[ONE] Minion of Ares

[ONE] Minion of Ares
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>It was time.
>Your suit was activating.
>Something was wrong, or it was finally time for you to do your part for Rapture.
>Well, what was left of it.
>Whoever commissioned you needed ADAM, which caused them to need a little sister by proxy.
>And you were to protect them at all costs.
>You shook your head as best you could, and opened your eyes.
>
>This wasn't how you remembered Rapture.
>Rapture didn't have caves, it was a city.
>How long have you been in stasis?
>You look around to examine your cave, activating the helmet lights to see better in the darkness.
>This is not good.
>
>You have a job to do; you'd better get to it.
>Who knows how desperately you're needed if part of the city has collapsed!
>Checking your drill as you make your way out of the cave, you cause a bit of noise.
>Something else made noise back at you.
>You stopped your heavy walk and turned around to find...
>Well, you don't know what you'd call it.
>It looked like a lion had gotten the bitter end of a splicer.
>On top of having the major features of a lion, it had a scorpion's tail and wings.
>Is it going to cause you any trouble?
>Was this its nest?
>
>Doesn't matter.
>You've got to find a little sister.
>If you're protecting a little sister, you're doing Rapture good.
>You turned to head out of the cave, only to hear the beast growl.
>Ignore and carry on.  You've done it no--
>The solid thud of it attempting to tackle you startled you, but didn't do much in terms of damage.
>It obviously didn't know what you were or what you were capable of.

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>You turned around to face it once more.
>It was backing up and shaking its head, growling the entire time.
>After it had regained focus, it charged at you again.
>This time however, it stopped right before you and started jabbing at your suit with its tail.
>The tail did nothing against your armor of course.
>Dancing with this dumb beast was getting old; you needed to get to a little sister and find what had become of Rapture.
>You reared back with your fist and gave the beast a good strike to the head.
>Shouldn't be lethal and should get the message through its thick skull.
>
>Maybe you hit it a little hard.
>It was still breathing, but you'd knocked it the fuck out.
>You don't need to kill, it was just an animal.
>So long as it doesn't get up and try something again, it'll be fine.
>You resumed your trek to the outside world.
>
>It was nighttime, and you appeared to be in a valley of some kind.
>Looking around, you spotted a city etched into the side of a mountain.
>Strange.
>You recalled Rapture being underwater.
>No matter, the city must be what has become of Rapture.  Logical enough.
>As you started your journey towards the city, you noticed the distinct lack of splicers coming after you.
>Sure they knew not to mess with a Big Daddy, but there was always one that would try.
>Killing splicers would protect other little sisters, so if you found any, they'd get a swift drill to the skull.
>
>That was something else that seemed odd to you.
>Aside from Rapture being moved to a mountain.
>The distinct lack of other Big Daddies.

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>You were stored in a case along with five other Big Daddies, so where were they?
>Why was your pod alone?
>Too many questions.
>Find a little sister, and you'll need not worry about silly questions like that.
>
>Eventually, you happened upon what looked to be a shack of some kind.
>It looked like a barn, but after volunteering to be a Big Daddy, you weren't too clear on anything non-Rapture.
>You decided that it would be a suitable place to inspect your suit.
>After securing the wooden structure, you began the simple task of banging your drill against your metallic suit.
>Anything that sounded off needed to be mended or replaced.
>Luckily though, everything seemed fine.
>These things were built to last, that was for sure.
>You probably should've checked as soon as you came out of stasis.
>Oh well, everything was fine anyway.
>
>You found a little cubby to settle down in and let your suit charge.
>It wouldn't take terribly long to do so, but your body needed to re-adjust to the suit after being in stasis.
>Maybe a four hour nap or so?
>After that, you wouldn't need to sleep again for another 36 hours.
>Miracles of modern science.
>
>You were awoken by the sounds of a little sister playing.
>
>A little sister!
>
>You rose to your feet to find the girl.
>As you stepped out of your cubby, you realized that the sounds were of three little sisters, all playing together.
>Great joy!
>Perhaps there's another Big Daddy around?
>As you moved towards the sounds, they ceased.
>Oh?
>Was something wrong?
>You opened the doors you'd shut previously to find... three little horses?

