As I come up through the portal I stop in shock at the sight around me. My stopping resulted in being lifted up by Sasha's heads as she came through herself followed by my guards. The throne room was trashed. Looking over to a pony I called out to him. "Hey you! What happened to this room?" I call out as I hop down and walk over to him. He blinked in confusion for a moment before saluting.

"Your majesty! There are large holes in the walls that makes it look like we are in a giant piece of Swiss cheese. The fountains that were once set on either side of the stairs leading up to the throne are shattered and shut down so not to flood the place" which I was thankful for. Whoever thought it was a good idea to put continually running water in front of their rulers when they had to sit there for hours on end every day must have gotten screwed on their taxis because that was torture. "The throne itself...gone. There is no sign of it anywhere." He finished before saluting again.

"...You just described the room to me. What I want to know is how it got this way and were Celestia and Luna are." I say in annoyance. "Mister?..."

"Caption!" The stallion said with another salute. "Captain Obvious!"

"...Yes you are. Ok scratch the room where are Celestia and Luna?" I ask in agitation. I know they're immortal and all but I'm getting very worried about my girls.

"The west wing has been converted into a medical wing for all the injured. They're recovering there." I think he said something else but by that point I created another portal and jumped through leaving my guards and puppy behind.

"Where are they!" I call out franticly. Looking around my eyes lock onto a nurse pony who was running around half as panicked as I was. She gave out a startles squeak when I grabbed her in my tails and brought her to my face. "Where are my little ones! Were is my sunny bunny and moon pie!" She was too panicked to respond at first but when her mind registered who I was and who I was looking for she pointed a hoof at a line of ponies carrying a massive amount of food to one room. "Hold on my little ones! Auntie's coming!" I cry out as I drop the nurse and scramble over to the door. My paws moving so fast I might have been hovering.

I came charging through the door and immediately locked onto the only two beds in the room. Celestia was laying in the left bed talking to a few ponies. Some looked like they were in the military while others looked like accountants. Luna was in the right bed out cold with a tube going down her throat connected to a funnel which several ponies were pouring what looks like a concoction of various fruits and vegetables thrown through the blender. Both of the girls had their horns broken off.

"What happened!?" I can't help but shout in the royal Canterlot voice knocking over the ponies closest to me and making the others cringe. I run over to my girls franticly. The ponies in my path wisely moving out of my way allowing me to get between the two beds unhindered.

"Please aunty." Celestia said through wheezes. Her breath labored. "Ponies are trying to recover." my head and back ignite with foxfire at hearing her speak that way. I quickly put out the blue flames and move up to her. Carefully placing my paws on her and feeling for what's wrong. It didn't take me long to find that her internal organs aren't all where they need to be. The reason she was having trouble breathing was because some of her intestines were wrapped around her lungs. I gave her a worried look and she grabs one of her pillows in her hoof.

"Do it." She wheezed before putting her pillow in her mouth and biting down. With a nod I use my magic to gently grasp her intestines and carefully loosen their hold on her lungs and the other organs that were tied up in them before setting them back in their proper places. When I looked up she had tears running down her cheeks and she was breathing heavily but at least she was breathing normally. It would be pointless to hit her with a heal spell as she can already regenerate so I quickly move over to Luna and get to work on her.

"Thank you. That feels so much better." Celestia said as I worked.

"How did this even happen?" I ask as I work on Luna.

"It was the Juggernaut. He came back looking for you." Celestia answered. A new foxfire ignited on my shoulder but this time it was accompanied with a thin cloud of darkness. I finished working on Luna and turned to Celestia.

"Tell me everything." I said in a low tone as I sat by her bed.

Five hours ago.

Celestia's head shot up in surprise as a loud crash was heard outside as she was walking through the halls of the palace. Quickly she moved to the nearest window that would open and looked outside just in time to see a familiar giant crash through the walls of the palace with several guards on his trail.

"No" Celestia whispered to herself as she jumped through the window flew down to the hole only to see to her horror that Juggernaut's stomping around had drawn the attention of most in not all of the guards in the palace. Mostly because Juggernaut broke into the mess hall while it was being used. And somepony had raised the alarm so the guards that weren't here were rushing to this location. Broken guards littered the floor. And she could see the Juggernaut walking on the other side of the room towards another wall. He stopped though and looked around in annoyance at the guards that continued to pour in.

"Stop! Get away from him!" But Celestia's warning came too late and as she rushed in to save her guards the Juggernaut raised his hands out like he wanted a hug before bringing them together with a mighty clap that gave off a shockwave that sent everypony flying. Ponies crashed into the wall, against each other and counters and tables. Celestia herself was pushed back through the hole she came through only at an upward angle so her head hit the part of the wall still left over the hole causing her to spin as she flew. The world was a blur of colors for Celestia as she spun through the air until she crashed into something hard and her and whatever she hit came crashing into the ground.

Oh my. And here I thought full moons were Luna's thing. A voice rang out in her head. Shaking the dizziness from her eyes Celestia looked back to see that she had landed on Discord and his face was pressed right against her left butt cheek. By all means, don't mind me. Sit and relax awhile. I insist. Discord said in a sultry tone.

The capital building of the Great Pigeon Empire.

A bright golden flash startled the hundreds of pigeons flying about to take care of their day to day tasks. When they could see clearly again the hundreds of birds in that room and many more that were drawn in by curiosity about the strange flash of light stared at the statue suddenly occupying the center of the room. Worth it!

Back at the palace.

