Gundam Wings, The Story Of a New Beginning
Chapter 15: Ben vs. Corrosive
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I opened my eyes wide into the stallion's face. He had mentioned that Rainbow Dash was his sister. Could this be true? Before I could answer, he brought down his hoof on my stomach, and all of my air was expelled from me. The pain was immense, as I tried to pry off the scaled horse off of me. He brought down another hoof, and once again, more oxygen was forced out of my lungs. A cyan streak slammed into the attacker and sent him careering down the hill. They rolled for a bit and Rainbow Dash rose and galloped back to me, staying at my side.
"Thanks."
"Who is that pony?"
Suddenly, trees began crashing down as the stallion took flight with immensely large wings. He gave a giant roar that sounded like a monster and sent a massive ball of fire at me. My wings wrapped around me and absorbed the flaming projectile. I brought up my targeting eyepiece and began locking onto the air-born pegasus.
"He says that your his sister. Do you know him?"
Rainbow Dash suddenly looked with a huge amount of surprise at me.
"Sister?! I don't have a brother!"
I looked at the enraged figure who was still recovering from his massive attack.
"That's all I need to know, Rainbow Dash."
My eye piece began showing a million cross-hairs moving over the pegasus. They all moved over him and turned red indicating a lock-on was acquired. The HUD inside my targeting eyepiece was now cycling through all sorts of missiles.
"Explosive, fragmentation, bunker buster, armor piercing, incendiary, HEAT (High Explosive, Anti Tank), E.M.P, Anti-Air, Cluster, and...Tear Gas?"
I looked at the stallion who had recovered from his previous attack and opened his mouth once again. This time, a huge jet of flames erupted from his mouth and scorched my wings, which were thankfully, fire-proof. I spread out my wings, causing a gust to dissipate the jet of pure fire. I then angled my wings, and they folded into a rack. The missiles dropped down from my wings and my eyepiece and lazed the target for them.
"All right, say hello to my weapon."
Immediately, smoke flew out the back of my wings as the Tear Gas missiles were ejected. They suddenly ignited and charged towards the attacker. The scaled stallion realized the imminent danger that he was in and bolted upwards towards the night sky. The missiles did their job and sailed upwards with him. The stallion the tried to veer down, and managed to shake two of the missiles, but he still had at least 10 projectiles homing in on him. He tried a zero-g roll, but the missiles remained unshaken. Suddenly, the missiles caught up and collided with their target, releasing a massive cloud of the highly noxious smoke to linger in the air. A silhouette then fell from the cloud and smashed into the trees below. I looked back, and I saw at least the majority of the party population had found themselves outside and wondering what was going on outside. Then, the trees began toppling down and I warned the ponies to flee the area, which they all did. But Rainbow Dash and her friends stayed and watched, despite my arguments against them. The trees continued to crash and Applejack cried out in horror.
"My trees!"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of this."
I rocked towards the area and I found more trees crashing to the ground. I observed the area, when suddenly, a hypersonic figure shot out from the trees and tackled me higher into the air. I quickly pried off the attacker and I loaded another batch of Tear Gas missiles.
"UGH! Who are you?!"
The figure grappled onto my shirt and pulled me to his face. He bared his needle sharp teeth at me and glared at me with his ruby red eyes.
"I am Corrosive Dash, and I am Rainbow Dash's eldest brother. I should be asking of what kind of abomination of Nightmare Moon you should be."
He punched at me, and my wings pushed him off just in time, and allowed him to punch the air. He screamed and a lizard-like frill appeared on his neck. He opened his mouth wide after hollering an enraged statement.
"STAY AWAY FROM HER!"
A sphere of some liquid shot out from his mouth and splattered me in the face. The only reason I couldn't dodge was that the sphere was clear, so it blended in with the night-sky. Plus, I had no idea of the immense velocity that thing held. It splattered adjacent my face, and I tried to wipe the spit away. I opened my eyes, but I couldn't see. I shook my head, but my vision didn't return. I felt an enormous punch get delivered to my chest, and I heard a few cracking noises. I sailed downwards and crashed into the ground. All of the oxygen flew out of my lungs as I felt something land on my chest. Blood began trailing down my mouth as I regained a tiny bit of vision to see Corrosive over me.