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>What is this?
>There was an orange horse, a white horse, and a yellow horse.
>All of them about the size of a little sister, but shared no similarities beyond that.
>Have you really been in stasis for so long that evolution had taken such a drastic shift?
>That would explain why Rapture didn't appear as you recalled...
>Guess these must be the little sisters of this new species.
>At least one was wearing a bow similar to a little sister, so you directed your attention to it.
>None of the sisters made any sort of movement, they only stared at you.
>What was wrong?  Had they not been taught of their roles for Rapture?
>No matter, they need to be back in the city anyway.
>What if a splicer had followed them?
>You let out the standard gentle low growl to let them know you were here to help.
>
>Then they all screamed and ran in different directions.
>Was it something you did?
>The yellow one with the bow ran to the barn behind you, the other two running off towards the forest.
>If you can protect the yellow one from whatever scared them, maybe you can find the others later.
>You turned to find the barn door had been shut after the sister ran inside.
>
>Was she wanting to play a game perhaps?
>This was neither the time nor the place!
>There was no time for fooling around; a splicer might be on the prowl.
>You tried to open the door, only to find it locked.
>Okay then.
>You spun your drill up and smashed through the feeble barricade.
>The yellow sister was on the other side, brandishing a horrified expression.
>After she saw you break through the door, she screamed again and ran off to a cubby.

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>Once again, she repeated the process of locking the little door that served as an entrance to the cubby.
>Once more, you promptly disassembled it.
>Game over little one, it's time for you to get back to Rapture.
>She was cowering in a corner; something obviously terrifying her.
>Don't worry little one, you're safe now.
>Why didn't these suits have speakers?
>
>You began reaching for the little sister, and she cried out.
>"Please don't hurt me!  I won't never come near your barn again, just please don't hurt me!"
>Hurt you?
>You were here to protect her!
>Whatever startled this poor girl had confused her beyond reason.
>You picked up the trembling sister, and she began crying profusely.
>After you adjusted her carefully in your gloved arm, you looked down at her.
>Letting out the gentle growl again, you did your best to assure her she was safe with you.
>This only seemed to encourage her to cry more.
>Poor thing, best get her back to Rapture and calm her down.
>
>You resumed your journey to the city once more, this time with a little sister to protect.
>
>Eventually, the terrified girl ceased crying, and was shivering in your arm.
>Don't worry child, all will be well soon.
>"Wha--where are you taking me?"
>You wished you could answer.
>She should know though, it was the only city for miles.
>Last you heard, at any rate.
>You looked down to her, and then gazed back to Rapture.
>She apparently followed your gaze and questioned "Canterlot?"
>Canterlot?
>No no, this was Rapture.

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>She ceased her shivering and questioning after she figured out you were taking her home.
>It would be safer there, you knew it.
>
>Quite a few hours later, night was falling once more.
>Your newly acquired little sister was squirming in your arm, presumably trying to get out and lay down.
>Sorry little one, you'll have to make due where you are.
>No time to slow down right now.
>The journey was taking long enough as is.
>
>She was resisting sleeping quite a bit, squirming as much as possible.
>Eventually though, she gave up and ceased her escape attempts.
>Good.
>Maybe when she wakes up she'll calm down a little.
>
>A few more uneventful hours later, and the sun was once more rising.
>Just in time too, you were almost to Rapture!
>You could see the streets from here!
>Strange though, there appeared to be some sort of pinkish barrier around the city.
>Something you hadn't noticed before.
>After you were close enough, you tried to walk through it only to startle your delicate sister awake.
>"Aaah!  What're you tryin' ta do?  Listen, why don't you just--"
>Silly girl, thinking you didn't know how to get into Rapture.
>Some things never change, little one.
>You revved up your drill, and began piercing the barrier.
>Sure enough, it began to give away and you slipped through the small opening.
>Took a bit more effort than you'd expected, but you made it through.
>Must be some new technology that had been created while you were in stasis.
>Looking around, you must be at the rear of the city.
>No sign of other Big Daddies or sisters.

