turned to face the group after having been watching the screen that was behind her.
"Well, what do you think ladies? Impressive aren't they?" Pinkie pie said with a bit of pride in her voice.
"Impressive? These things are the ultimate weapon." Amy replied.
"I agree with Amy, those shukakushas' are extremely valuable to our cause." Sakura had said.
"I have one concern about them. What if they were to attack us and infect us with the disease?" Rukia said in a bit of a worried tone.
"No need to worry about that silly. I have made an anti-virus for those who are turned into one of them." Pinkie Pie gave Rukia some reassurance. "Be warned though, I can only give the anti-virus to those who were solely made a shukakusha by another shukakusha. If you are injected with the virus through any other means that would spell the end for you."
"Alright I understand, That makes me feel more motivated to carry out the plan without fear of being changed myself." Rukia said with restored vigor.
The whole group then had started laughing as the thought of their plan coming to fruition was absolutely overwhelmingly exciting and made each one of them overjoyed.
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