FIGHT LIKE HELL, FIGHT LIKE DOOM MARINES!

Ch.11: Insane as Hell, and at Heart...

(Princess Luna, back in Canterlot...)

"Oh why...?" I groaned, seeing my sister fleeing for her life.

"Uh, Princess, what was that all about?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Should we be worried about this?" Twilight Velvet questioned.

"I'm more concern about what's so different about this Doom Marine?" Night Light wondered. "I mean, if he can make Princess Celestia run for her life..."

As more and more questions kept piling up, I just held up a hand to get them to stop. "Okay, listen up everyone! Because right now, this Doom Marine is the fastest out of all of them. Hence the reason why his title is known as Deaths Runner." As I said that, all of their forms shivered visibly.

"Okay, princess, what the hay is with their titles?" Applejack asked, which I looked at her unamused.

"Dame Applejack, I'm fairly certain it was discussed before." I said to her, emphasis on the word 'discuss', to remind them all. "It is through their deeds of slaying so many Demons, and/or other elements, that it has gained them a reputation of sorts." That said, she blushed at this, but she wasn't the only one either.

The only exception is the twins, themselves.

Looking back at the scene, I saw Bryan and that running away from some abominable creature roaming the barren wastelands. Although, their purser stopped, Cerberus skidded to a halt in front of some panel, and Bryan walked up to it and activated the strange device. As he did that, a pillar-like building shot out from the ground, and he approached its entrance. But then, out of nowhere, he got rammed by Vincent, who somehow got out from that Tomb of his, and started running around like a headless chicken.

It even got more crazy, as Bryan threw a Grenade in his path, and sent him flying, by his own momentum. As they shortly argued, that giant worm came back, only this time, Vincent was on it!

"Oh sweet mother of me, what is that idiot doing!?"

(Vincent/Doom Marine, Badlands...)

"WWWOOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Okay, not the way I wanted to start that day off, once I got up and out! I mean, who would be stupid enough to pull this shit off!? Oh wait, I'm the idiotic madman of the team, so of course I would make an attempt on this! Ha-ah! "WOW!!! OH SHIT!!!" Losing my grip!

"No, no, no, no, NNOOOOOO!!!!... GOTCHA!!!!!" Getting my grip back under control, I began scaling up its side, as it traveled through this God Forsaken place, to get on its back. "Almost... There..." Heaving myself on top, I gave out a victorious laugh. "AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA--!!!! OH SHIT!!!!!" Only to duck my head back down as I heard gun fire.

"VINCENT, GET YOUR ASS OFF OF THAT FUCKER, RIGHT NOW!!!!!" Wait, my Comms still work!? Cool!

"Yeah... No." I told him, not because I was being a dick to him... Okay, maybe a little, but just bear with me. "Look man, I just got out, okay? Right now, I need to-- FUCKING SHIT!!!!!" Well, I tried reasoning with him, and he just retaliated with Micro Missiles, making me find a more suitable defensive position. What a dick, I'd say! What. A. Dick!

"YOU FUCKING CUNT!!!!! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ON WHAT'S HAPPENING!?!?!?!?!?" Oh, I can hazard a few guesses. But I'll go with the answer we now relate to.

"Besides the fact I'm riding a Rift Worm from Gears of War 2, sort of, there's yet another war going on." When the barrage of Micro Missiles stopped, I continued. "Look, I know this will sound crazy, but let's just say I'm having some déjà vu here and there."

"... What do you know so far?" He asked.

"Well, where to start? I guess you could say that I've been having visions, in my sleep..." And so, I began my recap. At least, the points that seem more important, because of how much of an impact it had on the lives of many, whether for better, or for worse. Yet, while I was counting those events, I started to feel pissed off. I don't know why, but at the same time, I do know why. Does that even make sense?

"... Well, for the most part, you're not that far off. But still, that's just insane as fuck." Bryan said. "And that's besides the point of your position."

"Yeah, well, trust me. Especially this part. I think this thing just wants some help... WHOA!?!?" Right when I was about to tell him why, the Rift Worm just shot itself up into the air, and dived straight into the ground. Oh this is gonna suck.

And how right I was. As soon as I went in with the rest of it, I tried to get as low as possible, but that did jackshit, since I kept getting headbutted by the debris and the roof! "OW--!!! GOD-ACK-DAMMIT!!! ARGH!!! MOTHER OF--OUCH--FUCKING JESUS CHRIST!!! WHY!!!!!" This went on for about a solid three minutes, until finally I arrived in some underground cave. "Oh thank God!" I exclaimed and went limp.