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>But there was activity.
>You moved out to the streets to find more horses.
>Strange that humanity would turn to an equestrian species, but whatever.
>You didn't know how long you'd been in stasis.
>Spotting a castle gate a short distance away, you started heading for it.
>Must be the city center, right?
>Why else would it have extra defenses?
>That would be where you would find other Big Daddies.
>Find out what was going on.
>And finally let this poor thing rest where she belongs.
>As you made your way towards the gate, you noticed other horses on the streets.
>All of them gawking at you.
>You must be an outdated model or something.
>Not long after you started walking towards the gatehouse, did they start screaming and running off the streets.
>Good.
>You didn't know if they were splicers or not, and you didn't want to find out.
>You just wanted your little yellow sister to be safe.
>She would be safe in the city center.
>Things are not always so simple though, as new horses appeared wearing what appeared to be armor.
>At least, it was metallic like armor.  Didn't look sturdy though.
>"STOP WHERE YOU ARE.  RELEASE THE FILLY, AND BACK AWAY."
>What was the meaning of this?
>They should know you only take orders from City Central.
>...
>Maybe that wasn't armor.
>Maybe they were splicers.
>You let out a warning growl, and slowly continued your walk towards Central.
>"STOP NOW OR WE WILL TAKE ACTION."
>You growled again, but did not stop moving.
>"Please!  Just lemme go!"
>You knew little ones were eager, but you held onto her more securely than ever.

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>You wouldn't feel comfortable until she was looked at by Central.
>She needed a doctor or a psychologist perhaps.
>As you continued your march, the metallic clad horses began shooting at you with...
>Their horns?
>They must be splicers!
>You let out a roar, revved your drill, and charged full speed towards Central.
>Any splicer stupid enough to get in your way would get a nasty surprise.
>
>They seemed to figure that out and ran from your path.
>Good.
>Little Sister first, splicers later.
>
>You finally made it to the gate, and stopped your drill to knock.
>It was only then that you realized the yellow sister was shivering and clutching your arm tightly.
>Don't worry little one, you're safe.
>You'd make sure of that.
>
>You turned around and saw that the splicers were regrouping and heading for you once more.
>This was going to get messy.
>You banged your drill against the gate once more in hopes of a response, but none came.
>Of course!
>They must want you to dispose of the splicers before the open the gates!
>Makes sense.
>You placed the yellow sister down between you and the gate, and held up your hand motioning her to stay put.
>She only curled up in a ball and started crying.
>
>Oooohh, these stupid splicers were going to get it for scaring her.

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>You turned to face the group of splicer horses that were giving you trouble.
>There were six in total.  Four that had horns and two that were flying above them.
>You flipped your suit into aggressive mode.
>You drill was now constantly running, and you could run faster.
>You'd need to recharge if you stayed aggressive too long, but you weren't too concerned about that.
>One more warning you fucking splicers, then it's all or nothing.
>The bellow of your roar made the aggressors falter a bit.
>Clearly Rapture was in desperate need of Big Daddies, the splicers had grown too accustom to getting away with whatever they wanted.
>No worry, you would teach them a lesson.
>
>The group did falter, but they did not leave as they should've.
>Sometimes you just have to do things the hard way.
>
>You roared again and charged full speed at one of the splicers on the ground.
>"OPEN FIRE!"
>As if they didn't try that already?
>The shots from their horns were bouncing off of your suit, just as they did last time.
>Oddly enough... It seemed your suit was absorbing the shots.
>Your energy cells were being rapidly recharged.
>
>Oooohhh goody.
>These foolish splicers didn't know about the hell they'd just unleashed.
>You barreled into the left most splicer, knocking him a great distance down the street.
>No time to finish him; you turned to find the next closest splicer.
>A flying horse was close, so you jumped as best you could; damn thing flew just a bit higher than you could jump though.
>Alright, it needs to get down on your level.

