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Rise Of The Nightmare

by Narukami

Chapter 14: The Dark Hunt.

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Sleepy Doo opened his eyes, he was no longer in the dark prison. He looked around and saw that he was in the middle of a jungle during day time.

"What the?" He said.

Sleepy slowly got up and looked around. There was nothing of intrest around him, only giant trees, rocks and then sun shining on the beutiful sky. He then noticed a small bag right next to him, he opened it up and found inside his wrist blade, he grabed it and started jumping around all happy.

"Hahahah...YES!....reunited to spread pain across those that oppose us........i mean for the JUSTICE!"
He laughed a little.
"But....where am i?

Sleepy then slowly started moving into the jungle. It was quite and beutiful in some way, it wasn't gloomy or dark but there weren't any flowlers or any animals around, there wasnt anything to make it so that the forest may seem alive. As he was walking around he heared a small movement behinde him, he quickly turned around but there was nothing there.

"Who's there! Show yourself!"

He shouted. Sleepy knew that something was off, he always knew when something bad was about to happen, it's due to his instics that he is still alive, after all he got here without explanation. He then heared from behined him again something running towards him but before he could react he was pinned down, when he looked up he saw a stallion with brown skin, along with a black tail. He was also wearing a weird armor, and a mask.

"Who are you!" He mysterious pony asked.

Sleepy then tried to punch him with his wrist weapon but the mysterious pony stopped him by putting his own hoof right in front of sleepy's without touching the blade.

"I asked you something you filth! Now answer me or die!"

But before Sleepy could say anything a wierd beast jumped out of the bushes. It's skin was red, it's face was a skull in the shape of a mouth and on top of it's head, there were black tentacles.

The mysterious pony stood up quickly and pulled out a small sword. It's hilt was black and the blade was Blue.
Then the beast released a howl so powerful that out of the bushes came out more of the same beasts.

"What the fuck!" Sleepy said.

Then one of these things got the jump on Sleepy immediately knocking him down again. It tried to bite Sleepy, but he dodged it's teeth in the last seccond and punched it under it's neck. But it wasn't dead, he just made it furious and more determaned to get him and the beast kept trying to bite him. To his rescue however came the mysterious pony who pierced his sword right into the beast and helped Sleepy get up.

"I....thank you....."

"Save your praise! Fight or be eaten!"

Both of them got into battle possitions and fought these beasts off. After their were done, Sleepy cleared the blood stains on his blade and on his face with his sleeve.
"You fight well kid."

"Ha! I have been fighting my whole life....but who are you?"

The mysterious pony removed him mask. His eyes were black along with his small mane, he then smilled and said.
"My name is Jacob.....Jacob Dust Devil."

Sleepy then noticed his Cutie Mark. It was a road lit on hellfire.

"Cool.....My name's Sleepy Doo...but what were those things?"

Jacob looked at him for a seccond and said.

"Follow me....we can't stay out here in the open, he might see us."

"See us? Who?"

"I will explain later, follow me!"

Sleepy for a reason felt uneasy but he decieded to follow him due to the reason that he needed some answers.

"Alright, lead the way."

Jacob then put his mask back on and they started moving. They managed to get out of the forest and into a wasteland, the trees were burnt down with no sign of any wildlife. At the distance Sleepy noticed a giant metallic building.

"What is that thing?"

Jacob laughed and said.

"This....is home."

"Home?"

"Yes....it kept me alive for a very long time against him."

"But who is this pony that you are refering to?"

Jacob stopped and looked at Sleepy with an angry gaze.

"How much exactly do you know about Merenahr?"

"Who?"

"Let's just get inside and we will talk!"

He said with an angry tone and put his mask back on.
But who was this mysterious Merenahr? Why is Jacob so afraid of him? What does he look like?
They got inside the building and made their way into a small room with a bed. Inside the building there were a machines of unknown purpuses. They then sat down on some chairs and started talking.

"Now....Merenahr....”

"Yes please explain what is he?"

"Some call him the Demon Of The Jungle, he is a trophy hunter of sorts."

"And what does he wants from us?"
"Our heads!"

"But why? Why are we so valuable to him?"

"I already told you, trophy hunter! He hunts those who are worthy of killing."

"Oh...but i am just a soldier....and what about you?"

But Jacob didn't reply. There was an awkard silence for a seccond when Sleepy opened his mouth and said.

"So, were you always alone?"

Jacob smilled and said.

"Actually no, there were more of us. I remember that we were like.....five to eight? I dont remember very well."

"Did Merenahr got them?"

"I am afraid so.....all of us were different, some of us were criminals, soldiers like you....even murderes."

"And how did you all got here?"

"Nopony knew, we all just woke up in this place."