But then, I felt it shift, or at least the part I was lying on, rolling off to my right, until it snapped to the left, flinging me off it. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Flying off in the air, straight into a fucking wall, I manage to use my Thrust Boots to change my momentum. Luckily I still had that In-Flight Mobility rune equipped, otherwise I'll end up like those bugs on a windshield.

Landing on solid ground, my suit taking care of the fall damage, I looked back at that fucking worm. As much as I would want to yell at it, to my heart's content, I knew it would simply ignore it. You know what, fuck it, I'll do it. "YOU FUCKING FUCK WORM!!!! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?!?!?!? TRYING TO KILL ME WON'T HELP ANY OF US IN THE SLIGHTEST!!!! STUPID CUNT!!!!" After my rant, it didn't do anything, just sitting there idly. Yep! The fucker just completely ignored me! "ALRIGHT, FINE!!!! BE THAT WAY!!!!" Yeah, I do and say the strangest, random things in life. But I don't care, as long as I don't end up in the mainstream of things, because fuck normality! Oddity is the best!

A while later, I heard Cerberus running in, and stopped mere inches from me, at arms length. Looking up, the big boy's three heads looked down at me, until he brought them down to me, for the others to jump off. Me? I just hugged the middle head. "Aww... Who's been a good boy? Yes, you are. Yes, you are a good boy~" While the other two heads rubbed up against my armour.

"Vincent." I heard Bryan call out my name. "You knew about those six girls, the Elements of Harmony, through those visions you had in your sleep. How?" He asked.

"I think it had something to do with my Tomb. Whoever, or whatever, did the deed, must have wanted me to see these things. And..."

"And what?"

"Something entirely different. Something about the whole Multiverse, itself."

"Well, you're not that far off..." He gave me a short review about how there are other versions of Equestria itself, and how Kevin found out about it. "... So, in all likelihood, if we decide on about making a Summoning Token. Chances are we'll be more busy as fucking Hell, especially with this war going on."

"I guess..." As I said that, the feeling of being pissed off was still there, and rising up. "Bryan, I don't know why, but I've been feeling pissed off. It started just as soon as I woke up, so care to tell me what happened?" I asked as I let go of Cerberus.

When I told him that, he growled before answering. "Someone I was suppose to save died before I could get there. But I still got to kill those murdering fuckers..."

"Who?" Because now I feel the same.

"You know Twilight Sparkle, that new Alicorn? She lost her brother..." As he told me what happened to the late Prince Shining Armour, what they did to him and his wife, my right eye was twitching like crazy. Now I knew why I was so pissed off. "... So, did that help?"

"Very..." I answered him. "Although, are they also experimenting with shit they shouldn't?"

"Pretty much."

"I guess they're here then, because I also had a vision about this thing over here." I pointed towards the worm. "I'm not sure if this is big momma, but to Hell with it! I wanna kill me some Changeling pricks!" With that said, we made our way through one of the many big-ass tunnels. Cerberus and the worm stayed behind, and I lead us through them.

As we came around a corner, I caught a glimpse of a Changeling's tail, as it just left. Slowly and quietly, I trailed the little dipshit, to wherever he was going, and surprisingly enough, he didn't sense me. Well, that's his fault, and whoever else is here. Okay, Kunai knives? Check! Grabbing one out, I got a little closer, grabbed him, and proceeded to stabbing the ever living fucksticks out of him. Once done, I only just realised that I basically murdered him in front of his pals.

"Monster!" One of them yelled out, as they stopped whatever they were doing before, and got ready for a fight. Too bad it was already over before it even began.

Getting out a second Kunai, I activated my Haste power-up, and went about killing them all fast. Slashing my way through the lot, I tried to take the time to see what it was they were boxing up. It looked like eggs, but I can't tell with these wanking, limp dicks coming up behind me, and every time that happens, I get right behind them and slit their throats open. Sometimes I ripped their crooked horns right out and cut open their guts, and watch their internal organs fall out. Throwing a couple of Kunai knives at them, they tend to get pinned to a wall. But, as the last few saw that I've slaughter them in under two minutes, they decided to book it, only to get gunned down, mercilessly, by Bryan and that. And seeing them get ripped apart by gunfire... Oh, was that good to see.

Did I forget to mention I was laughing all the while doing this? Well, I was laughing like a maniac.