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>You looked around to find another of the ground splicers.
>Ah!  There we are!
>You rushed towards this one and plowed it into the side of a building.
>It wasn't moving much after that, so you picked it up with your gloved hand and turned to find the airborne horse.
>Just as you thought, the 'armor' that these things were wearing crumpled like tin foil under your grip.
>"H-hey... wait a mi--"
>The shocked splicer didn't have time to beg as you reared back and threw it as hard as your suit would allow towards its flying comrade.
>That had the desired effect.
>The airborne fool just hovered in shock as his ally came flying at him.
>It was just before impact that the flying horse realized what you did, but it was too late.
>
>The clank and crunch of metal against metal, combined with the expression on the flying horses face just before impact was priceless.
>Wish you had a camera.
>Well, that took care of one horned splicer and one flying splicer, where were the other four?
>You turned to find your little yellow sister still curled in a ball and crying, but the other aerial splicer had decided it would try to approach your little sister.
>
>That was the last mistake it ever made.
>Your anger towards those that would dare approach your little sister fueled a spectacular amount of speed.
>Yellow sister heard you approaching and looked around to see what was going on.
>When she spotted the flying splicer, she screamed "Look out!"
>What a good sister, trying to help identify the splicers for you.
>As you approached, you heard the splicer ask "what?"

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>That was the last word the idiotic splicer ever uttered, as you plowed your drill into its skull.
>A short scream and quick shower of blood later, and the splicer was gone.
>You picked shoved the body away from your little sister with your foot, and turned to face her again.
>She was absolutely horrified!
>Poor thing.
>This must be the first time she's seen a splicer.
>That would explain why she was so disobedient when you tried to adopt her initially.
>She was crying and shaking again.
>There there little one, you're safe again.
>You looked around to check for the other splicers.
>The remaining three horned splicers were... retreating?
>What?
>Splicers weren't supposed to be organized.
>You'd been taught they would attack whenever the opportunity arose, and they would never let the chance slip by to try and kidnap a sister.
>The times, they'd been changing.
>Just to be safe, you picked up the body of the dead splicer and took aim towards the retreating group.
>With one final roar, you hurled the body towards the triad of horses.
>The strike was almost comical as the body crunched in various painful directions and spewed its blood onto the remaining horses.
>The one you hit screamed as it was suddenly propelled forward, causing the other two to stop dead in their tracks.
>They looked back at you, probably trying to figure out if you were pursuing them or not.
>You were still in aggressive mode, so you gave one good stomp to the ground and growled loudly at them.
>They seemed to get the message, collecting the horse you'd hit and retreating faster now.

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>Good.
>You switched your suit back to normal and headed back to your poor sister.
>She was screaming as loud as she could between sobs.
>It was sad, yes, but she would have to learn about the outside world sooner or later.
>You collected her in your arm as you had previously, and let out your gentle protective growl.
>
>The growl system had its ups and downs.
>On the plus side, you could convey basic warnings, greetings, and other tidbits of information easily to those who understood the system.
>It was also pretty easy to learn, as the growls were pretty basic, lest you were conversing with another Big Daddy.
>On the down side, you couldn't speak to anyone normally.  It was growl system or mute.
>
>Good news was yellow sister seemed to be getting a basic understanding of the system.
>Your lower, gentler growl had done the trick and gotten her to stop screaming and crying.
>She was still scared stiff, but she knew she was safe with you.
>Excellent.
>You banged on the gate once more with your drill.
>There weren't any splicers; it was safe for you to enter now, right?
>
>Peering through the bars, your hopes were crushed.
>There were splicers in Central!
>No.
>No No No!
>
>Okay, focus.
>Think.
>You have a simple objective now: secure Central.
>Sorry little one, but it looks like you're going to see a bit more action today.
>You spun your drill up and smashed it into the gate.
>The metal used for it was flimsy against your powerful drill, giving away after a few seconds of contact with it.
>What was with the flimsy construction?