"Oh....so what do you do now?"

"I am trying to escape this cursed place."

"There is a way to escape? How?"

"You see Sleepy....this thing."

He pointed at building.

"Is actualy a space ship."

"A what?"

"It's basicaly a flying machine."

"Um.....ok....but if that's the case then why havent you used it to leave already?"

"Because it's still missing some gear and the only place where i can get these is to Merenahr's lair."

"Cool....when do we start?"

"You want to come to?"

"Of course i do...... i have friends of my own who need rescueing."

Jacob smilled.

"Alright, but you are going to need more than than wrist weapon of yours."

Jacob then got up and went to a small a chest, he opened it and pulled out a small pistol.

"Take this."

He threw it to Sleepy. He looked at it for a seccond and said.

"But....what is this?"

"This is called a gun.....imagine it like if it was a crossbow, but with more amunition in it and more powerful and accurate."

"And how do i use it?"

"You see the trigger under it? If you pull it, it will fire."

"I suggest we try it out then."

"Yes but not here, we better get moving if we want to get out of here."

"Alright!"

They both got ready and headed out. They reached the jungle once again. Jacob was leading the way, he knew were Merenarh's liar was but little did they know that from the trees he was watching them. He was wearing an armor covered in mud, along with a helmet with a small antena right next to it, he was also wearing a torn appart cape, a small plasma cannon to his shoulder, a wrist blade to his left hoof and to his right he had a blaster rifle.

"Are we there yet?"

Jacob then made a gesture telling him to be quite.

"Merenahr might be close you idiot! If he sees us were are done!"

"Alright...jeez...sorry."

After a couple of minutes they saw a small crater covered by some heights, the ground was decorated with wooden spikes with skulls on top of them, probably the "trophies" that Merenahr go, along with a big tent. Jacob slowly moved into the center of the crater and told to Sleepy.

"This place looks clear....for now, keep your eyes open for him while i pick up what we need."

"Of course, but make it quick!"

He noded and Jacob started searching the tent. Sleepy had his eyes opened the whole time, looking through tress and bushes but no sign of this Jungle Demon. Sleepy started patroling arounding the area but tried not to stray to far away, while he was doing that he bumped into somthing and fell down. However when he looked up to see to what he bumped into he saw.....nothing.

"What the...."

Sleepy slowly got up and extended his hoof in an attempt to find out what had happened. As he extended his hoof it touched what appeared to be a metalic object.
Before he could say anything however he heard Jacob crying out loud. Sleepy quickly rushed at the location of the sound but as he did he stepped into a bear trap. Sleepy grunted in pain while his blood was spilling out.

"JACOB!" He shouted, but without a response.

And soon out of the very trees of the jungle jumped out Merenahr.

Sleepy gazed at him with anger and said.

"If it isn't the Demon of the Jungle!"

Then after a second, Merenahr said.

"If it isn't the Demon of the Jungle."

Sleepy was taken by surprise, Merenahr sounded exactly like him.

"Imitation spell?!"

"Imitation spell?!" Merenahr said again.

Sleepy tried to free himself and face Merenahr but just as he touched the bear trap it became tighter sinking into his flesh even more.

He grunted in pain and fell down, Merenahr then slowly approached and revealed his wrist blade to Sleepy. Just when he was about to end his life, however Jacob appeared out of nowhere and got the jump on him and they started wrestling. Jacob appeared to be losing the fight due to the cuts that he endured by the wrist blade.
Sleepy wanted to help him and got to thinking, he then remembered that he had that gun that Jacob gave him, he pulled it out and aimed at Merenahr.

Jacob noticed what he Sleepy was doing and as he was fighting with Merenahr he grabbed him by his head and tried to tackle but failed and ended up getting punched in the face in result he fell down. Jacob started crawling towards Sleepy and said with a low voice.

“Run kid.”

Jacob then pulled out from his pocket a small wierd looking mace. It’s hilt was black along with the spiked ball but it radiated purple energies. And with a single strike he turned the bear trap into ash. But it was then that Merenahr pierced Jacobs back with his blade and into his flesh and organs, he then grabbed his spine and pulled. After a second Jacob’s head had sanked into his torso and came out of the hole on his back. Merenahr standed in two hooves and roared while carrying Jacob’s bloodied spine and head.

“FUCK YOU!” Sleepy shouted and shot Merenahr in the head.

The bullet pierced his helmet but didn’t manage to actualy hit his skull and Sleepy gasped.
Merenahr then seperated Jacob’s head with his spine and said with Jacob’s voice.

“Run kid.”

Sleepy quickly got up and ran away out of fear. As he was running through the jungle he started hearing voice and cries calling out for him.

“Useless!”

“You let him die!”

