*Fall Knight Hideout; 1/2 Mile North of Zancudo Military Airfield; October 15, 2018; 9:23 PM

Ultimus charged again, only to ram into another illusion and lose balance. Neo fired a pulse of orange light that blew Ultimus back 15 feet into a wooden shack of a building.

'This woman is either an impressive fighter or a coward. At least Saigo couldn't conjure up illusions like this..!' Ultimus inwardly complained.

Neo only grinned, a sadistic look plastered onto her face as she charged yet again.

"Die!!" Ultimus swung again, only to discover that this was merely another illusion, made abruptly clear by a metallic scraping on his back plate.

Neo smiled again as Ultimus turned around, only to scowl at the sight of three figures falling towards them.

Alex, Yang, and Ruby landed feet away from the two, concern on their faces.

"Where's Morning Star?" Alex asked.

"She holed herself up inside a tunnel. She's trying to summon Arabus." Ultimus replied.

With a bell sound and a flash, Alex had quickly converted into his Enlightened Warrior form, turning to Yang and Ruby.

"Yang, you have the firepower. Break in and see what Morning Star's up to. Ruby, go with her, she might need backup." Alex instructed.

"Are you insane?! The man who tried to kill us is standing right there!" Yang yelled back.

"We made a temporary truce until Arabus is destroyed, remember?" Ultimus converted himself to his Corrupted Warrior form in mere moments.

"Besides. I have more of a need to kill this one than Saigo at the moment."

Yang and Ruby ran off, leaving both Adenienites to confront the new Fall Maiden.

"Be careful, Saigo. This new maiden is a dangerous enemy." Ultimus warned.

"I've dealt with her before I achieved this form. I should be able to defeat her." Alex replied.

Neo seemed to recognize Alex, but didn't seem at all frightened. She only left a cold stare as her eyes began glowing and a vortex appeared beneath them.

Both warriors leaped out of the way once the vortex exploded, with both charging her at once.

Ultimus swung again, only to miss by a long shot.

Using the opening, Alex swept in, side-kicking her 15 feet and landing on his feet, charging while she was still stunned.

Alex and Ultimus swept in, only for Neo to counter. Two pillars of flame burst from her fingertips, knocking both to the ground and leaving them slightly burned.

"Damn child!!!" Ultimus roared with fury, charging Neo again.

Neo stood at the ready, pointing her bladed parasol at the warrior.

Ultimus stuck once to discover that this was an illusion, Neo herself was directly above him, ready to blow him away.

Alex stood there, arms crossed as Ultimus got torched.

"GAAH!! SAIGO YOU BASTARD!!" Ultimus turned and charged Alex.

Alex ducked, sharply kicking upwards and slamming Ultimus behind him, the latter crashing to the ground.

"What can I say? You tried to kill Yang and Cade. As a certain meme would put it, 'One does not simply try to kill my family.'" Alex scowled.

"Oh no. Do not be that guy right now." Ultimus growled.

"Yeah, screw you." Alex rolled his eyes.

Neo let out a small snicker at their argument.

"You know, if I didn't have to kill both of you, I'd let him go just for that." Neo grinned, pointing the blade at Alex.

"I could literally kill you with a handshake. Don't test me." Alex hardened his tone while raising his left hand, a small electric ball forming in it.

Neo's grin dropped instantly, raising her parasol to the sky blade-down. The blade itself slowly turned orange and started flaring with energy.

"Saigo, this is for letting me burn." Ultimus himself raised his hand, green lightning emanating from his fingertips.

"F**KING SHI-!"

*Meanwhile*

"Where is she?!" Ruby whisper-yelled.

"Stay close.. We don't know what could be going on in there.." Yang peeked over a corner to find the unicorn surrounded by candles that just barely lit the room. Morning Star was reading passages from an ancient book, along with the small gem at the side, which was now beginning to glow an ominous dark purple.

Morning Star was speaking in what seemed to be an ancient language. The gem at her side glowed a little brighter as each word was uttered.

"Oh, dust." Yang winced.

"What..?" Ruby wondered.

The gem had cracked, shadow leaking out of it and reforming into a large alicorn-shaped cloud of black smoke. It opened it's eyes, a glowing red, and let out an inhuman roar.

"Lord Arabus... You are free..!" Morning Star cheered.

"What are we going to do?! We can't do anything about that..!" Ruby worriedly reached for Crescent Rose.

The dark spirit turned around, staring directly at the two huntresses.

"Oh, no..." Ruby gaped.

The monster let out a low growl of hunger, glaring at the huntresses menacingly.

"I CLAIM YOUR SOULS!!!!!" The demon roared, flying towards them and firing a very ominous magic.

Yang dodged just in time to avoid the blast. Grabbing Ruby, she ran back up the winding tunnels in an effort to escape before they could become the monster's first victims.

"BIPEDS!! YOUR SPIRITS BELONG TO ME!!!"

*back at ground level*

The explosion shook apart the entire structure of the hideout, wiping out almost anything else in the way.

Alex landed hard on his back, coughing and staggering back up.

"Forget the Maiden, Saigo. YOU'RE DEAD!!" Ultimus screamed, leaping at Alex and forcing him to attack.

Their blades clashed, sending a shockwave of violet and green lightning around the destroyed ruins of the hideout.

Alex was also quick to notice the massive fireball flying in his direction.

Alex leaped out of the way, firing electric blasts in either direction, that is, until he heard an ungodly scream.

"Oh, crap." Alex powered down immediately.

Ultimus and Neo followed suit, curious as to what could've made such a sound.

"I'm sensing an evil energy... Directly underneath us.." Ultimus pointed to the tunnel entryway.

The three waited in terror at what was waiting for them, tension filling the air.

Ruby and Yang were quick to run away, firing sniper shots and blasts before sprinting.

As the sisters ran, the entrance exploded in a wave of dark energy, sending rock and various other debris flying everywhere.

A dark, shadowy alicorn appeared in the new opening, simply walking towards them now,

"T-That's Arabus..?" Neo gasped.

"Ah, what's this I see..? More bipeds..? Hmm.... It seems your energies are foreign, but exceptionally high..." Arabus noted coldly.

'God, even his voice is scary...' Alex thought in horror.

"I suppose this should suffice as suitable sustenance... DIE, MORTALS!!"

Author's Notes:

When I discussed adding a G1 villain into the story, I mentioned drastically changing Arabus' character.

This is what I meant.

Instead of being a cloud monster...thing that apparently stole shadows from ponies, he's now a demon who swallows mortal souls to strengthen his magic.

#3edgy5me

Also, Fall Maiden Neo.

Only on my fanfiction (to the best of my knowledge).

-The Destoyer