Chapter 6

Odio stepped outside, dragging the therapist by the back of his shirt. He smirked at the few police cars around the building, the police had their weapons pointed at the dark haired boy as the therapist was thrown to the floor

“Good evening officers” Odio bowed “Is there anything I can help you with?”

“Lay down on your front and put your hands on your head!” An officer yelled as he pulled the hammer back on his gun “And drop the bag!”

Odio clutched his video games close to his chest “Ok I was planning on making this memorable but now I am just going to leave” He looked up at the sky and held his hand over his eyes “In about thirty seconds”

The cops all exchanged glances before one put his gun in his holster and stepped forwards “Just calm down boy” He said calmly as Odio glared at him “We are only trying to help”

“How can you help something that is already perfect?” Odio cheered as he held his hands up to the sky “Equestria here I come!”

As the words escaped his mouth, a large bolt of lightning struck a police car as a beam of red light touched the ground. Odio’s smile dipped as he continued to hold his hands in the air, the red light a few feet to his right

“Damn, I was hoping that was going to be more awesome” Odio sighed as he shuffled into the light “Alright let’s try again” He cleared his throat “Equestria here I co…” He was cut off as the light raced back into the sky, taking the spirit of hatred with it

One cop walked over to where the boy once stood up and picked up the bag that Odio used to clutch. Carefully he opened it and peeked in

“Oh cool Halo 4!”

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Strong Shield returned the blank stare that Flux gave him. Their eyes remained focused on each other as their breathing slowed and they took their positions. Strong Shield angled his wounded side towards the Pegasus and stood with his head held high

Flux lowered her body and spread her limbs out, wrapping one of her wings around her body and rested the other along her back. She stopped a few inches off the ground before a smile crept across her face

Battering Ram allowed his eyes to close and his head to drop as his muscles tensed and loosened. His eyes opened to stare at Dave before his mouth opened enough for Dave to see him use his tongue to remove some gum from the top of his mouth. He chewed as his front right hoof lifted up from the ground

Dave meanwhile licked his lips nervously as the three ponies seemed to stop breathing and stared at their chosen targets. The human shrugged as he kept his left hand out with his right fist beside his face “So umm… go?”

Battering Ram shot forwards, his right hoof planted itself in Dave’s left palm, his other hoof grabbed around his waist. Dave’s locked elbow worked against him as the earth pony suddenly pushed with his hoof and dislocated Dave’s arm

Dave yelped but angrily attempted to punch Ram’s throat with his working arm. As the earth pony avoided the punch, his hoof around Dave’s waist travelled up his body and wrapped over Dave’s shoulder. All it took was a sharp twist of Ram’s body to break Dave’s shoulder and leave his other arm useless as well

Dave’s yell was cut short as Ram’s rear hoof kicked him in his throat, his arm still trapped in a one-hoof grasp. Battering Ram smirked as he released the human, allowing him to roll onto his back before dropping his two front hooves onto Dave’s chest, gaining a howl of pain

As the earth pony resumed chewing his gum, he looked over at the unicorn and Pegasus that were still having a stare-down. He used one hoof to brush Dave aside to a corner of the room before sitting down on one of the beds

“Well I am done with my warm up” Battering Ram chuckled as Dave rolled around the floor uselessly, “So how have you been Shield?”

The unicorn never removed his eyes from the Pegasus opposite “Since I left both of you to die in that burning building?” Strong Shield shrugged “Alright I guess”

“Bet you wish you checked for bodies” Flux smirked “but you had to be a good little soldier and catch the bag guy” her eyes moved down the unicorn’s body “So how was that boring life being a pathetic drill sergeant?”

“Sleep late on Sundays and get plenty of exercise” Strong Shield rolled his eye “So how has being dead been? Still following Puppetmaster’s ideals?”

“I think we have talked enough” Flux sighed “We can’t talk, we need the key and you know where it is” She lunged forwards, her loose wing extended and the bladed wing stopped beneath Strong Shield’s chin “Where is it?”

“Let’s just say I have my eye on it so you won’t get it” Strong Shield smirked “Also seeing you two again is… shocking” As his eye looked at Flux, his faintly glowing horn surged and the chest paddles attached to the machine behind him blasted the Pegasus away

Battering Ram chuckled “Wow Flux I would have thought you would have seen that coming”

“See this coming asshole!” Dave growled as he swung a food tray at the back of Ram’s head. The silver tray bounced off harmlessly and Ram stopped chewing “Um… sorry?”