“You are next!”

“Please gods help me!”


Sleepy kept running, he then looked back but as soon as he did he bumped into a tree, he slowly got up heavy breathing and noticed to his right the space ship that Jacob was talking about. Sleepy rushed at it and got inside, praying that he wasn’t followed. He then quickly barricaded the door with anything he could find, from furniture to small decoration items. He then fell down and started crying. For the first time in his life he was scared, the feeling of losing someone because you were just weak enough to defend yourself is a heavy burden.

“When will this Nightmare end?” He said while crying.

Sleepy got himself together, got up and cleaned his tears with his sleeve.
Somehwere deep inside him knew he had to do something, he had to stand against Merenahr, he had to escape. He then started looking around the so called space ship. As he was looking around the whole ship he stumbled upon a strange looking door, it was decorated with more electronics and lights. He opened the door slowly and got inside, it appeared to be like a control room with panels, computers and other.

“What is all that stuff? So shiny!”

As he was looking all across the room with a face of joy he bumped into one of the machines. The machine launched out of it a small light beam that hit the wall and it started forming an image, then the image turned into a video. Sleepy looked at it with his jaw wide open, soon appeared Jacob in the screen and he started talking, it appeared to be a personal diary.

“Is this thing working?” Jacob said and smacked the machine with a low force.

“There we go, um.....my name is Jacob Dust Devil. I along with some ponies somehow got to this place, it doesnt remind me of home or anything else, the others never knew how they got here and so do i, they all said that they just woke up in the middle of the forest and from there we met each other. We the found this amazingly big structure of machinery and some other of that crazy stuff, i believe that there are actual weapons here that we can use and any other equipment, we just need to figure out how they work. However after researching this place we stumbled upon....a hunter. Thanks to that thing out there i am afraid that some of us will not make it out alive, but the only thing that i care about...is getting out of here....”

Then a female voice was heard in the backround of the video and it just stopped. Sleepy thought of this for a second and said.

“He did mention weapons and other equipment, they could sitll be in this place but i have to find them, along with a way to actual get this thing flying.”

Sleepy wanted to follow Jacob’s original plan, get the parts he needed and add them to the ship and get out of this planet. Sleepy spent the next days searching the ship for these weapons. He did find them along with a nice looking armor that would suit him in the final battle. He also found the locker room in which he saw Jacob’s locker but it was locked. After several days of getting prepared and learning on how to use these unknown equipment he was ready. He wore his heavy armor which was made out of a very strong steal capable of enduring even the mightiest of hits.

Sleepy grabbed his plasma rifle from the desk that he had managed to learn to use and started making his way out of the ship. He was passing through the lockers when something caught the attention of his eye. He turned around and checked on Jacob’s locker. Still wondering what could be inside, it wasn’t a thought of greed nor a thought of geting more loot....it just seemed strange for him, how the others weren’t locked. Sleepy then took a deep breath and moved on.

Sleepy was out in the jungle, having his gun ready to fire in case he run into Merenahr. He followed the path into his camp knowing that there he will get the items that he requires. Once he arrived he saw Jacob’s head pierced into a spike on the groud. He gasped through his helmet, sleepy then slowly removed it, paid respects and said.

“I am sorry......i wish that i was stronger......it’s because of me that you died.....i don’t even know why you wanted to save me.”

Sleepy shed a tear and said again with an angry tone.

“I will make sure that your sacrifice won’t be in vain, for i will kill Merenahr and flee from this place!”

Sleepy was about to put his helmet back on but it was blasted away by a shot that came from the shadows. Sleepy quickly barrel rolled out of his spot and got behind some debbries. He then looked carefuly around the terrain to find out where the shot came from. He then spotted Merenahr in the trees meters away and opened fire. Merenahr did the same and soon the jungle was covered with the burn marks of their weapons.

After some seconds of fighting Merenahr pulled out from his pocket a small grenade and threw it a few meters away from Sleepy, however when the bomb detonated it released smoke and Sleepy lost all sight of Merenahr. Sleepy then unleashed a barage of plasma fire into the smoke hoping that he would shoot him down. However from the smoke came out Merenahr jumping towards Sleepy. Merenahr landed right on top of him and they both started punching each other. Merenahr clearly had the upper hoof due to his superior strength and Sleepy only blocked and threw only a few punches away. He then out of anger got so close to Merenahr that their foreheads touched and shouted with an angry tone.

“COME AT ME MOTHERFUCKER!”

