Insane Cafe 4: The Insane Frontier

Nick22 · **Reply #780 on:** April 09, 2012, 10:02:37 PM

Stripetail rushed ahead into the chaos followed by his team. Ratchet Angela and Clank broke off to take on the inhabitants of one building, while Dixie Cynder and Agumon took on another. Stripetail let forth a flurry of magic that made short work of the surviving cloakers revealing the full scope of the city. " spread out and find the captives " Stripetail ordered.
Cynder let forth a blast of wind which scooped up the slavers and lifted them high into the air. Kopa and Kiara used claws and teeth to devastating effect.Tigress let forth bolts of lightning from her horns...

Serris · **Reply #781 on:** April 09, 2012, 10:30:32 PM

Dr. Zanasiu unleashed a blistering hail of heavy machine gun fire as Captain Carson sped towards the square. The bullets shredded the stands as everypony ran for cover. Several of the criminals were cut down by the hail of lead. Spent shell casings rained down on the passengers of the dune buggy.

The soldier riding in the passenger seat leaned out to fire his shotgun at any criminals that Dr. Zanasiu missed.

A crossbow bolt pinged off the corundum windshield. And then another and another. "They're shooting back!" Captain Carson shouted into her radio.

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Applejack kicked in a door to a nearby building. She had surprised an illegal potions dealer who was wrapping up a deal. In a flash, she swung her lasso and swiftly tied up the dealer and his customer.

She looked around; all she saw were crates of assorted potions - some of which were quite lethal.

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Joan ripped the metal door clean off its hinges as she barged into an illegal drugs sale. Several of the unicorns hurled bolts of magic at her. The bolts had the same lethal power as small arms fire. She used the door as a shield and crushed one of the unicorns between the door and a crate. Several direct hits scorched her armor but as it was immune to small arms fire, she just simply readied her shotgun and killed the remaining unicorns. Unfortunately as her shotgun clicked empty, an earth pony with a potion flask as a cutie mark bucked her into a nearby crate.

She picked up her shotgun and frantically tried to reload but another kick sent her into a wall and sent the shells rolling along the dirty ground. She herself back up and beckoned to the attacker. The pony lowered her head, pawed the ground and charged. The ODIN trooper leapt over the charging pony and landed with the crack of breaking concrete.

She then grabbed the pony's legs and swung her into a crate with so much force the crate shattered. Joan then reared back and literally kicked the pony through a window.

She sat down and took several deep breaths and then inspected her armor to make sure it was still intact. Even though the suit granted her titanic strength, fighting was still an activity that took a lot out of her.

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The sound of the battle reached Mr. Bigmouth's ears. "All right, it looks like rescue's here!"

MrDrake · **Reply #782 on:** April 10, 2012, 12:35:17 AM

Trixie in turn, rushed off ahead as her horn started to glow, as if she was ready to get into the fray....only to be stopped as a dragon landed in front of her "A dragon? Why do you they a dragon with them?" she asked, but before she could react, the dragon swung its claw at Trixie, knocking her aside with ease....right throught at least three walls worth of buidlings before she fell to the ground, injured and already, coughing up blood.

She attempted to get to her feet, but fell to her knees. Again she tried, only to fall to her knees yet again. The third time she attempted, she had fallen down andpretty much, slipped into unconciousness.

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Pinkie Pie stood at her party cannon, taking aim beforre flipping a dial on said party cannon to a new setting "Figgy pudding!" she called out as she fired it. It did indeed, fire figgy pudding which slammed into a nearby pony.

But that's when she heard a scream coming from Fluttershy. Her turned the cannon around and gasped, seeing her friend cornered. Again, Pinkie changed the dial "Fluttershy! Duck!" she called out and fired again, this time, firing a whole Christmas tree at the ground of ponies, as it extended out of the party cannon sideways.

The ponies looked in confusion, as if they were wondering as to how Pinkie Pie had done just that, let alone, fit the tree inside the cannon before the were crushed by said tree.

Pinkie Pie smiled away "That's my special dial....I call it the "Save Fluttershy" dial"

"Do you have dials for everything?" Fluttershy asked her friend.