Celestia teleported back to the mess hall and flew fast through the palace striping herself of her weights on the way. It didn't take long to find the giant as he stomped through wall after wall. Thankfully it seems that her guards heard her warnings and have backed off of the Juggernaut and instead focused on evacuating the area. Now she can try to think of a strategy on how to stop him. It helped that she now knew his weakness thanks to Rin. Unfortunately he had somehow gotten his helmet back. That or he got a new one. She experimentally tried using basic telekinesis to unlatch it but whatever that thing was made of beats dragon scales in magic resistance by far. Every time she tried to tighten her magical grasp on the think it slipped off like trying to pick up a large ball of wet, soapy ice with chopsticks. Celestia looked at the helmet in annoyance once she realized that she would have to remove it manually. She'll have to be careful about this. He hadn't seen her yet so she had that going for her but if she wasn't careful with this she may lose her chance. Using her magic to lift several pieces of wood from the walls that were being destroyed. One for each latch keeping the helmet secured in its place and carefully position them in place over the juggernaut's head. She would have to take careful aim and be quick about it but if she pulls this off she will have removed his one defense against her mental assault.

"Have at thee!" Luna bellowed in her royal Canterlot voice as she charges in wearing her battle armor and wielding her trusted war hammer that she had named after those mares that serve the customers in airships. This unfortunately not only broke Celestia's Concentration but grabbed the attention of the Juggernaut who quickly turned to face his attacker. Luna, not wanting to disappoint came in swinging with her hammer. Now Luna's hammer was a rather unorthodox weapon as it can't directly hurt you if it hits you. Instead it causes what Rin calls a knockback effect in where the target is sent flying. Getting hit with the hammer doesn't hurt. The landing does. That hammer had never failed to serve her or entertain her in battle so imagine her surprise when the hammer hit the Juggernaut in the chest and nothing happened.

"My turn!" The Juggernaut said with a tone of excitement as he raised his fist. Unfortunately both of the sisters were to surprised to react. Luna by her failed attempt to send the giant back outside through the holes he made and Celestia by her sisters rash action.

Prince Blueblood looked down at the enchanted gem in his magical clutches. "And if anyone were to enter my room without my permission the runes hidden in the walls will not only detain the intruder in a stasis field but send a signal to the enchanted gem to alert me?" Blueblood asked getting a nod from the old unicorn he had hired to set up his new security.

"That's right. There isn't one inch of this room that isn't protected by this powerful defense." The old magic teacher from Celestia's school confirmed with a nod.

"Finally! After all these months I can finally leave my room assured of its safety." Blueblood said with a sigh of relief. "Alright stallions. You're dismissed!"

"Oh thank Celestia!" One of them shouted as they all charged/wobbled towards the door as they all tried to get to the nearest bathroom as quickly as they could. They had all been holding it in for a very long time. Blueblood rolled his eyes at this before turning to the unicorn.

"Thank you for your work. You can go now." Blueblood said as he hoofed over a bag of bits. The old unicorn gave a bow before leaving with his bits. Once alone Blueblood pocketed the gem and moved to his mirror to check himself before going out into public. But just as he reached the mirror his attention was drawn to a loud sound as his aunty Luna came crashing through his wall before stopping mid air in the middle of the room as the runes took effect. He nearly lost his lunch as he saw that her muzzle was crushed flat against her face and was making sickening snapping and squishing noises as it slowly reset itself thanks to Luna's regeneration ability that all alicorn enjoyed. His attention was then drawn to the hole in his wall that was just made bigger by a strange creature he never saw before smashing through it.

The giant was quickly surrounded in the same yellow aura that his aunt was but he didn't even slow down as he walked over and grabbed Luna out of the air. Luna groaned in pain as she looked up at her captor and lit up her horn to cast a teleportation but unfortunately for her the Juggernaut quickly brought up his other hand and grabbed Luna's horn before a sickening snap could be heard followed by Luna's pain filled screams.

"Release her!" Celestia yelled as several pieces of wood flew in and jammed under the latches on the giant's helmet forcing some of them open before Celestia flew in. Only stopping for a moment in the stasis field before overpowering it with her own magic causing the runes under the wallpaper to fry creating holes and burn marks all over the walls. Then one of Blueblood's busts of himself flew up in Celestia's magical aura before flying at the helmet in an attempt to knock it off. But she didn't get all of the latches so it remained locked in place. With a grunt of annoyance the Juggernaut lifted one hand and relocked the latches on the front of his helmet as he walked towards Celestia.

"So where's the fluff ball? I got things to do and want to kill her quickly." Juggernaut said as he stopped a few feet in front of the princess of the sun.

"Don't tell him anything Tia!" Luna shouted causing Juggernaut to crush her body in his hand. Luna screamed in pain as her bones made a distinct crunching sound and several popping sounds once he loosened his grip and the bones started popping back into place and mending.

"I said release her!" Celestia shouted in the Canterlot voice as she created a bright light from her horn that forced the Juggernaut to lift up his free hand to block the light while Celestia used all of the force she used to move the Sun to try and force the Juggernaut's hand open to save her sister. The Juggernaut grunted in annoyance as he used his helmet to block the light from his eyes and used his free hand grab the needlessly large bed and threw it at Celestia sending her flying through a new hole in the wall that she had just created. With a snort the Juggernaut walked through the new hole to find Celestia again.

Blueblood looked at the devastation in shock. Unable to process what just happened. He was soon brought out of his shock by the annoying sound 'beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep' that came from the gem in his pocket. Scowling down at the gem he removed it from his pocket and tossed it out the window before taking a decorative sword that he took as a trophy that he won from a great general in a devastating battle of poker that he got through cheating fare and square from its mantle that was now on the floor. With a look of determination he marched after the Juggernaut ready to avenge the death of his room.