Although, I heard movement from behind, I threw a Kunai at the last one, but unfortunately it got away, as the secret passageway door closed on me. "Shit. I missed." I said as I ended my Haste.

"What is it?" Bryan asked, as he came up to me.

"One of them got away." I told him bitterly. Walking up to one of the many crates, and opening it up, they were indeed eggs. But, for some reason, I don't think they look quite right.

"Oh great. The bitch is at it again. Cocoon's trying to create these things, in her own image." Bryan explained on what I was seeing.

"Well, no wonder why big momma didn't want to come along. They'll just try and turn her somehow." I said as I looked about. "Okay, most of them are stacked in one spot. Let's grab the rest and blow them all up."

"Sir, what about that one Changeling?" Azurai asked me.

"There's not much we can do about that. Unfortunately, they got away with one, but it's better then getting away with all of them. Now let's get moving." I told him, as we got the few crates and placed them with the rest. With that done, we needed something that can create a big enough explosion.

"Hey, I found a crate full of Dynamite!" Luckily, the new blood found the solution to the equation.

Thanking her, I told them all to wait outside, while I set up the pyrotechnics. With that done, I got a Frag out, pulled the pin, threw it, and ran like Hell. Once I was out, the grenade went off, as it set off the Dynamite, making everything explode inside, and causing a cave-in.

"Well, with that done, we need to make sure there aren't anymore unwanted assholes." Nodding in agreement, we started making our way through the tunnels once more. Eventually, we came into an even, slightly bigger room, with some abominable ovipositor. It was laying those ugly as fuck eggs. "Ugh! Disgusting thing..."

"To you, perhaps..." A voice echoed all around us, until we looked up. The owner of the voice, was some kind of Changeling that looks like a scientist, but instead of a traditional white lab coat, it was black. Not to mention, he wasn't alone, but he was a tad bit taller and slimmer then the rest of them. As he overlooked each of us from higher ground, with an inquisitive streak of curiosity, he continued. "But to me, it's perfection."

"Oh great, a perfectionist." I sarcastically said, with a roll of my eyes. "Not to mention, possibly an emotionless sociopath."

"Correct." He answered me, unfazed by my response to his personal being of character. "But I cannot help it. For you see, I do so to see how far my work has taken us all. Although, I must say, I'm quite surprise the Princesses of Equestria was hiding such monsters themselves."

"I'm afraid I can't comment on that one, but he though..." I said as I pointed towards Bryan. "He can tell you. He got out before me."

"To answer your question, in the most honest way possible; Celestia is a fucking idiot." Bryan told him.

"In what context? Because you're not exactly right or wrong." The Professor asked with a raised brow.

"As in how she lied, to not only her own people, but to her sister. I'm pretty sure you can figure that one out." He answered him.

"Hmm..." He hummed, while closing his eyes. "I see what you mean, yes. Truly, very hypocritical of the Sun Tyrant."

"'Sun Tyrant'? I don't remember her having the balls to do that." I commented.

"Well, you could say that, with how she tends to rewrite Equestria's history, she's not exactly doing much good. So, I wouldn't be surprised if she left you out." He explained. "That's why I view her as a Tyrant, and that she's no different to our Queen herself." Okay, either I'm hearing things, or he actually has a grudge against his Queen.

"Sirs, shouldn't we be killing them? Like right now!?" The new blood spoke up. Getting a little impatient.

"Which ones?" I asked, which confused her.

"Huh?"

"Kill the ones up there?" I pointed up to, before finishing with, "Or the ones that got us surrounded?" And to prove my point, the group of Changelings came out into plain sight.

"Impressive. I can see why she's very cautious of you lot, clearly, you are beyond any being upon this world." The Professor stated, enjoying the development of the situation. Even if it didn't sound like it. "Still, I must know what makes you who and what you are, to date."

"Alright then..." Shrugging my shoulders, I whipped out my Chainsaw, getting ready to rev it up. But before that, I looked towards the others and told them. "I got this one guys, just kick back, relax, and enjoy the show."

Bryan groaned at this. "Let me guess; Nightmare Fuel?"

I nodded at him. "Nightmare Fuel." With that said, I revved it up, activated Haste once more, and went to work. Now, the reason why me and Bryan said Nightmare Fuel is because... Well, let's just say I experimented our Chainsaw's fuel, by mixing it with Hell Energy. Yeah, I know, pure fucking insanity, and you're not wrong there. Just don't ask about it, trust me, there were fireworks going off afterwards. A lot of fireworks. There is some good news though, for my Chainsaw doesn't need to be top off anymore, even more, that it has a special effect before I kill my enemies, it causes them to hallucinate when I get close. It won't affect Bryan and that, but it can affect others, such as ponies.