"Yup" Pinkie Pie replied back simply.

Serris · **Reply #783 on:** April 10, 2012, 01:04:19 AM

Zachary's gunner let loose a volley of rockets at the dragon just as Zachary pulled his dune buggy next to Trixie.

In a flash, Twilight was at Trixie's side. She focused as she tried to heal Trixie.

"Twi, will you be okay?" Zachary asked.

"I'll be fine!" Twilight replied as her horn glowed. Several other ponies were rushing towards them.

Zachary got his rifle as the two soldiers with him lay down a hail of shotgun fire.

Captain Fairchild and Major Lockie were busy engaging some dragons that had decided to join in the fray.

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Joan stomped out of a burning building. Her armor was blackened but she was unhurt. Several crossbow bolts pinged off her armor as pegasi shot at her. In a fit of rage, she hurled a burning hunk of debris at the attackers.

Ms. Swimmer had taken a crossbow bolt to the leg. She switched to her fire staff and hurled a large fireball that killed the offending shooter.

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"That party cannon of yer's is a mighty fine piece o' equipment," Applejack said as she lassoed a pegasus trying to draw a bead on Stripetail. A jerk of her neck and the pegasus was slammed to the ground.

Rarity was using her powers to pull gems from underneath Bridlehem's streets to rip apart the stalls and buildings.

Deimos picked off the ponies that Pinkie Pie had missed. He was using a destroyed repulsorsled as a sniper stand and cover.

One of the soldiers nearby swore as a potion vial broke near him and covered him in flaming liquid that burned with an unusual purple flame. He frantically ran around trying to put it out.

"S---! Incoming!" Deimos shouted as more of the vials rained down, igniting patches of purple flames.

MrDrake · **Reply #784 on:** April 10, 2012, 03:01:29 AM

Trixie groaned, her eyes moving slightly before she opened them up again and saw Twilight standing next to her, helping her out "Trixie....Trixie could've....delt with that dragon....Trixie had it...under....control...." she told Twilight as she once again, tried to push herself to her feet, but only fell to her knees.

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Pinkie Pie again, changed the dial on her cannon and fired it, an army helmet falling out of it as she smiled, placing it upon her head "Army helmet setting" she explained before again, changing the dial and lining up another shot.

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As a griffon seemed to approach Rainbow Dash's position, another griffon arrived in order to stop said griffon from attacking Rainbow Dash "Not on my watch" the voice spoke up, as it turned out to be Gilda, who in turn, locked talons with the other griffon before slamming her head against the other griffon.

"Hey....Dash...." Gilda muttered a little, unlocking her talons from the other griffon "Heard about what you and that Wonderbolt got up to last night...." she in turn, swipped the griffon across the face "Is it true? Made you a member of the Wonderbolts....just like that? Ended up being....her special...pony friend?" she asked, a hint of bitterness in her tone as well as she attacked the griffon again.

Nick22 · **Reply #785 on:** April 10, 2012, 10:11:58 AM

Stripetail had pushed further on. and the level of power he was displaying outstripped anything the ponies had ever seen, and that was saying something. the slavers and black marketeers still put up a fight, but their crossbows and potions were answered with bolts of magic and fire
Cynder was blasting away at the enemy dragons who were larger than her by a good margin..
What in blazes are those things? Kopa yelled as he ducked out a ruined building, chased by one of the dragons..
Agumon and Agumina had warpdigivolved to their mega forms and were battling with the dragons as well.
Dixie used her rings to pound the enemy with fireballs and ice magic..

Kor · **Reply #786 on:** April 10, 2012, 06:03:11 PM

Sara used her flame breath and spells to provide some areal cover and support for those on the ground, doing her best to combine with them instead of doing her own thing so more could be accomplished.

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Jason and his group worked mainly on helping to fight the enemy ponies and helping the others so that with a combined effort they could move forward & closer to where the captives were, and be more sure they would all have at least 1 way free when the time came to leave the area.