"On second thought he is rather large. I'm sure aunty Celestia can handle it." Blueblood said as he walked back into the room and started searching through his list of contacts to fine the construction ponies he always used for his projects. He had been meaning to enlarge his room and add a hot tub and this seemed like an opportune time to do it.

Celestia and Juggernaut fought through the palace. Juggernaut trying to catch Celestia and Celestia trying to free Luna who was also attacking the Juggernaut from his fist by hitting it with her hooves but this went ignored. This went on for the better part of an hour as room after room and hall after hall was destroyed by the two powerhouses. And it could have gone on much longer but unfortunately as they came crashing into the throne room Juggernaut smashed through one of the support beams while trying to hit Celestia while using Luna's face as a bludgeoning weapon. Though he missed yet again this resulted in a large piece of the ceiling to fall and hit Celestia in the horn just as she was finishing charging up another spell. This surprised Celestia and caused her to discharge the energy for the spell without direction. Including her own face. This stunned Celestia for only a moment but in a battle a moment is all it takes and before she knew it she felt the fingers of the Juggernaut grip around her and after that the pain of having her horn snapped off just like her sister's.

"Well that was fun but I still need to get me a fox skin rug. Where is Rin?" Juggernaut asked in a dangerous tone. Celestia responded with nothing more than a glare.

"Alright. Have it your way. I'm sure I can find a way to get her attention." Juggernaut said with a cocky tone.

Present time.

"He broke our bodies again and again. Twisted us in ways no mortal can survive. He even skinned us for our pelts only to let new ones grow back again and again. Once he realized you weren't here he marched over to the vault where we keep the Elements and with his bare hands tore the door open and took them. Then he left through the cave systems saying he was going to give the Elements to the Goodly Heroes. We were powerless to stop him. Several guards tried to save us but it was useless and those that tried to chase him were thankfully diverted by some large bats that Juggernaut scared out of there cave while he was leaving." Celestia said before raising her head to look me in the eye. When she looked at me she gave a frightened gasp. The others in the room looked to me to see why she reacted that way and if I weren't so pissed right now I would be on the floor laughing at there reaction. I turn to look in the mirror on the wall and see.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" I cry out as I stumble backwards. That look on my face was enough to scare me out of my silent rage. I get back up and look down at Celestia. "Don't worry. I'll take care of you two." I say as I fluff her pillow and use my magic to take a large amount of the food that had been delivered to this room up to Celestia. "Now eat and regain your strength. My poor baby. Is there anything else you need?"

"You're my aunt not my mother." Celestia complained.

"Until you two get better I'm both." I countered. Celestia just sighed before speaking again.

"There are some things you could do for us. Even with our regeneration it will be a few days before our horns completely grow back. So we need you to move the sun and the moon for us until then. Normal path and schedule if you'd please. No more trying to write in the sky by moving the sun fast enough. Also with Cadence gone I need you to run things while we recover." She asked me though she looked over at the important looking ponies she was talking to when I got here to let them know she was telling them as well.

"You have my word. I can't leave until I know you and Luna are well anyways." I reply.

"I've already sent letters out to ponies that can help in this situation. Don't do anything reckless. If we're attacked again don't show yourself. We can and have put up defenses against the crystal heart when it was stolen but the Elements are another story. If the Goodly Heroes can use them which given Harmony's obvious animosity towards you I fear might be likely. At least while you are within range." She continued.

"I won't do anything stupid." I say. Choosing my words carefully so that I didn't agree to her exact terms but letting her know I'm not going to do anything reckless.

"This next part is a secret. Everypony else clear out." She said causing the room to empty except for me and the girls. Once she was sure it was clear she beckoned me to lean in. "Luna and I need to be transferred to the room near our bed chambers with the red door to recover. It holds powerful enchantments to block sounds, can easily resist hurricane force winds and blocks all scrying magic. No matter what make sure Dr. Ouchy is the one to look after us and no other. There is a secret that she and a select few ponies are in on that must remain as such. And using that room to recover will keep it a secret. No matter what happens the outside world must never know that a princess can release flatulence." Celestia said. At first I thought she was joking to try and make me feel better but when I look into her eyes I see that she is deadly serious.

"Ok. I promise." I say which causes her to give a sigh of relief.

"Good. Please hurry with that I've been holding it in since I woke up."

A few hours later

I had finished making preparations and dishing out orders for now. I had my minions set up defenses in the palace and castle guards help with the wounded and some were sent out to calm the ponies out there. I healed several guards that weren't that bad so thankfully we aren't short staffed. The others are getting good healing by a large team of doctors and a lot of enchanted healing crystals. I've asked the pigeons to help keep a lookout through the one connected to my heart who I just found out had the name Commander Shit Storm. And now I'm weighting for new reports so I walk over to the lawn chair that is being used as a temporary throne.

I grumbled as I sat back in the temporary throne. I have never once in my life been so pissed at anyone about anything! But I will keep my promise to Celestia. Besides There is no way I was going to leave them like that. My instinct to care for them and stay by their sides as they recover trunked the instinct to track that bastard down and kill him...Not that I know how to kill him...or where to find him... But he did bring something up the last time he was here. Using my Keeper powers I reached out to my dungeon and summoned a comic book into my paws.

“Victor I need to talk to you about something important. Can you talk now?” I ask through the token.