Oh, did I had fun 'Pranking' Tia back then. Just to get back at that little shit! Can't wait to put her through that rollercoaster of fun!

Anyway, with the Professor focused on me, I gave him a quick preview, using his own as my test subjects. Showing him just how devastating we Doom Marines can really be. As soon as I was done on our floor, with them bitches screaming for their lives, just before I killed them, I took the most direct route and went up. This surprised the Professor, as the rest with him were just shitting their pants, figurative speaking. Once I was there, I went straight for him, only for him to just barley dodge my Chainsaw. Pulling out a Saber sword from under his coat, he tried to off my head, only to end up killing one of his own.

This didn't effect him in any sense, save for the rest of these Changelings, as they backed off. Getting a good look at that Saber sword of his, it, too, was black, with a hint of red and green, just barley though. Must be one of his creations.

"I see you noticed my sword." He spoke up, once he saw me inspecting it. "Yes, I did create this. Although, finding the right material, and harnessing the magical properties it needed to take shape and form, was no easy feat. But, it was well-worth the effort."

"But that's not the only thing, is it?" I said to him. "Because you don't seem all that affected by my Chainsaw's effect." While I was looking at him, he didn't seem to show any kind of reaction, nothing like the lot around us. I wonder what they see him as, if they see me as a monster, they probably see him as one, as well.

"I thought it might give off a sort of hallucinative spell. While I can resist such effects by myself, for a short amount of time, I have taken into account about crafting items to give me protection from such things. You won't be able to fool me so easily." Deviantly smart, this one is. He has prepared himself for these kinds of encounters. "Now then, shall we continue?" He asked, and I answered him with my Chainsaw.

While I was on the offensive, he has been parrying my attacks away from him, and he's been keeping my with me. But barley. When he saw his chance, he takes it, only to miss me completely. Whenever this happens, we both end up killing off the stiffed bystanders, watching us go at it. That sword of his is tough, but even he's not stupid enough to risk it with colliding its blade against my Chainsaw's teeth.

With the last bystander killed off, by his blade, I grabbed him, threw him on the ground, and tried to saw his guts out through his mouth. Only for him to get lucky and deflected it, but not enough to stop me a second time. I'm sure I nicked him, since I shredded a part of his coat, giving him a little bit of a nasty scar above the right side of his waistline. Holding a hand there, applying pressure, he knew he had to disengage. "Dammit. It would seem I can't kill you, not yet at least. I will remember this fight of ours. Farewell." Lighting his horn up, he teleported himself out of here.

"Until next time..." I muttered to myself. Looking back at that egg laying machine, I took out my Lightning Gun, backed up, ran up to the edge, and jumped towards it. Catching onto it, the base of it all, I shoved my gun into one of the glowing bits, and pulled the trigger, sending high volts of electricity into it. "FRY YOU MOTHERFCKING BITCH!!! AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!"

"He's at it again." I heard Bryan commented. "Crazy bastard..."

"HEY!!! WE BOTH KNOW I'M BEYOND CRAZY!!!!" I shouted back at him, before letting go of the damn thing, before it exploded in my face, which was awesome to watch. A bit sticky and icky, but awesome explosion, all the same.

With that ugly ho out of here, I landed on the ground and started making my way up top of the pile of eggs. Carefully so, but they seem to be holding, but I'm not about to test it. Reaching the top, I started planning on how to get rid of these things now. Maybe... Yeah, that should work! Although... Eh, it shouldn't be much of an issue, because it won't last long. At least, I hope it doesn't.

Putting my Siphoning Grenades on, I asked the others to give their ones. Once there were enough, I placed two Frag Grenades on next. "Vincent, what are you doing?" Bryan asked.

"Improvising! What else!?" I answered him.

"What would be the likely outcome?"

"Well, the explosion will cause enough damage to possibly create a small enough blackhole. So..."

"I'm sorry, but WHAT!?!?" Yep, they weren't liking this idea. Not that I blame them, but I will blame them for forgetting it's ME! Some things I do is borderline suicidal! "Okay, this is going too far! Even for you!"

