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Blood Red Shadows II: The Crimson Shade

by The Destoyer

Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Time for an Upgrade

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*Vinyl's House, Ponyville, Equestria; October 22, 2018; 3:45 PM*

Everyone had come to Vinyl's place to get their gear before moving on, and everyone was talking about what had happened in the past 6 days.

"Y'know, I thought we'd have to actually work at Twilight's, but she does most of it herself or with Spike." Cade noted.

"Yeah, Laundry wasn't much of an issue. Ponies don't wear clothes all that much!" Oreonna smiled.

"I don't think Twilight appreciate your trick, though." Auburn said.

"Aw, c'mon! She just didn't understand it!" Oreonna defended.

"I'm sure there was plenty to understand, especially with the bucket of yellow paint!" Cade yelled.

"You're just mad because you had to clean it!" Oreonna huffed.

"And get the paint out of Twilight's mane and coat! And had to deal with Rarity's f**king ghost!" Cade screamed.

*Flashback*

"Don't worry, this'll be out in no time.." Cade promised Twilight.

"Do it nooooow! Purple and yellow don't miiiiix!" Rarity's ghost moaned.

Cade seethed, combing flakes of yellow paint out of Twilight's coat.

"Caaade! That red cloak with your jacket doesn't look good on yooou!!"

Cade growled, combing the knots out harder.

"Ow! Be careful!" Twilight winced.

"Tell your sister that yellow and blue claaaash!"

"GOD DAMMIT RARITY!!!!!!" Cade screamed.

*Revert*

"Well, Ruby's cloak does look a bit tacky on you." Yang noted.

Cade growled again.

"So, what happened to you two?" Oreonna asked Alex and Yang.

"How do I put this..? This week was a f**king pain." Alex scowled.

"Really? Name one bad thing that happened." Cade demanded.

"Well, as soon as we got to the hotel, we 'took a break'..." Yang began.

"Oh, so that's the one you decided to go with." Alex scowled.

"F**king stop, mom." Cade seethed.

"And then, well.." Yang continued.

*Flashback*

Alex and Yang rolled around, kissing and whatnot, when suddenly Alex felt odd.

"Um... Alex..?" Yang wondered as Alex started glowing blue.

"What?" Alex asked as he converted into his Enlightened form by accident.

"Okay... I can make this work..!" Yang grinned devilishly as she went Enlightened as well.

"Wait.. When did I..?" Alex asked as Yang strolled up to him.

"I guess since we have an older daughter with Cade, we can start..." Yang smirked, leaning in to kiss him.

A bolt of electricity met their lips, shocking them both.

"Dammit!"

"Ow!"

The reactive bolt shot out the slightly ajar window, and shocked Derpy by accident.

The Pegasus pony lost control before eventually colliding into town hall, causing the main tower to topple and crash, sending splinters of wood everywhere.

Alex and Yang powered down quickly, beholding the carnage.

"Let's never speak of this again." Alex concluded.

"I'm telling Cade and the others!" Yang announced.

"F**k." Alex scowled.

*Revert*

Oreonna was rolling around on the floor, laughing hysterically.

"That's the best thing I've ever heard!" Oreonna giggled uncontrollably.

"Hey." Alex scowled.

Oreonna looked up at Alex, cat ears perked.

"F**k you." Alex growled in a low voice.

"What else was I going to tell you..?" Yang pondered.

"Yang's kinda..." Alex stammered.

"Oh, god." Cade recoiled in disgust.

"Ha! Jokes on you, old man!" Oreonna smirked.

"DAMMIT OREONNA I'M NOT EVEN THE FATHER!!" Alex yelled.

"Told you so." Auburn stared.

"Really..? So what happened..?" Cade asked.

"Goddamn Cardin Winchester." Alex seethed.

"Oh, no." Cade sighed.

"I'll tell this one, Yang." Alex shook his head.

Beacon Academy; Vale, Remnant; October 20, 2018; 1:35 AM*

Cardin snuck out of the party with a scared look on his face.

"Oh f**k oh f**k please don't see me Alex..." Cardin whispered to himself as he ran for the cliffs.

"Cardin Winchester." Alex growled angrily.

Cardin sweatdropped as Alex blocked his way out.

"A-Alex..! I didn't mean what happened..! I can expla-" Cardin stammered.

"Explain what?" Alex scowled.

"Please don't kill me.." Cardin pleaded as Alex circled him.

"Kill you..? Okay, you're kind of an asshole, but I wouldn't... Oh, my god." Alex realized in horror and disgust.

It all added up.

The unexpected future daughter.

The fact that Alex himself wasn't her father.

The deathly horrified expression Cardin had.

"You motherf**ker." Alex scowled, red electricity buzzing loudly.

"W-Wait..! We can talk about this..!" Cardin prepared to run.