Electric current quickly built up in the comic book, remembering how he entered last time caused me to throw the comic book far enough away before the light of electric discharge peaked making the Comic Book vanish only for Doom to Appear. With his Spiderpony bodyguard and an anthro unicorn shorter than Doom's 6'7" at about 5’9”, said spider who spun in place seeming to be on high alert in the throne room. I use my magic to pick my crown up off the floor and put it back on my head as it was blown off when the comic started acting up.

“Welcome to the royal palace. Sorry it’s such a mess but a giant had just demolished the place. Speaking of which I need information on a Juggernaut displaced that apparently knows you. This is the second time Mr. unstoppable has attacked and I need to know how to find him and kill him.” I say as I look them over while Sasha comes up behind them in an attempt to sniff their butts.

The mare with him lets out a startled reaction to Sasha looking up at her heads while Doom’s quietly processing with his index finger and thumb at his armored chin. “Are you speaking of ‘THE’ Juggernaut or one with general prowess? For without details then what you brought me into, I could only guess. Also meet Ms.Fleur Cursed siren in pony form and whose voice you heard the first time we met.” He gestured to her and in response she gave quite a graceful flourishes bow while she had a rough set of armor put on with a standard Unicorn helmet.

“Greeting miss Fleur. I apologize for Sasha she was just saying hi. She's a good puppy. As for your question Victor I’m talking about ‘THE’ Juggernaut. Professor X’s brother. Ugly helmet and all. He attacked once before when Celestia had my magic and body restrained and had me muzzled so she could force me through the tests for gods so she could make me a princess. He came crashing through the walls and made it very clear that he wanted to kill me. And now he attacked again when I was off world. The palace is trashed, the entire left wing has been converted into a medical wing for all the guards that tried to stop him and worst of all.” My body radiated darkness at this point that looked like a mix between a liquid and a gas that rolled off me like bubbling swamp water and my voice distorted into an almost demonic sound and I grew ten feet in my barely contained anger.

“He broke Celly and Lulu’s bodies again and again. Taking advantage of their immortality and regenerative abilities to torture them in order to draw me out. He broke off their horns, repeatedly crushed and twisted their bodies. And tore their skin off only to let it grow back again just to repeat the process!” At this I forced myself to calm down. “I can’t leave till I’m sure my girls have recovered. But once they are I’m planning on finding this guy and killing him! But I need to learn how to take that invulnerability he has away as well as how to find him. Seeing as he made it clear he wants me dead because I made friends with you I was hoping that you could at least help with the finding him part. Do you know where he lives or any way to track him?”

Doom focused again as he carefully for the first time looked around the room seeing its condition, his eyes moving to Sasha then what guards I had in the throne room then back to me as he spoke. “Since he attacked your Royal Sisters, it may have been a ploy to figuratively or literally weaken the strength potential of your closest allies who have the strongest ties to you. Harsh as it may sound, I believe he desires you to have ‘lost your head’ when you do encounter him in a blind rage. The guards could have also been an added bonus to LIMIT your wide net search tactics meaning he desires you to be at a single recognisable location, in short he’s baited you splendidly. Do you have any tunnels or personal portals located here as well that he could target if knowing about it? As for Tracking him, a Displaced should have a special ‘pattern’ or you could say magic frequency except yet again his helmet might block that.” He stopped when he looked at one of the holes in the room.

Turning to look at me again there was a certain feeling his eyes gave off. “Is there knowledge of cement here?” He asked out of the blue while the Anthro mare seemed to react as if knowing what his stare meant. Though his Spiderpony was actively petting Sasha vigorously under her chins, even rubbing a spot behind her ears at times.

“I don’t know about Cement. Well there is skystone. That’s made in almost the same way though that's used for cloud buildings. Most things like that are grown like the complex systems of crystals that were grown inside the mountain to support the city so that it won’t fall off the side of the mountain. As for the portal I did create one for Celly and Lulu but it's too small for him and he can’t stretch it out to fit. If he tries he would just break it. I would doubt that plan you suggested he had as he comes off as smart as he did in the old cartoon show. However according to Celly he was doing a favor for the Goodly Heroes which are an anti darkness fanatic group that have shown intelligence in planning. He took the Elements before leaving saying he was giving it to them for something.” I reply.

Doom stopped my explanation by raising a hand. “Wait, he took a magical six pieced equivalent of a deas ex machina weapon from its holdings? Also that brings up another if hopeful issue, he originally gained all his abilities from a item called the ‘Crimson Gem of Cyttorak’. It is the god’s name who made him his avatar you have seen, if he doesn’t have it in his possession then that could be a item he would be desperately seeking. Imagine what you have fought already, now when he gains that item and is empowered again he will NOT need to wear a helmet period. That one mental weakness he has will be removed from the picture if he does, but if you wish to bring him in, why not say that YOU have it?” Doom offered up before continuing at the end of it. “A trap if possible to send him off the planet would be the perhaps ‘easiest’ option, since you do not have perhaps one who is as strong as the hulk to keep him from moving around..”

I cringe as a thought came to me. “I have one minion that can go toe to toe with him. Are you familiar with the Dungeon Keeper games?” Getting a shake of the head from Doom I continued. “It's a strategy game but what I’m talking about is in Dungeon Keeper 2. There is an invulnerable demon named Horny that can be summoned with a massive amount of mana and keeps burning through the players reserves just by being there. However while he is in play he can’t be stopped till his timer runs out or the keeper that summoned him runs out of mana. I can summon him but...I can only control him while there are enemies to kill. I can’t slap him away like in the game either so if Juggy is defeated before the timer runs out he will try to kill the closest neutral party. Failing that he will try to kill allies and failing that my minions. He can’t help himself his purpose is literally to kill everything in his path. It’s why I didn’t use him with the undead dragon.” I say as I shrink myself back down to sit in my chair.

