"She did what?" I asked, bewildered at the news my guard had informed me of.

"Princess Luna has taken experiment Zeta X Three," repeated Bog Clogger. "The special division of guards she recently created have been reported missing around the time she was spotted taking the experiment." Well then... It seems that Cloud has discovered the location of his daughter. I resisted the urge to grin. Oh, this will be fun!

"Bring me Discord," I commanded. "Have him brought to me as soon as possible." Bog saluted.

"Yes'm." He marched carefully yet quickly out of the room. If Cloud has my sister stealing things in secret for him, it must mean he knows of experiment Two D E... Probably... I took a sip from the mine glass I was holding in my magic. Oh, Watcher... How many times must I punish you until you learn to follow my orders...? I chuckled. Oh, but this shall be a fun day!

"...And now," said Prick as I followed him through a doorway, "I would like to introduce you to your comrades." The room we entered looked just like the throne room of the sunny assed bitch's castle. The few differences, however, were pretty bucking intense. The walls were made from a dark red brick, darker than the warm stone I'd seen so far, the windows, rather than having funky glass, were empty, showing the Tartarian hellscape. Dammit, I'm starting to make puns like Dad... Wait, how long has it been since he went back through the portal? How long have I been down here? Crap, he probably thinks I'm dead... Oh well, nothing I can do about it right now. I went back to looking at the room and noticed that the biggest difference was the throne section.

There were three thrones, each made from bones and leather. The throne on the right had weird purple orbs along the top that seemed to constantly emit and immediately absorb smoke, the throne on the left continuously warped and morphed, as if being manipulated by Dicklord and the throne in the middle had lava seeping out of its sides. Wait, should I call it 'magma' since we're underground? Or was that only when in a volcanic chamber? Buck it, it's my brain, I can call it whatever I want.

In the middle of the room stood two very different figures. The first, and closest, was Barry, the dog I'd seen earlier. The second was a demon, but this demon was different to all the others I'd seen so far; the first difference being that it looked more like a living creature. The other demons I'd seen so far looked almost like silhouettes, but this one had blatant fur as well as a few more colours than just black. Its fur was dark and it had many visible scars across its body while its eyes were a deep red. Also red were its fingernails and the fangs that could be sticking through its mouth, somewhat similar to a Changeling. Like the other demons, it looked like a cross between a Diamond Dog and a Minotaur, and, also like the others, was very, very naked. I flexed my eyebrows.

"Ms. Vesper," said Prick, "I would like to introduce you to-"

"I," interrupted the demon, in a somewhat deep voice, "am Thanatos, lord of death itself and ruler of Tartarus."

"Not literally of course," added Prick. "He's not the Thanatos, the one of Fleek mythology I mean, that's just what he calls himself."

"Well that's... Disappointing," I replied. "Most of the gods I've met so far are plot-holes, would've been nice to meet the one I've introduced so many Ponies to." Thanatos growled.

"I assure you, mortal," he excalaimed, "even the weakest of my kind could destroy your entire world! The strongest of us could annihilate your entire universe! AND I AM THE STRONGEST!" I rolled my eyes.

"Oh, please, you're starting to sound like an angsty teenager. You're even coloured right for it." Thanatos's eyes seemed to burn with a dark energy.

"I will give you one chance to apologise for all you have said before I TEAR YOUR SPINE FROM YOU BODY TO USE AS A TOOTHPICK FOR AFTER I DEVOUR YOUR BODY AND SOUL!"

"Eat a dick." Thanatos screamed and unleashed chaotic dark energy from his throat. The energy became dark tendrils with flaming ends which shot toward me, but before they hit me, they suddenly halted as if being controlled by something. I looked around and saw Prick extending his arms with his paws flat, as if pushing against a wall. His whole body seemed to be steaming. Interesting... He wasn't exaggerating about controlling heat.

"Thanatos!" Prick shouted in a somewhat strained voice. "Calm yourself! She is vital to the plan!" Thanatos screamed more in a language I'd never heard before. "I have literally no idea what you're saying! Speak Eaglish!" Thanatos ignored him and kept screaming in the strange language. I rolled my eyes again. Such a baby...

After an hour of trying, Prick finally managed to calm Thanatos down.

"As I was saying an hour ago," said Prick, "these are your com- Oh for-! Where's Vovat?!"

"She..." Began Barry, "said tha... T she w... As busy... And c... Oul... Dn't s... How... Up..." Prick screamed in rage and slammed his head against the wall, knocking himself out. His head slammed against the floor and he began bleeding profusely. "OH M... Y GOD!" Screamed Barry, grabbing at his ears. "G... ET THE F...IRST AID K...IT...!" WHY HAVE THESE MORONS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL SO FAR?!

"Kid!" Shouted Striker as she shook me awake. "Wake up, you piece of Equine scum! We're under attack!" We're under-? Oh shit! I jumped to my hooves and ran outside the tent. Bodies littered the floor and fire was quickly spreading through the camp.

"W-What do we do?!" I cried, freaking out. Striker barged past me holding a real sword in her mouth.

"We figh', jackash!" She shouted in response, voice muffled by the sword. She ran into the chaos, leaving me to quiver in fear.

I opened my eyes and sighed. I'm not even going fully unconscious for these anymore- And they're becoming more detailed and more frequent. There's only one thing that makes sense as a reason for my memories returning... I yawned, stretched out and left my tent. Hopefully it won't be anytime soon...

The small camp we'd set up gave us a great view of the hellscape; hundreds of odd looking stone structures (magical prison cells according to Luna) spread across a dark cavern that seemed to never end. Much to my surprise, there was a good spread of colour throughout Tartarus with the cells glowing blue, other patches of landscape a bloody red, pools of magma glowing orange and yellow and strange, mossy plant life growing down from the ceiling. At the far back of the cavern stood a fortress of some kind, similar to the Castle of the Two Sisters in the Everfree.

"The Ta-"

"OH MY BUCKING REALTA!" I screamed, not noticing Luna creeping up behind me. She looked confused.

"Are you alright?" She asked.

"Don't do that!" I exclaimed, trying to catch my breath. "You gave me a bucking heart attack! What is wrong with you?! Why would you do that?!"

"Y-You were looking over the landscape dramatically so I thought-!"

"That wasn't an invitation to suddenly blurt out shit!" She frowned.

"I did not 'blurt out shit', I was trying to tell you about the Tar-"

"No! You know what? I don't care now! Save your history lesson for later! Don't sneak up on people like that, asshole!" I walked back into my tent, shaking my head. Bucking psycho...

Author's Notes:

AND WE'RE BACK!
As you may notice, the POV markers are now in a much more manageable size. The markers in all of the previous chapters have been updated and the first picture of Cloud in his suit has been redrawn (link to new version).
I was planning to redraw a few more pictures, but I'm a lazy bastard so I'll do them later. Later in the story (possibly soon, possibly not depending on what future me decides) the POV changing system will still change to something completely different, I just wanted to make the markers used so far a not stupidly huge size (plus FIMFic has been making pictures freak out so I needed to re-link them anyway).
The story should be back on 'schedule' now, though it wasn't really on one to begin with. I'm aiming to get at least one chapter out a week. I WILL FINISH THIS STORY, DAMMIT!
I hope you continue to enjoy my ramblings of lunacy!

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experiment Two D E...

Probably the only subtle reference in the entire story.