"Ohoho, don't start running just yet! I have to deal with you first! You remember Tyrian right? How he killed 3 kids? Yeah, that was me, and I did that just because they were in league with Cinder Fall. So imagine what I'll do to you for this!" Alex walked up to him, rage blinding his vision.

"Uh, oh.." Cardin stared in fear.

Alex turned Enlightened in the fraction of a second as he walked up to Cardin, and immediately went Evolved as he grabbed Cardin by the collar.

"You think you can get away with this..? What'll a criminal like you do after this?!" Cardin asked in terror.

"Call me a criminal after what you did?! I'm a dumbass, but doing what you did... I've killed for much less." Alex grinned as he electrocuted Cardin as he choked him, killing the "huntsman" instantly.

Alex threw his corpse off the side of the cliff with a self-satisfied grin.

"And stay... Drown.. I really need work in my puns.." Alex powered down and set out to get Yang out of the party.

*Revert*

"Cardin ran away like a bitch." Yang explained.

"Haha. Ran away. Right.." Alex smirked.

"I don't believe that-" Oreonna said.

"Don't worry, kid. It's fine," Alex leaned in and whispered to her.

"I know you know what happened. We take this to our graves." Alex whispered as Vinyl came upstairs levitating a few crates.

"Alright, here's all of your stuff! Try not to break it all, okay?" Vinyl asked.

"Gotcha." Alex nodded.

"So, what's the plan now?" Oreonna asked.

"We're gonna spar." Alex smirked.

"Don't break it now! I spent-!" Vinyl yelled as everyone ran out with the crates

*Outside Ponyville, Equestria; October 22, 2018; 4:00 PM*

"Ready, Yang?" Alex asked.

"Not yet!" Yang yelled back, strapping on her new limbs, a brushed golden color.

Alex's own arms and legs have been given an overhaul, looking like something out of a Michael Bay movie, and having a dark steel finish adorned with his symbol on the right arm.

Alex heaved as he put on the Avalon VIII chest piece, which reminded him somewhat of War Machine's suit minus the minigun, and weighed surprisingly little despite the technology and hardware.

"Helmets or not?" Alex asked.

"Okay!" Yang nodded, strapping on her own helmet.

The helmets Vinyl had designed were individualized dramatically. Yang's in particular reminded Alex of her motorcycle helmet, with the purple visor wrapped over her eyes.

Alex's helmet was more of a military style helmet, complete with a face guard and enhanced targeting systems elaid within the visor.

"Yang!" Alex yelled.

"Yeah?" Yang wondered.

"Your power level is about 2800 right now! You're at Aura Level 28!" Alex screamed.

"Yours is... Wow.. 2750..! Aura Level 27 isn't bad!" Yang replied.

"Huh. So Alex is slightly weaker.." Cade noted.

"Oh, that makes sense. he has less power but a shorter fuse." Oreonna said with a smug grin.

"F**k you!" Alex yelled.

Yang grabbed a belt of Scratch-Shots and loaded them into her new arm. Grabbing another, she loaded it into her one gauntlet; 'Ember Scratch'.

Alex unsheathed his new sword, 'Thunderbolt', and split it apart into the two SMGs vinyl had picked out for him, appropriately named 'Thunder and Lightning'.

"Ready now?" Alex asked.

"Hell yeah!" Yang grinned, cocking both her Arm and Ember Scratch.

"Here I go!" Alex roared, leaping at Yang.

The two charged, firing their weapons and colliding at impossible speed, but Alex was careful not to hit her in the chest, as little Auburn might get hurt or worse.

Alex swept into the grass, leaping up as soon as Yang leapt in and kicked her in the arm hard enough for the Exo jump to kick in and blow her away.

Yang fired her weapons backwards, sending her back into their fight, with Alex fully aware and firing.

Several shots hit the huntress, but each one only strengthened her as she went in for the kill, punching Alex in the chest.

Alex skidded backwards, shooting Yang whenever he had the chance, and jumped high up to avoid Yang's next attack before letting himself fall, kicking Yang in the leg as he went down.

Yang reared her right hand back as Alex opened fire, only for her fist to meet him quicker than the bullets ever could.

Alex checked Yang's power level again. 2850. It had raised a little bit.

"D-Damn.. Your Semblance is still keeping up.." Alex coughed.

"Yeah! I don't see you using yours!" Yang suggested.

Alex understood her loud and clear.

Slamming Thunder and Lightning together to form Thunderbolt, he charged up at least a little bit before leaping at Yang.

Yang ducked and weaved to avoid Alex's strikes, well placed as they ever were. Still, Alex managed to keep up and eventually nicked Yang in the side.

With a self-righteous smirk, Alex fired an electrical pulse at Yang, blowing her and a bunch of grass back with her.