They worked with Jason, using his dragon dagger to play a certain tune often to provide a shield around himself that they would have a place to retreat to to rest or heal and then attack when they could and saw an opening. Often using acrobatics to attack the enemy ponies. Jason joining in as well, using various blows to render them unconscious.

Serris · **Reply #787 on:** April 11, 2012, 01:07:02 AM

"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash crowed as she effortlessly dodged a crossbow bolt.

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"Shh. Trixie, don't exert yourself," Twilight said as she lethally teleported a piece of debris into an unicorn.

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Dr. Zanasiu and Captain Carson were mowing down black marketeers with the dune buggy's twin machine guns.

Suddenly, the twin guns clicked empty.

The dune buggy sped towards the sled carrying their ammunition, which was thankfully away from the melee.

Several explosions nearby indicated that Major Lockie and Captain Fairchild were using their weapons.

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Lt. Martin was being chased by a horde of pegasi and griffins. No matter how many aerobatic stunts she pulled, she couldn't shake them. Suddenly, several explosions ripped through the air.

"Thought I could lend a wing," Rainbow said via radio. The living F-22 was directly behind Lt. Martin.

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Applejack, Joan and Ms. Swimmer had smashed down the door to another building. There, they could see some ponies loading several cages covered with black cloth onto a covered carriage.

"Hold it right there!" Applejack shouted as she swung her lasso and snagged one of the ponies hauling the cages.

Joan loped up to the cage and yanked the cloth off. To her shock, she was staring right at the faces of Scootaloo, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle.

"Scootaloo?" she asked. Her voice was slightly distorted by the helmet she wore and her eyes were invisible behind a mirrored visor.

"Go! Go! Go!" the unicorn shouted to the pegasi pulling the carriage. The carriage slowly began to move.

Ms. Swimmer tried to launch a fireball from her staff only to find that it fizzled out.

Thinking quickly, she tossed the staff aside, grabbed a vial containing a fire potion and hurled it at the carriage. The vial burst, covering the carriage in deep purple fire.

The unicorn tried to douse the magical flames but he was quickly lassoed and tied up by Applejack. The carriage started to take off, despite the fact it was on fire.

MrDrake · **Reply #788 on:** April 11, 2012, 02:25:33 AM

"Trixie....Trixie is fine...." Trixie lied to Twilight as she summoned a single rocket and fired it past Twilight in an attempt to strike a pony with it, only for another unicorn to use its magic to catch the rocket with a smirk. However, Trixie summoned a second rocket and fired it at the unicorn, this time, striking it as said rocket threw the unicorn backwards before the rocket exploded, taking out the unicorn.

"See? Trixie an take care of herself..." Trixie muttered a little, but then winced from the pain she had recieved earlier on as she looked to Twilight "That hurt..." she grumbled a little, even though Twilight had yet to even touch her.

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"So....what was it all about hmm? You and the Wonderbolt?" Gilda asked, her tone still bitter about the whole ordeal "I thought that you...and I...." she trailed off before shaking her head.

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"Um....no?" Scootaloo replied back to Applejack with a small nervous laugh.

"See? Waiting did work in the end, a rescue party" Sweetie Belle added in, leaning against Apple Bloom.

"Yeah....but now....it's on fire" Apple Bloom added in shoving Sweetie Belle away lightly.

Nick22 · **Reply #789 on:** April 11, 2012, 10:03:55 PM

Ratchet fired a stream of fire of his blaster, knocking down a number of marketeers. unlike his normal enemies these did NOt bring forth bolts when they died.. Cynder finished off the rest of her foes and flew over to Provide cover for Kopa And Kiara..
Stripetail finished off a building of slavers and turned to watch the flaming caravan rumbling down the road..

Serris · **Reply #790 on:** April 12, 2012, 10:05:05 PM

"Someone catch that carriage!" Deimos shouted. He was busy reloading his rifle.

"On it!" Rainbow shouted. She lit her afterburners and sped after the carriage. Once she was alongside, she slowed down to conserve fuel. "Land immediately!" she ordered.

"You wish!" the unicorn shouted. The pegasi moved even faster but it was no challenge for her to speed up and catch the carriage.