Sleepy then headbutted him, wrapped his hooves around his head , threw him on the ground and he started punching him with both his wrist weapon and bare hoof. He then noticed Merenahr’s flesh right under his mask and he then uppercutted him with his blade causing it to sink deep inside of his flesh with green blood running down from both his neck and blade. Merenahr then charged up his shoulder cannon and was about to shoot Sleepy but he dodged in the last second and punched the cannon with his bare hoof causing him to get hurt and loose control over Merenahr. He was then punched again with such force that he was thrown back and ended up under a tree. Merenahr then jumped ontop of one of the trees, pulled out a small heath canister, opened it up and covered his wound under his neck with the blue goo that was inside. At first he screamed out of pain but his wound was quickly healed. After that he jumped back down but he saw Sleepy nowhere.

“HEY!” Sleepy shouted at him.

Merenahr turned to him and charged right at him. Sleepy however run. Night had fallen down in the jungle, Sleepy knew that his traps had to work. After some running Sleepy led Merenahr into a cave, Merenahr used his thermal vision to see in the darkness and spot Sleepy. As he was looking around he saw Sleepy standing there in the darkness. Merenahr then laughed. But his laughter sounded exactly like Jacob’s. Sleepy only grined and pulled a small burning torch and threw it right at the very entrance of the cave. Little did Merenahr know though that the cave was rigged with explosives. Just when the fire touched them they exploded and huge rocks covered their escpape. Then the whole cave was lit on fire by Sleepy again. In result of the consuming flames they were trapped in a ring of fire.

“COME ON KILL ME!” Sleepy kept shouting.

Merenahr rushed at him but Sleepy jumped out of the ring. Merenahr couldn’t see at all due to the fire nor his helmet could help him. Sleepy was jumping back and forth, hitting and running away disturbing both Merenahr’s vision and making him weaker. Sleepy was standing out of the fires and for a second to catch his breath. Merenahr however was able to hear his heartbeat due to his helemt and armor. He then used his shoulder cannon and shot at Sleepy’s direction. The plasma bolt hit him right in the chest in result his armor shattered but kept him alive with a few wounds. Merenahr then jumped out of the fire and pinned down Sleepy and started punching. After some seconds he extended out his wrist blade and was about to claim his skull for a trophy.

But Sleepy wasnt ready to die just yet. He quickly grabbed some of the mud from right next to him threw it at his face. He laughed and slipped out of Merenahr’s grasp. Merenahr got up quickly and cleaned his face with his sleeve but it was too late for him. Sleepy was already hitting him in the face with his wrist blade. Merenahr was at a bad spot, he tried to recharge his shoulder cannon again but this time Sleepy punched it with his wrist blade and cut it off. He then stabbed Merenahr right under his neck again, but this time took it a bit forward. Just when the blade sank into his flesh Sleepy kept pushing forward his blade so far deep into Merenahr’s flesh that even his face was covered in blood. He then with his other hoof removed Merenahr’s mask and gasped at looks of his face.

His mouth was wide open with claws around it, yellow eyes and black mane. Sleepy regained his consciousness and kept punching and stabbing him in the face with roars. He then got up and dragged him in the fire. Merenahr tried to escape but that only made Sleepy angrier. He wrapped his hooves around his head once again and forced it into the fieres. Merenahr was screaming while his face was melting and Sleepy who was holding him down and watched him burn only laughed with an evil way.

After some seconds of more pain and suffering Merenahr stopped screaming. He was finaly dead. Sleepy cheered and shouted with happines.

“I DID IT! I FUCKING DID IT! Now just to make sure.”

He then approached his corpse and started stomping his burnt head till there was nothing more that a pool of flesh and blood. Sleepy backed away and got right infront of the the colapsed entrance.

“Oh well, time to dig my way out as always.”

“That wont be nessesary.” Sleepy heard a familiar voice behind him.

He turned around quickly and saw Nocturne standing there in the fires but without them hurting him.

“Remember me Sleepy?” Nocturne said as he was stepping away from the fires.

“YOU!” Sleepy rushed at him and used his wrist blade to attack him.

But Nocturne simple put his dark claw in front of him blocking the attack and the grabbing both of his hooves with his claws and got him up in his two back hooves.

“You have done well, Sleepy. You have defeated Merenahr. How do you feel?”
“I feel amazing!” He said with a smile.
“But i will feel better after i burn you to death like him!”

Nocturne then got angry, he squeezed both of Sleepy’s hooves so much that they started bleeding. He felt his bones breaking and shattering inside of his own body with tears running down his eyes.

“I AM MASTER HERE YOU USELESS FILTH. AND TRUST ME IF ONE OF YOU LOSES MY GAME YOU ALL PAY! AND YOU WILL KNOW TRUE SUFFERING, UNDERSTAND?”

“Fuck....you!”

“IDIOT!”

Nocturne then pinned him down and started cutting him with his blades. Soon there was nothing left but a pool of blood and flesh.

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