"You are not fit to love her... I had been rotting in the Everfree for 12 years, and I come back to see my beloved Rainbow Dash, and I see her with THIS! You, disgusting, wretched, BEAST! If I can't have her, THEN I WILL END YOU!"
I opened my eyes wide as he sent his hoof into my face.
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Beep...
Beep...
Beep...
"Ugh, what?"
I opened my eyes and I stared into a white landscape.
"Am I dead?"
"No, you're in the hospital."
My vision lost its blurriness and I stared at the familiar hospital ceiling. I turned my head and found a brown stallion sporting a light brown mane and wearing something that a human would call a "Doctor's Coat".
"What happened?"
"I will explain."
I looked towards the door way and I saw a dark blue mare with constant flowing hair, similar to Celestia's hair, but it was a complete shade of blue. The mare strode in, and cause the doctor to quickly collapse to the floor, like some sort of desperate bow to a royal figure.
"Princess Luna! I must apologize for I had not known you would be visiting!"
Okay, so it was a desperate bow to a royal figure.
"Please rise Diagnostic Mane. It is forgiven."
"Wait, I thought that there was only one...ugh...princess that ruled Equestria. Are you both..."
"Yes Benjamin, I am Princess Luna, co-ruler of Equestria, and sister of Princess Celestia. I am very intrigued by a being like you appearing here. It must have been my sister's doing. She has plenty of free time on herself."
I looked around before replying.
"So, what happened?"
"Oh, the stallion by the name of Corrosive Dash attacked you, correct?"
"Yes. And he claimed to be Rainbow Dash's sister."
"That is imposible. As the Princesses of Equestria, we must keep strict records of all ponies, both newborn and deceased. There are no records for Rainbow Dash's brother, as they state that she has none."
"Do you think somepony may had tampered with them?"
Suddenly Luna began to take a much more concerned tone.
"If somepony did, then Corrosive Dash is much more dangerous than we thought."
"That could be a concerning thought. What else happened?"
"Well, after Corrosive had knocked you out, then the Equestrian royal guards arrived from commotion and apprehended the perpetrator. He is currently being held in Canterlot and os undergoing interrogation. We have discovered some...disturbing features of him."
"Like what?"
"It turns out that he is mentally unstable from spending 12 years in the Everfree Forest. Also, he appears to be some sort of Dragon-Pegasus hybrid."
A hybrid? So that explains the fire and the venom spit attack. And the scales too.
"We find it very hard to believe that a pegusas would have mated with a dragon, so I believe this was a major genetic mutation."
"What is happening to him right now?"
"He is currently being questioned, but not injured at all. But, we can't get information out of him as he keeps babbling on about how he finally saw Rainbow Dash again."
I stared down at my chest and I looked back up to Luna.
"Is my chest healed?"
"Yes Ben, they have been repaired."
"Then I will go question him myself. I believe that he would tell me a few things."
Luna nodded and helped me to my feet. It turns out that she was at least twice as small as her sister, Celestia. I walked outside and I made a short flight to Canterlot.
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I touched down, and I was escorted up to one of the towers of Canterlot, after explaining what I had come here for. They lead me up, and I turned towards a cell and saw the familiar stallion sitting on a stone bench inside. I walked in, and the guards leveled their crossbows at Corrosive incase he tried to burn off my face. I took a seat down on another stone bench and I began my "talk."
"Hello Corrosive, don't you just hate the confinements? I'm sure that being the ruler of Equestria, Celestia has to spend at least a tiny bit to better suit important visitors."
I saw the tiniest of smiles form of Corrosive's mouth, and he quickly changed it to a scowl.