She then aimed her cannon and fired a few shots but missed. Even worse, her cannon jammed. Thinking quickly, she dropped in altitude and slipped the leading edge of her right wing under the carriage. A gentle roll to the side caused the carriage flip over and spin wildly out of control, causing the unicorn driver to fall to his death. The linkage between the carriage and the pegasi snapped, having been stressed to its breaking point by the fire and Rainbow's maneuver.

The carriage then began an uncontrolled freefall!

"Someone catch that!" Rainbow shouted. She would have attempted to do so, but her wings were too fragile.

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Rainbow Dash looked at Gilda. "Well... I... love her as a girlfriend. But I still want you as a friend too," she said, averting her eyes.

Suddenly, Rainbow's cry echoed over the noise of battle. She saw the flaming carriage plummeting to the ground.

"Erm, Gilda, wanna talk about this later?" she asked as she sped after the carriage.

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Dr. Zanasiu quickly loaded the dual machine guns and sped back into the fray. A fireball struck the corundum windshield but he quickly shredded the unicorn with a quick burst of machine gun fire.

Captain Carson pulled her dune buggy to where the CMC were.

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Several slavers were approaching Ms. Swimmer, Applejack, Joan and the CMC. Bolts of ice, fire and lightning flew from the horns of the approaching unicorns.

Joan was currently trying to rip apart a magically reinforced net that some pegasi dropped on her.

Applejack had already lassoed one of the pegasi and slammed her to the ground.

The air crackled with the sound of electrical discharges as Ms. Swimmer fought with an earth pony.

Suddenly, the air was torn apart by the sound of machine gun fire and the attacking slavers fled.

Captain Carson got out of the dune buggy and glared at the CMC. "Scootaloo! Applebloom! Sweetie Belle! Why the f--- are you here!?" she demanded. "I told you to not come with us!"

Applejack glared at the CMC. "Applebloom, tell me why didn't you listen to that nice mare's orders to stay in Ponyville?"

Captain Carson internally winced. Nevertheless, she assumed that "mare" was equivalent to "woman" for these equinoid aliens.

MrDrake · **Reply #791 on:** April 12, 2012, 10:38:49 PM

There was another roar as another dragon showed up, flying around in the skies above the fighting. But before it had a chance to land, the Wonderbolts in turn, intercepted the dragon in order to keep it busy. Yet, the dragon still managed to swipe at one of the Wonderbolts, knocking her down to the ground. The Wonderbolt in question being Spitfire herself, being knocked down, right where Rainbow Dash happened to be.

She stood back up as she shook off the pain she recieved from hitting the ground so hard "Sorry for taking so long, had to head back to Canterlot again, round up the rest of the Wonderbolts" she spoke, glancing to Rainbow Dash as she did so, then to the dragon again "We'll deal with this dragon, you stay down here" she told her, giving Rainbow Dash a kiss on the cheek before she took off towards the dragon again.

Gilda's eye just seemed to twitch as she watched Spitfire give Rainbow Dash the kiss as Fluttershy spoke up to her.

"Are you okay Gilda?" Fluttershy asked her.

Gilda, without even looking, backhanded a pony approaching her from behind as she growled slightly "I'm...fine..." she gritted in her teeth.

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"But it wasn't my fault! Sweetie Belle was the one that came up with the idea, she planned it all, said it would be a good way to get our cutie marks....and I agreed because it sounded like a good idea at the time....until Scootaloo and myself found out that Sweetie Belle hadn't really planned out the whole thing...." Apple Bloom replied back, glancing to Sweetie Belle, who in turn, just smiled away.

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Both Jackson and Riley arrived on the scene, Riley holding her rifle, while Jackson held his shotgun in his own hands.

"Sorry for being late ourselves, had other business to attend to" Jackson spoke up as he and Riley approached Applejack and the others, though for now, ignoring the presence of Applejack and the CMC, his focus still on the attacking ponies.

"So....which one are the enemies....and which ones are on our side?" Riley asked, looking at all the ponies present, trying to determine which were the enmies and which weren't.