The huge earth pony grumbled as he looked at Dave “I thought that the spirit that gave you your power left Equestria” He inspected Dave’s healing chest as the ribs slowly pushed his collapsed midsection back to normal

“Yeah he may have left a few bits and bobs” Dave smirked “Enough to kick the fuck out of you though” He ran towards Battering Ram, his fist held high and ready to counter any kicks or swipes

Battering Ram sighed as he let his body fall onto the bed, avoiding Dave’s clumsy punch. As the earth pony bounced back up he grabbed Dave and squeezed around his chest. The ribs and spine gave way as the earth pony finished crushing Dave

Ram opened his hooves and allowed Dave to flop to the floor. He continued to chew his gum as Dave barely managed to groan in pain

Flux lunged forwards, her bladed wing raced ahead of her at Strong Shield's chest. He responded by moving quickly to the side and grabbing the outstretched wing. Flux grinned as she used her other wing to support her body as she brought all her hooves up into Strong Shield's chin

The force made the unicorn release the wing as he flipped backwards. As he moved through the air, he extended his rear hooves so he kicked the Pegasus with the added help from his flip. The Pegasus rolled backwards but elegantly ended up on her hooves again as Strong Shield landed on his hooves as well

"You can still turn yourselves in" Strong Shield suggested as he wiped some blood from a cut on his chin. His eyes followed the Pegasus as she moved over to the tray of surgical equipment, using a wing to pick up a scalpel

“It was nice seeing you again” Flux smiled “But we have some other business to attend to” As she finished her sentence she spun and threw the scalpel at Strong Shield as Battering Ram suddenly charged

Strong Shield hopped to the side, his horn glowed as he snatched the scalpel from the air and changed its course to shoot for the charging earth pony. Battering Ram narrowly avoided the blade but kept charging at the unicorn. Strong Shield took advantage of Ram’s small course change by rolling at the last minute and using his hooves to throw Ram into the air

The combined speed from Ram’s charge and Shield’s throw ended up sending the earth pony out the window. Flux flew over to the window but quickly turned to blow a kiss at Strong Shield “See you soon Shield”

As Dave got to his feet he saw the Pegasus dive out of the window and out of sight “Did we win?” He coughed as his ribcage rearranged itself again

Strong Shield shook his head “No, they will be back and next time they wont mess around” The black unicorn’s legs wobbled before he collapsed. Dave hurried over to his side but was pushed away “I’m alright, just do one thing for me”

“What’s that?” Dave asked, he rubbed his chest to make sure it had healed before looking back at Strong Shield

“Keep this secret” Strong Shield glared “Don’t tell anypony about them or what happened” He groaned as he got to his hooves and nursed his wound “Don’t even think about them around Celestia, got it?”

Dave reluctantly nodded “So what are we going to do about them?” he asked as Strong Shield repaired a window, “I doubt we can go after them in your condition”

“Knowing them… they will come for us” Strong Shield stamped his hoof in anger “Why didn’t I check for bodies?” He growled to himself

Dave stood upright and looked at the broken beds and medical equipment around the room “Who the hell were they?” He scratched his head as he looked back at the unicorn

“They were the other part of my unit thirty years ago” He sighed “Flux was trained in deception, stealth and can use her wings for much more than flying” He used his magic to replace the beds “Battering Ram is a powerhouse, one grandparent was a buffalo one was a bull and the other two were earth ponies… through some strange match of genes he has become a earth pony based around strength”

“Big, let’s not forget big” Dave pointed out “So two earth ponies decided to mate outside of their species and their children mated to make him” He rubbed his arms “Well I hate his parents for even smiling at each other”

“One died in an accident and the other in childbirth” Strong Shield glared at Dave “He was an orphan his entire life” He returned to fixing the room “Needless to say the training we received was much greater than that of average guards because we went on missions that were… frowned upon”

“So you were part of a black-ops squad?” Dave smirked a little “You were a goddamn SPY!” A hoof closed his mouth as Strong Shield looked over at the door

“In a way yes” He groaned as Dave held in a happy grin “But it was dirty, corrupt and ultimately made me kill my only friends…” he looked out the window “or so I thought”

“Why would you want to kill them?” Dave asked, managing to suppress his smile

“Our ultimate goal was to defeat a stallion called Puppetmaster” Strong Shield rubbed his head as dark memories came back “Those two ended up joining him so I had to kill them as well”

Dave’s happiness faded as he saw Strong Shield’s disheartened face “Did you stop Puppetmaster?”

“Broken nose, fractured skull, snapped spine, pen in left eye, pencil through right eye, hung and stabbed” Strong Shield’s eye rolled over to look at Dave “I made sure he died and by the time I walked back into the barracks I was tired and my fur was stained in blood and ash”

“Oh…” Dave scratched the side of his head “You could have just said yes”