“And I don’t know what will happen in that fight. As far as I know there is nothing Horny’s blade can’t cut but as far as I know there is nothing that can cut the Juggernaut. If it kills Juggernaut I have an unstoppable killer on the loose and no making sure I summon him far from anyone else other than his target doesn't work. He can get to the closest city or town regardless of distance quickly so long as he has fire and the ground burs where he walks. I can only summon him against a truly massive army to insure he doesn't kill who he isn’t meant to. And if Horny can’t cut Juggernaut I don’t know how he would react. He’s never been exposed to anything living he can’t kill before. He might forget about the Juggernaut and go killing the closest mortals.” I tell them.

Doom sighed as he stood there, looking at the damage once more before he continued. “Baiting him into a place of your choosing is better than waiting for him to come at you knowing you’ll be here protecting your charges. Admittedly you are given little room to move in at the present, but I have to ask. Do you have any that could act as a body double for you? While you do such a bait you’ll need someone here strong enough to fend off anyone else such as these ‘goodly’ types, I would be on watch for any religious types who may become zealous in acting towards them too. From what Ms.Fleur told me, prior to Luna’s return most or half were worshiping Celestia. Guess who would be considered the ‘anti christ’ to her? If not presently ‘evil’.” Doom left a terrifying topic hanging open.

“I’ve already considered those tactics. I know the Art of War cover to cover and know better than to go in angry. I’ve also already set up traps here with Juggernaut’s abilities in mind and have called in my friends in the great Pigeon Empire as well as my own minions so I’ll at least know he’s coming. The man isn’t exactly subtle. I do have changelings among my minions but I won’t put them in that danger. Especially since Asphyxias got all of them pregnant and I have around two hundred babies sleeping in a nursery I have set up in my dungeon. I also have thirty two escape paths for my girls and the staff and yes myself as well. I’m not going to stay and fight for a building if I don’t think I can win. I was just hoping to get more info on him. He appears to hate you enough to come kill me for making friends with you. Do you know anything about him personally? Or just what you know from comics?” I ask him.

Doom spoke neutrally as he pointed at himself in gesture. “I have not personally met him, also he should have a brother perhaps playing Professor Xavier, but on a Issue I have seen from my own comic is I have Reed Richards who is working with, presumably Nightmare Moon. But there is a chance that my future self may have met him before what I will become then.” He started speaking in the realms of time travel to me, while Spidermare gave an acknowledging nod not seeing a single issue wrong with that. “Until I have encountered him or not, I am going under the presumption he may not be truly as he says he is. When roughly did he appear after we first met?”

“It wasn’t long after the second time during Nightmare Night. Maybe a month or two? It was shortly after Octavia became a vampire so ya I’ll say about a month after Nightmare Night.” I answer after thinking about it.

Doom cast an illusion mist between us forming a mini Juggernaut and myself with the girls. “Build a time table, he was working by himself the first time. Correct? Then by the second time he struck while you were gone, he at some point was tracked down and joined with this ‘Goodly’ organization. That means they could direct his power if they played him right, perhaps he could be using them to find the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak as I've mentioned before, or they have his token.” the mist on the right half for my vision showed a gloating juggy with shapes behind himself for the goodly heroes.

“I Honestly don’t think he knew I was gone. He was there to find me. He only took the Elements when he gave up on finding me.” I say as I lean back and sigh in annoyance. “Thanks for coming I appreciate it.” I say but Vinyl quickly moved forward before I could say goodby and offered a hoof to Spidermare.

“Hey I heard you had some bad experience with the undead. Before you go I just want to tell you we’re not all like that and offer a hoof of friendship.” Vinyl said with a smile.

Spidermare reflexively sneered though attempted to control that expression before, with a controlled breath, a nod and give a formal if vaguely polite warrior's bow with having her primary appendage over her chest leaning forward towards Vinyl. “May your coffin be never in any sun, and your drink warm.” Her four eyes stayed on Vinyl’s face before moving backwards towards Doom, while the Mare Fleur with him gave a graceful bow a noble would to royalty.

“Cool, thanks. Maybe we could do some hunting together sometime. Though Claw might insist on tagging along. That boneclaw gets way to excited about hunting for an undead that doesn't need to feed. What do ya say?” Vinyl asked with a happy smile that her attempts at friendship were working.

She looked back at Doom as he gave a shrug giving her a allowing motion, even with her own hesitance towards Vinyl. “We may do just that, though perhaps you will be called with your dark highness to face such hunts. For you may or may not find to your liking as for kin, be they of thestral or the blasphemous horned ones. Excluding yourself of course, they became so by trying to become immortal through magic and study of vamponies.”

“Um...Are you talking about blood magic? I don’t know much about that stuff other than what comes naturally to us. I was turned by a bight not through attempts at immortality. Also please don’t bring that up around my marefriend. If her reaction to seeing the Necronomicon when Rin had it out to compare notes that one time I don’t think she would react well to blood magic.” Vinyl said with furrowed brows. “She needs more time to adjust to her new life.”

Spidermare suspiciously turned her gaze away from Vinyl as she spoke. “How badly would she or you cringe at reading from leather tomes with pages of flesh in stained blood by a horned one? Also they are far more deadly with their ‘type’ of abilities, a weak will and resistance will not give you time to get in striking distance to stake their heart. That only paralyzes one where a true dawn or the Storm God’s armor could do so.” Doom seemed to raise a brow before giving a voice of realization.