"D-Damn, kid.. You're getting better." Yang smiled.

"Want to take it up a notch?" Alex asked.

"You know it!" Yang cracked her knuckles.

Both went into their Enlightened forms quickly, staring down one another.

"Let's see just what you've got... 8550. Aura Level 85." Alex noted.

"8250. I'm still ahead." Yang smirked confidently.

"Yeah, but y'know what they say... Strength isn't everything." Alex grinned as he charged at Yang.

Yang flew upwards and down, using the boost to punch Alex, but found herself punching thin air.

Alex, on the other hand, was underneath, and kicking her straight up.

Yang stopped herself at 10 feet, and by that point, Alex was already there.

Each slash made her a bit stronger, but nonetheless wore away at her Semblance.

Yang eventually retaliated, punching thin air as Alex dodged and hacked upwards.

Yang staggered back as a clump of golden hair drifted to the ground.

Alex could only stare in horror.

"Ah, f**k." Alex gaped.

Yang screamed, automatically ascending to the Inflamed Warrior and glaring at him.

"A-Aura Level 330?!" Alex screamed. Her power had increased to exactly 33,000.

"I'LL GET YOU FOR THAT!!!" Yang screamed, gunning at top speed and punching Alex in the crotch.

Alex powered down immediately, being blown across the clearing and back into The Everfree Forest, clear past Ponyville.

Vinyl, Oreonna, and Cade stared wide-eyed back at Yang, who appeared scared that she might've killed Alex.

Auburn stared blank at Yang, and back towards the Everfree forest.

Alex eventually shambled back, barely able to stand.

"She p-punched me in the dick... Why...? Why did she punch me in the dick..?" His legs shook and bent inwards.

"Oh Oum, Alex! Are you okay?" Yang asked as Alex ascended to Evolved Warrior and back-handed Yang into the mountain holding up Canterlot.

"That.... Was for... M'dick..." Alex coughed.

"Please tell me you're okay!" Cade yelled,

"I'm fine! Good hit, 'Lex!" Yang called back.

*Senate Building, Washington DC, North American Federation; October 22, 2018; 4:05 PM*

"Senator Anderson. I heard about what happened in Atlas. You saved my skin back there." Chancellor Hunter Smith thanked her.

"No problem, Chancellor.. I better get back to work.." Kat nodded.

"Actually, I was hoping to see you first." A familiar voice called.

Chairman Mako Cerise stepped inside the room, looking at Kat with pride and familiarity.

"C-Chairman Cerise.." Kat gasped.

"At ease, Senator. I just wanted to talk to you about something. The Chancellor has already been cleared, but I still need a private space." Mako explained.

"Okay.. I make sure to keep my office bug-free, so come in." Kat nodded as the three stepped inside.

Mako locked the door and sat in the chair next to the Chancellor, and hardened her gaze.

"Kat, as you know, the more dimensions we run into, the more difficult it is to defend against these attacks. I've been discussing with Equestrian, Remnantian, and Adenienite officials about what to do with several... Anomalies.." Mako began.

"The CIA held all of it's secrets in Area 51, but as you know, it was destroyed. Hundreds of artifacts a day are being uncovered both in the ruins of Area 51, as well as the debris from Kalos Prime in Atlas. Hundreds of these monstrosities are being contained and brought back to base, but alone, we can't contain them all." Chancellor Smith explained.

"So, I recently cleared a new department for containing creatures like this if possible, a department with agents from all 4 dimensions, working together to keep our worlds safe from incidents such as the recent attack in Los Santos. This department is called the SCP Foundation, and I want you to be it's Director." Mako explained.

Author's Notes:

Just a couple of world-building things I wanted to make clear.

1: Aura Readers are pretty much Dragonball as scouters, meant to measure how powerful someone is, but they aren't within the same standard. For example, the average human is roughly 1300, at Aura Level 13. This goes for Ponies as well. To find someone's Aura Level, measure in how many hundreds there are in that level.

2: Adding in the SCP Foundation might seem like a shoe-horn, but think about it. Given everything that's happened in the past two stories, with apocalyptic events close to fruition and insane monsters running rampant, not having something like it in place to keep everything in check would be a massive blunder, especially to the governments and police forces.

Also, this is leading into the 'Integral Role' Kat has in the story. From being a runaway similar to Alex to becoming a senator sounds really pathetic and I'm sure many would rather see her in an important spot rather than being on the sidelines as Alex does what he normally does.

CANON CHANGING EDIT:
I've decided to change the circumstances of... certain aspects of the story.. Ethical reasons and such. The Destoyer does not condone... Yeah, you get the idea..

Next Chapter: Chapter 25: Children of the Future [IMPORTANT EDITS] Estimated time remaining: 10 Hours, 31 Minutes
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