"Then you better start running..." I told them as I readied myself with pulling the pin. "Because you won't have much time." As I heard them running as fast as they can, I waited for some moments, just to make sure they're far away. Once I thought they got to a safe distance, I pulled the pin, and ran out of there. Just as I got out, I heard the Grenades went off, and stealing a quick look behind. Indeed, I somehow manage to create a blackhole, as it did its job, it started to compress on itself, until it imploded on itself, sending out a shockwave.

Soon enough, the entire place was crumbling and collapsing, but I managed to make it back to the others. The worm itself was already gone, but as we made it back up to the surface, with them riding on Cerberus, we saw the cave's rooftop came crashing down, going on for miles and miles! Hot damn, that's a long way!

Once the whole thing was over and done with, everything became calm again. Looking up to the others, I smiled at them, not that they could tell through my helmet. "So, shall we head back home?"

Bryan shook his head. "You insane asshole. C'mon, get on! I don't want to spend another minute in this damnable place!" With that said, he stretched out a hand to me, as I jumped up to it and grabbed hold. Pulling me up, I got comfy as Cerberus started making way back to Canterlot.

Tia, I now know you did something you shouldn't have done, and I'm gonna make you suffer for it...

"Also, don't even think about it. Luna did most of the work." When Bryan said that, it left me in a very conflicting state. On one hand, I'm proud of little Lulu. On the other, I still want to give a piece of my mind to Tia!

Groaning, I looked up to the sky, something I haven't seen in a long time, and muttered out. "Goddammit..."

([Third Person])

As the entire underground network came crumbling down, a lone Changeling watched in terror, as he escaped the jaws of death from the monsters responsible for this destruction. Shivering, he was glad to have survived, hearing the news about these strange creatures. But, after witnessing their ferocity and tenacity, it became clear they cannot win against such a foe, not without having something to combat this threat on equal grounds, or giving their side an edge. But the question is, "What can we do? How do we go around this?"

"Quite observant of you." The Changeling squeaked, as the voice from behind him was none other than the Professor himself. The Overseer of this entire operation. Looking back at him, he saw him holding his side, as that part of his coat was ripped and teared open, revealing his very first battle scar. Well, once it stops bleeding. "It would appear we lost yet another battle to them. But I see you at least got one egg out of there with you."

"Y-yes!" The Changeling stuttered out, because it was highly unlikely to get a good compliment out of him.

"Good, good..." He said, as he turned his gaze into the direction of a certain Pillar, off in the distances. "Well, what do we have here?" Looking the same way as the Professor, his jaw dropped slightly, thinking he was now seeing things.

"Wait a minute! That wasn't there before!" The little Changeling exclaimed, which made the Professor chuckle darkly, which send chills down his spines.

"It would seem we might be in luck." He commented with a small smile on his lips. "Do return back the the Hive and report on what has happen. I'll be busy researching on these 'Doom Marines' that everyone has been talking about." The little Changeling was more than happy to do so. As he flew away, the Professor teleported himself towards the Pillar, although it causes some discomfort for him. Taking out vial of Elixir, he gulped it down, and started to feel its effects, but slowly.

His face contorted with grim. "Hmm... It would appear that his melee weapon does more than make his victims hallucinate horrific things. Very clever, for even I didn't see that one coming." but still, he pushed on, as he entered the structure, and a flight of stairs later, he came into a massive room, with a Tomb in the middle.

While it was clear who was inside there, it wasn't going to do any favours for them, not this time. Scanning the walls, he found hieroglyphs upon them. Unfortunately, he can't read them, for they were unlike anything he has ever seen. "Not to mention the eerie feeling they seem to give off." Shuddering a bit, he forced onward, to see if there was any valuable knowledge to pluck from here.

At the end of the room, he found a symbol of sorts. He doesn't know why, but it seems familiar. Until he realised that was their mark, but that was only half of the reason. "I feel like I should know this, but where?" Sighing, he took out a pencil and notebook, and started drawing this insignia. Along with recording as much as he can of this place.

"Perhaps, once I return to the Hive, I can finally use that potion of mine to help me understand these things. Because I highly doubt it's the language of the Doom Marines..."

Author's Notes:

Well, that was something! It would seem that Twilight isn't the only smart-ass on the planet. I wonder what's his deal with his Queen though? Quite the cold-hearted, calculative, son of a bitch too.

So anyway, we now see some of that insanity of Vincent, and learned that he's quite the risk gambler himself. I wonder how those sorry-ass Demons felt when they went against him?

Thanks for reading.