Nick22 · **Reply #792 on:** April 12, 2012, 11:14:03 PM

Arresti Momentus insteratum! Stripetail intoned sending off sparks of light fro his staff. the sparks hit the the carriage and slowly doused the flames then slowed the carriage descent. tit took a few seconds for the flames to be put out, and a few more to stop the descent, and still a few more to guide the burned carriage to the ground. ' tend to those inside Stripetail said, in a brusque manner.
kopa and kiara headed to the carriage and gazed at it. the smell of fumes made both lions wince.. ' better check inside for burns kiara said.

Serris · **Reply #793 on:** April 12, 2012, 11:28:14 PM

Joan smashed the carriage's armored door and hauled out two cages. One had a shackled unicorn mare and the other had Mr. Bigmouth and his two soldiers.

Mr. Bigmouth coughed. "Hey, nice to see a friendly face," he said as he saw Stripetail.

Joan ripped the locks off the cages and the prisoners stepped out. She then tore the shackles off the mare.

Dr. Zanasiu tossed Mr. Bigmouth a rifle along with a bandolier of ammunition. "Get behind me," he told the mare. The frightened mare did so.He took cover behind the burned out carriage and traded fire with the oncoming slavers. The two soldiers picked up crossbows from two dead ponies. While the crossbows were designed to be mounted on specialized saddles, the soldiers made do by resting them on a piece of wood from the wrecked carriage.

Applejack glared at Sweetie Belle. "Wait until Rarity hears about this! Captain Carson, could deal with them?" She then turned to CMC. "Now you do what that mare tells you to or ya'll will get a spanking!"

Captain Carson nodded as she got in her dune buggy. "Get in and hold on tight!" she ordered.

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"Try shooting at the ones slinging magic, crossbow bolts and potions at us!" Deimos growled as he slapped another magazine into his rifle and killed a griffin. A crossbow bolt grazed his unarmored hand.

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Rainbow and Lt. Martin decided to join the Wonderbolts in distracting the dragon.

Lt. Martin sped by the dragon as she dumped fuel, producing a trail of fire in front of its eyes.

Rainbow on the other hand, started firing off flares in the dragon's direction.

MrDrake · **Reply #794 on:** April 12, 2012, 11:41:44 PM

Jackson shrugged back "Makes sense" was all he said as he stepped forward into the fray himself and already, unloaded a blast into a nearby unicorn that was about to attack him.

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Apple Bloom just pouted a little before nodding a little to Applejack. Her eyes did gaze towards Sweetie Belle, giving her a 'This is all your fault' sort of glare.

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Spitfire moved back somewhat, stopping beside the two living planes as the other Wonderbolts continued to distract the dragon still "We may have to take this dragon out....any of your weapons any good at taking down a full grown dragon?" she asked the two of them.

Nick22 · **Reply #795 on:** April 13, 2012, 12:27:52 AM

Good to see you alive and well Mr Bigmouth. we'll have a debriefing once we're done with the slavers here." Stripetail said and he deflected shots from the slavers.. tigress shot bolts of lightning and blasts of ice at nerby grunts. the screams of pain were loud, mixed with unprintable curses..
angela used her blaster to kill a guard, finishing off the building she and ratchet had entered. 'shootings a bit rusty.. she mused.. ' eh.. just give it time Ratchet said " you do this sort of thing for a living huh? Yep..doesn't pay all the great though, what with expenses figured in..
meanwhile Chong had stopped the Phoenix for refueling on a strange planet filled with weird aliens. he sent out Nick to gather supplies for the kitchen, and had forced him to wear a magical shock bracelet.
- well at least we're getting some fresh air Nick said To kerzach, as they entered the city..

Kor · **Reply #796 on:** April 13, 2012, 01:04:47 AM

"I didn't know they had a dragon on their side." Sara said, seeing the dragon from where she was.

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Jason and his fellow rangers focused on battling the ponies on the enemy side to try to keep as many off of the others as possible. So the others would have more time, if they needed it, to regroup or talk.

"Looks like we're making some headway." Brooklyn, as the red ranger said.

"I hope so." Velma, as an orange ranger said. "Not sure how long we can keep this up." She said.