“She means about my armor being made with pieces of the true cross, any undead who comes into contact is quite easily harmed. Also it keeps out ghosts too.” He idly mentioned, with a receiving nod from Spidermare. “So yes, that is a downside to friendly undead.”

“I would be fine. I may not have put too much stock into blood magic but I’m still an elder vampire. Older than Celestia and vampires have a natural resistance to blood magic. So those guys that you’re talking about are rarely an issue. The power needed to affect me with that magic would be hard for an alicorn. And what’s this true cross thing?” Vinyl asked as she touched the leg armor. She stood there as electricity danced across her body without batting an eye. “Ouch.” Vinyl said as she pulls back and blew onto her hoof. “Well touching that felt like walking in the sun.” She said and just stood there for a moment before falling over.

“...Vinyl?” I ask and get no response. “Well she’s not dead or she would be ash. I’ll send her back to her coffin and that will get her back on her hooves after a while.” I say as I use the hand to send her back.

Doom just looked at the spot where the upbeat if not head strong Vinyl was laid before having vanished by my hand back to her coffin. “At least I know now that part of my protection works, if not passively. It’s a bit, how do I say this when having just experienced that?” His hand gestured to where Vinyl was standing before. “Also If or When I do get into a bind needing your aid, I’ll hope it’s not at a bad time for you.”

“As do I but I will go to what is most important and inform the others that I can’t make it. And hopefully it won’t be in the sun if Vinyl wants to come. Vampires get special benefits while working for me. So long as one doesn't die in the sunlight and is high enough in level they just come back in their coffins one level lower if they die while in my services.” I say before I blink and lean back. “It’s a shame we can’t talk more but I do need to take care of things here and we have already passed the important business. Thank you for your time but we must bring this meeting to a close. Goodbye my friend and I wish you good fortune in your ventures.”

Doom nodded as he folded his arms, giving off an imposing figure until the words spoken by the Mare Fleur with a barely noticeable ‘prench’ accent came up. “We will, as mon amour and I have to prepare for a secret outing as the City is on Lockdown with a curfew.” With pressing herself into his side likely taking advantage of how he’s reacting to her, perhaps likely also shown in that comic like Lyra.

With a nod I speak the words. “Doctor Victor Von Doom our contract is complete.” One miniature tornado later and they were gone. I give a groan at having learned nothing new about the Juggernaut. “That just leaves one more displaced that might know something even if indirectly. Juggernaut did also say some vault dwellers wanted him to tell me what I did to Jack is funny.” With my hand I send the comic back and summon another token. Holding the thing in one paw I push the call button and wait for someone to pick up.

The Hyperion logo spun on the side while the backdrop showed off a few advertising images, The Crystal Empire with crystal ponies and robots moving around in a hybrid of sci-fi tech with even a hanging train station being in the center of the picture, the next showing a Everfree Forest image with a Hyperion base where the castle of the two sisters previously was, with a cute pony in the main part waving towards the camera. But the image cut short when what looks like a private room showing Equis outside the window, with a very anthro nightmarish alicorn on that end with slitted eyes staring back. “You are a kitsune? Would you hail from neighpon?”

“Um, no. I was just wearing a kitsune mask when I was displaced. Is Jack there I need to talk with him about something.” I respond.

She frowned before lightly shaking her head with a sigh, her eyes sharply looking back at me. “Physically he’s present, though forced to get some real bedrest then that shit called Stims. But I’ve taken it upon myself to answer his terminal while he is dreaming, I am, if you wish to traditionally referred to as, Nightmare Moon. Though at his Insistence Jack has wished for others to simply call me ‘Moon’ or when he is extra snarky, ‘fanged horse’.” From the expression at her last words she likely got revenge for that wording, while the background gave a view of another Alicorn silhouette moving around from a door to out of view.

“I see...Well maybe you can help me. And if not I can still contact him through his dreams by pulling his dream self into my world again.” I said but before I could continue I got a surprising reaction out of her.

Her eyes held a intense killing intent when she stared at me at that moment, without saying a word her eyes expressed a sight like that of a velociraptor that had caught sight of a foolish human hunter falling for bait. “...Thou dare? If thou so much as even try that again, we will personally dip into our own funds and maim thy body in ways that even healing magic wouldn’t fully restore. Thou would be lucky if we allowed thy womb to remain intact to even have the pleasure of giving life to young when it’s over.” Her appearance had actually gotten more terrifying even though her figure didn’t change, the only difference was her eyes were nearly black with teal glowing irises with no other light then her eyes to be seen with even what light in the room before now gone leaving the room pitch black.

I just give her a confused look. “Not bad but I’ve seen and given scarier looks hot stuff. I don’t know what has you so upset but an invulnerable giant just put my girls who I looked after and raised as my own through torture that no living thing should go through. I had to use my medical expertise to personally put their organs back in their proper places. Nothing you can say or do is scary enough to make me back down on getting what information I can on this bastard and at the moment the only clue I have to work with is something he said when he first tried to kill me. He said that a group of vault hunters wanted him to tell me that what I did to Jack was funny. So tell me what you know or I’ll pull his dream self no matter what threat you try.” I say before giving her the look I gave when I first learned about what happened to my girls. And in a distorted voice said. “Because mama fox is angry and you don’t get between mama fox and vengeance for her babies!”