"Why should I listen you you? I was just trying to see my love again, but you had to interfere. What kind of sick creation are you anyways?"
"I am a human, and I actually come from a very distant place"
"How distant?"
"You have know idea."
"It doesn't matter, you just had to try and ruin everything."
"Technically, I wasn't the first to attack. You throw a mean tackle by the way."
Corrosive grunted.
"Please, tell me why your sister means so much to you."
I saw Corrosive shiver a bit and glanced down to the floor and look back up at me. Then, he looked at the guards who still had their crossbows drawn, then looked back at me once more. I knew I had hit a sensitive subject, now to close in.
"Is there something wrong?"
Corrosive didn't reply.
"What's a matter? You can tell my anything."
Corrosive looked at the guards and still remained silent. I turned to them and waved my hand, signaling for them to leave. They looked at each other a little concerningly, and they left. I turned back to Corrosive and resumed the interrogation.
"Okay, don't try any funny business. Please tell me what's on your mind."
Corrosive looked outside and around the cell, then looked back at me.
"I love my sister."
I raised an eyebrow.
"Of course, she is your sister. I would understand of why you would go to these lengths to protect her. But why would you do it if she was so happy?"
Corrosive looked at me with his red, unforgiving eyes.
"I LOVE HER!"
After five seconds, I suddenly got what he meant by that.
"Come again?", I said while rubbing my ear.
"I love her with all of my heart."
I shook my head at this.
"I find it a little...unusual to love your sister in this way. But, now I understand why you would attack me. I believe that the Everfree has done a number against you, hasn't it?"
Corrosive nodded.
"Tell me, do you really want to be here right now?"
Corrosive didn't answer.
"Are you really angry at me for being with Rainbow Dash?"
Corrosive bared his teeth at me and shouted at me furiously.
"What do you think? I had been in the Everfree for more than 12 years, and what do I come home to?! A two legged beast trading mouths with my sister, who I longed to see for so long!"
"I was not kissing her."
"That doesn't matter! I loved her! And now, she will never accept me because she is with you."
"We aren't going in that direction", I lied.
"Is that so?", Corrosive snarled.
"Corrosive, stop this, I know that you feel deep emotion for your sister, but you must know that this is wrong. Do you understand?"
Corrosive bared his needle teeth once more, but quickly snapped out of it.
"I-I..."
"You have to understand."
Corrosive looked up at me.
"I guess that you are right. But, I won't be able to get over loosing my sister this way."
"Give it time.", I said as I exited out and walked towards palace. I reached Celestia and told her that Corrosive means no harm to anypony of us. It took quite a while, but eventually, I convinced her, and she ordered some guards to release him. I walked back and told Corrosive that he would be staying in Canterlot. He would be placed under heavy guard, but he was free to visit Ponyville from time to time. Corrosive agreed to these conditions, and I bid him farewell. Corrosive just snarled at me. I shook my head as I quickly exited Canterlot and headed back to Rainbow Dash's house in Cloudsdale. I came inside and suddenly, Rainbow Dash flew in from the hallway and crashed-hugged me. She then kissed me on the cheek, and I blushed a bit, and so did Rainbow Dash.
"Wow! Thank Celestia that you're okay! I was so worried!"
Rainbow Dash then opened her eyes wide, and flew right off of me with her same rosy-red cheeks as many time before.
"Uh, I was so worried that I wouldn't have someone fast enough to race me! Y-yeah! That's why!"
I just rolled my eyes and smiled.
"So, what happened out there? Did they catch that bad-colt? I bet they banished him!"
I got up and rested myself on the couch. Rainbow Dash flew to my side and looked at me with her magenta eyes.
"So, what happened?"
I groaned.
"This is going to be a long story."
Unfortunately, this may the be only chapter this weekend, due to the fact I will be visiting my grandparents, and their computer doesn't have the grammar correct function. Also, I have developed an addiction to Gundam Capsule Fighters Online. (Look it up).
No quote today :(
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