"If it's getting to be to much we can always summon the sword of power." Jason, as the red zeo/green dragon zord ranger said.

"Who would wield it though?" Gnash, the blue ranger, asked.

"You're more into sword then most of us are.' Jason, the red zeo/dragon zord ranger said.

MrDrake · **Reply #797 on:** April 14, 2012, 02:56:54 AM

As Trixie was still being healed by Twilight, five unicorn ponies appeared in a blast of smoke, all five of them seemed to be wearing ninja-like uniforms. The five of the horns started to glow, knocking Trixie aside and in turn, chains started to wrap around Twilight, and rather quickly for that matter.

"Restrain her" one ninja unicorn spoke as chains continued to wrap around Twilight still "And get that anti-magic restraint onto her horn too...." he added in with his next order, only to be knocked aside with a metal beam.

Trixie stood there, her horn glowing as her eyes glew lightly as well, showing that she did posses some more magical power than what she originally was showing off with "Leave Twilight alone!" she yelled, the beam then striking another one of the ninja unicorns, right across the face, instantly killing him.

"Deal with this one....stop her before she ruins everything" another ninja unicorn spoke up as the other two ran at her, their horns glowing as they bought up nearby debries to use as shielding against the metal beam Trixie was using.

Trixie snorted as she yanked off some of the chains from Twilight, first to free Twilight, but to also use them to wrap around the throats of the ninja unicorns and in turn, slammed them against each other multiple times, as if she were crushing their skulls. Though she used the ending of the chains to ram them down the mouths of the unicorns, choking them that way before dropping them to the ground.

The final ninja unicorn just stood there, mouth agape at what had just happened "But you...you're suppose to be that Trixie unicorn....the one that just does fancy shows....your....your magic powers are suppose to be....weak...."

"Trixe does not just do fancy shows!" Trixie yelled at him as her horn continued to glow as she lifted up the ninja unicorn by the tail and started to slam him against the walls of the building before bringing the weakened ninja unicorn face to face with herself "Trixie does not care if you had plans....you do not hurt Twilight Sparkle....ever....is that understood?" she snorted.

"I do not have to promise anything to you" the ninja unicorn sneered back, only to then be thrown rather hard against a metal rebar sticking out of a nearby wall, impaling the unicorn's head against it.

Trixie just stood there for a few moments before she just shook her head, snapping out of her power boost, realizing what she had just done as she stepped back a little "Trixie.....Trixie is sorry....Trixie just....overreacted...." she told Twilight.

Serris · **Reply #798 on:** April 16, 2012, 01:50:12 AM

"Yep," Rainbow replied. Two hatches on her flanks opened up and two missiles streaked towards the dragon. All in less than a second.

Lt. Martin had just downed another dragon with a short burst of her cannon and after an intense dogfight.

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Captain Carson sped down the path to Bridlehem's exit with the CMC in tow. Luckily, everypony was too busy battling to notice them.

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"Stripetail! I suggest we just get the f--- out of here!" Deimos shouted as a crossbow bolt plinked off his helmet. He then killed the offending pony.

"Fine by me!" Mr. Bigmouth replied as he changed magazines on his rifle and returned fire.

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"Wow," was all Twilight could say. "Trixie... I... I don't think I have ever seen such raw power before."

Kor · **Reply #799 on:** April 16, 2012, 02:38:16 AM

Gnash caught the lighting one unicorn pony had sent using the Sword of Power he wielded and flung it back at the unicorn which was caught by surprise and got hit with the lighting.

Jason ducked behind Guilmon monetarily as he shot a pyropshere at some ponies. Jason used the momentary cover to use a bit of magic, easy since he was in his imperial dragon form (though human sized) when he had morphed, and used the magic to reach to where his normal clothes were when he used his omni morpher. He grasp what he was looking for and stepped out and flung it out. The birdrang extended it's wings, very sharp since the alloy he made them with were a molecule wide, and the tips sliced into some ponies as it flew around then retracted it's wings before he grasp it in his hand.

Velma used the distraction to shoot off a smoke grenade to distract some ponies while Brooklyn took a more melee approach to fighting using his above human level strength.