Nightmare and I stared off at each other, as she spoke in that intense if not slightly lower than normal speaking tone. “We act in defense of our stallion, even though he is not a pony. As for thy topic, we do remember such an individual. He wore a red clamped helmet and held muscles as a walking mountain of a human? Quite the ego yet his hide hast not even a paper cut from the sharpest of sword or bruise from most powerful of guns or spells?” She ended up describing him to a T at her questioning tone, as if to make sure it was the same man.

“Yes that’s the Juggernaut. Physically invulnerable in every way. What do you know of him?” I ask.

She started rubbing under her horn seeming to try and recall the events related to him, until there was that look of remembering on her muzzle. “We remember how it was the time in dealing with Tambelon and the manure that be Grogar was a threat, that same ‘Juggernaut’ as thou calls him had aligned himself with Grogar for the sole purpose of making him merely a stain for his maker. Something about dragging him back to an altar to claim what is rightfully his. But the goose hunt Jack led him on gave Discord time to be ready to banish the city and it’s evil with it, only he had lucked out by the skin of his teeth and that stallion’s hand still gripping his leg when the city vanished leaving only that.” She leaned back in the chair trying to remember something else, before snapping her fingers as Discord might. “Jack had mentioned something regarding of ‘since we cannot kill him conventionally or not, we should send him packing by way of a rift.’ Is generally how we remember him saying it, thou should understand many of the words he uses when covering his ‘science’ elude us even today. Though he has far more deadly means to immortals now, than he did then.” She huffed in annoyance at that part before looking back at me.

I give a disappointed sigh. “That’s all you know about him? I know more than that. You didn’t even know about Juggernaut’s one weakness that we used to knock him out the first time. And his power isn’t simple immortality… Well at least I got a clue about something. It kind of sounded like he working for a being that created him. Not born? That’s a god level being if I’ve ever hear of one. Still don’t know if it will help.”

She nods slowly, only to get a troubled look on her face before looking off screen to her side before her smile slightly returned. “How would thou react to a material that could wound or slay those of divine levels of power? Specifically those of magic being how they be?” She stared into my eyes, as she felt disturbed by that spoken sentence.

“I say you have my undivided attention.” I say as I lean in closer to the screen.

She took a moment before explaining further, working herself up to what disturbed her. “Traditionally one would have to be an immortal or of equal power to kill another if not thou being slain in the brutal if not primal fighting, all just to end the one thou faced for good as she in our previous state attempted to do with our ,at the time, sibling.” She took a breath before continuing but carefully now with a strange look in her eyes. “How would thou feel that all that effort if not likely months or years just to slay one immortal could be now done with a single bullet? no build up, no tension, simply one aimed shot and they simply are gone. Including any being behind them weather it be their cohort or innocent it continues on as one would a knife through butter without any friction to slow it down. Nothing other than gravity and non magical paint blend.”

“I say that is a very dangerous weapon. But why is it stopped by paint?”

She shook her head a bit as she brought up a bullet in it’s casing to show me, from the holo screen. “It’s not the gun that does it, tis the end that is fired from it. Jack had learned how to make this ‘god killing alloy’ by reversing what he was given by another who bought much from him just to make a defense against this thing, the bullet targets only magic. That is the trait as even a grazing hit does quite more than it first seems, imagine being warm then suddenly thy arm is frozen solid. To that extreme, does it affect us that if it were a hit as one would do a mortal. We would have ended up the same in the end, He had tested his recreated sample on one named Tirek. In short it worked too well to our tastes..”

“I see. Tirek wasn’t muck of a fight and now makes a cute pet but still. How much for one of those bullets? and a gun that will fit it?” I ask her.

She nods and taps on the keys before long on the side view of the video chat showed the bullet in question would cost one million bits, with a free handgun of normally under one hundred thousand range for first buyers. It even had a cartoonishly dead Tirek with X’s where his eyes should be and his tongue hanging out in a cross armed fashion with a ‘Jack seal’ of approval covering his forehead. “We ask that thou do recover the round after it’s spent by use of the paint lathered over it and recycle back to us when completed.”

I use the hand to grab up a sizable amount of gems and activated the matter transporter on this thing and just poured them in. From the screen I saw a claptrap suddenly look up and give a panicked shout before turning and trying to roll away but not making it in as a small avalanche of gems overtakes the robot burying it under the shiny stones. Shortly after the matter transporter held a handgun and a small painted box. Taking the box I opened it to see the promised pebble to take down my Goliath. The bullet gave off a feeling like my fear traps but this thing wasn’t made to give false fear. I close the box and use the hand to take it and the gun to my private vault with my other super dangerous items. I had no intention on relying only on this but everything that can help is welcome. And now I have something that should at least hurt him should he come knocking again. Assuming it will work at all.

“Thank you. The sooner I can stop this guy the better. Oh and I never intended to harm Jack in any way. I only did that because the claptrap that answered before I did take him just yelled at me for no reason before I could even talk and then would hang up. And if you were worried about me trying to take him take him… I’m a lesbian. I was a guy before I was displaced and I never switched teams. You have nothing to worry about.” I say to her it a reassuring manner.

She sighed softly before rolling her eyes, a smile finally returned though she pointed towards me as she spoke in a jabbing manner. “Thou returned him with a Diamond bust of him, how could we have not had been thou having rutted him silly and somehow removed thy scent from him except for thy magic trace of such a feat? We have enough trouble with Celestia playing her games to keep as physically close to our stallion as possible, then there is that pink young married tart who’s changing tune wanting him to rut her brains out as a whorse.” Her frown only deepened with every word spoken with a controlled growl.

I blink in confusion at her words. processing...processing… “You think that bust meant anything? I wanted to shop for high tech goodies and I wanted to make it clear I will not be denied so I snagged him in his dreams but I wanted there to be no hard feelings and to show it. So I played to his ego with that thing. Keep in mind I was displaced with the powers from a game where you play as the evil overlord of the underworld. I hold dominion over the underground and all the riches it holds. I can easily take all the precious metals and stones I want from the ground so I never had to worry about wealth. For me that thing may as well be made of dirt. Gems may be worth a lot to others but when you can get as many as you want right out of the earth beneath your paws with no effort on your part.” I leave off there while giving a shrug.

She lifted an eyebrow while stating this. “Perhaps, as Diamond Dogs are ones who tend to find the most of these easily if not Dragons. But thou had perfectly shaped that diamond to match his head, also he does have another thing in common with stallions, he is rather dense when it comes to ‘signs’ of interest. That’s the main reason we were concerned about his disappearance and then him returning with a gift of personal view, it told us that a creative mare spent time and effort to impress him. We may not have known thy intentions but the action drew a conclusion. But for now we must go return to bed to safeguard his dreams from trauma.”

“Very Well. I’ll bid you goodnight then. Oh and that bust was made using a low level copy spell similar to a 3D printer. Making that thing took no effort or time. And with that.” I push the hang up button and shake my head. “Even after all these years of being one I’ll never understand women.” I say as I summon up a large gem and used it to suck up all of the dark magic that overflowed from my body after it gorged itself on my rage. Once that was done I kept filling the gem with the dark energy that was still in me till the gem could hold no more and became completely black.

A small group of ponies griffons and one minotaur looked up at their new ally against the dark fox as he walked up to the small group and tossed one of the two bags he was carrying on the floor which opened on landing allowing the Elements to be seen inside.

"I guess this means that you failed to kill the fox?" One of the ponies asked the Juggernaut as he looked down at the magical weapons.

"She wasn't home." Juggernaut said with a shrug. "You sure you guys can use those things?"

"We believe we found a group of friends in our organization that meet the requirements. But let's find out. Allow me to introduce you to Strong Heart the loyal. He has dedicated his life to the ways of our founder." At the pony's words Strong heart walked forward making his fat jiggle like a waterbed. Everyone stepped back, even the Juggernaut, to get away from the smell. Reverently he lifted Rainbow Dash's necklace from the bag and tried to put it on his neck but quickly found that it didn't fit with all of his chins in the way so he put it on the upper part of his right foreleg. The small part of the gem on the Element that was sticking out from his armpits glowed. Showing that it accepted him.

"The next candidate is normally a solo agent but still a good friend in there group. There are many stories about heroes and villains that the great Strong Heart told while he was still with us. Including the greatest hero ever known to humankind. Batman. This pony took what batman did and took on the form of what scared him most as a foal to fight evil. This happened to be the batman's greatest foe. Our Element of laughter, Punch Line." At this a white earth pony with a green mane and tail wearing a purple tux walked up with a face splitting smile and took Pinkie's Element and placed it on his neck. His smile somehow grew even larger as the balloon shaped gem started to glow.

"Next is our Element of kindness Dr. Doctor. One of our best healers. And known on the field for insisting on a painless death for evil everywhere." A unicorn mare in a lab coat walked up and took Fluttershy's Element and placed it on her neck with her stethoscope. She smiled sweetly as it started to glow.

"Our Element of Generosity is one of our blacksmiths who puts his heart and soul to give our troops the best of the best in armor and weapons. Iron Hammer." The lone minotaur approached the bag and took Rarity's Element before taking a moment to look it over disapprovingly before placing it on his neck while mumbling about it being a fashion don't. Regardless of what he thought of its looks the gem started to glow so he hung his head in defeat and acceptance.

"And his partner in crafting is our best enchanter, Trinket Sparkle. He is a member of the prestigious house of Sparkle known for their strong magic. And the most qualified we have for the Element of magic." At this an older looking pony wearing a wizard's robe and hat walked forward and took the only headwear in the bag before placing it on his hat. When nothing happened he sighed and took his hat off before placing the Element on his head causing it to glow. Seeing that it worked the second time the other members of the Goodly Heroes gave a sigh of relief.

"And last is Bob the desk guy for the armory at the nearest base that we would normally never send out in the field because he can't keep his big beak shut and by default of being the only guy in the Goodly Heroes who can't lie to keep our workings a secret. He is the only one in our entire organization we could think of that could be the holder of honesty." The pony said with a deadpan as an excited looking griffin that hopped around like a kid came forward and took the last necklace in the bag and put it on his skinny neck. He pushed up his big owlish glasses to get a better look as the apple shaped gem started to glow. With a nod the pony turned to the Juggernaut with a proud smile. "Yes we can use them!"

The Juggernaut looked down at the group before turning to the pony that was introducing the group that had been chosen to wield one of the weapons they had collected to strike down the fox once and for all. "You're all weirdoes." Juggernaut said flatly before pulling what looked like a diamond out of his belt. "This is a little gift as a sign of our... alliance. It's called a portal gem. With this you can create a portal to the world of the original Goodly Heroes should you ever need it." Juggernaut said as he tossed the artifact to the lead pony who looked it over suspiciously.

"Thanks." Was all he could think to say. He wasn't expecting a gift from someone like the Juggernaut. They may have been on the same side but the Juggernaut was a real plot hole. So he decided he would have this thing locked in a vault just to be safe.

Author's Notes:

A short crossover with two stories from Architect of Realities.