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>If the splicers had Central, they had access to much better metals than this garbage.
>Though, they were splicers.  You shouldn't give them too much credit when it comes to intelligence.
>You shoved your way through the gate, holding yellow sister close as you did.
>An a slightly brighter note, shearing your way through the gate did clean the bits of bone, brain and blood off of your drill.
>Always a silver lining!
>
>The splicers in here were probably better trained.
>Or at least tougher.
>One would assume that was the case if they were in Central and the others weren't.
>The splicer that caught your eye wasn't wearing as much armor as the one's you'd fought previously.
>Not even a helmet!
>What is it, stupid?
>
>"Stop where you are!  There is no need for bloodshed!"
>Maybe he's not so stupid.
>Let's find out.
>
>You stopped and cast your piercing yellow gaze upon the poorly armored horned horse.
>"What is it you want?"
>Nope.  He's an idiot.
>Might as well try and avoid killing for the sake of yellow sister.
>She'd been through enough already.
>Being outside of Rapture was horrifying enough for a new sister, but having to witness splicers being killed?
>Poor girl would take at least a week of recovery before she could harvest ADAM without crying.
>You looked down to check on her.
>She was doing much better now.
>No more shivering or clutching your arm.
>She was actually looking at the not too bright splicer.
>"Shinin Armor!  Help!"
>"Don't worry Apple Bloom; we'll get you to safety.  Are you hurt?"
>Dumb question.
>"I wanna go home!"

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>Then that is where you would go, little one.
>You started moving towards Central's main structure, the group of splicers jumping at your apparently unexpected movement.
>Don't do anything stupid, splicer, and you won't get hurt.
>Yet.
>You made sure to make your first step a heavy one; that should keep the splicers out of your way.
>One actually fell over from the little shockwave.
>Feeble little splicers.
>You continued heading towards the door to the main building.
>"No wait!  Don't do anything aggressive or it'll attack."
>"Then what are your orders commander?"
>"Stay out of its way, but stay close.  We need to find some way of either stopping it without killing anypony."
>"Understood."
>Good.
>They got the message.
>You'd kill if you had to, but it was just messy.
>There would be time for play later anyway.
>You approached the door and raised your drill to knock.
>There was no way this door was enforced as it should be.
>As soon as you struck the door, it splintered into pieces.
>Might as well not have been a door there.
>
>You made your way into the hall, being careful to keep yellow sister close.
>Apple Bloom?
>Was that what the splicer had called her?
>Strange that a splicer would name a sister.
>Looking around, you realized that a new Rapture must've been built.
>That would explain why your pod was in a cave and not here as it should be.
>Must've gotten mixed up or lost during construction.
>
>That or the lion scorpion splicer thing had stolen your pod while you were in stasis.
>You shuddered at the thought of that beast trying to... couple with your pod.

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>No matter.
>You're here now and you have a lost sister to protect.
>You looked around and spotted a larger door with golden emblems on it.
>That must be the main office!
>Surely the mayor would know what to do!
>...
>If it wasn't overridden with splicers already.
>You rose to knock on the door with your drill, making sure to be much gentler than you'd been previously.
>The mayor would probably be pissed if you broke this door.
>A gentle rap of your drill against the wood had the desired effect.
>The knock was followed shortly with a loud "Enter!"
>You pushed the doors open to find, much to your dismay, three more splicers.
>These were different though.
>They were all horned and winged.
>"What is the meaning of this intrusion!"
>"Shining Armor, what is going on?"
>"Shiny, dear, what's going on?"
>"Princesses!  Please leave the room immediately!  We don't know what this thing wants, but we're having a hard time stopping it!"
>Princesses?
>Honor among splicers?
>A system at all?
>What is this bullshit?
>"What, doesn't it speak?"
>"Cadance please, this thing has already killed one of my guards."
>"What?!"
>The white and blue splicers both took up what looked to be a defensive stance, both emanating light form their horns.
>"Be gone demon!  Lest thou be undone!"
>Blue splicer obviously didn't know jack shit.
>"Luna wait!  Look!  It's holding a filly."
>"..."
>"Ha!  Seriously girls?  Just take the little foal from the dumb--"
>You switched back to aggressive mode as soon as the pink splicer started moving towards you.

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>"Don't you try anything you stupid hunk of metal, you may have taken out a guard, but--"
>Your aggressive growl shut the damn thing up.
>"Fine then, we do this the hard way."
>Why is it always the hard way?
>Your drill was spinning at a low RPM now.
>You made no move towards the pink horse, you didn't start fights, but you'd finish them.
>Suddenly, you were temporarily blinded by a flash of light.
>When you could see again, you looked around to find the pink horse standing over yellow sister.
>Wrong move, bitch.
>You charged full speed towards the pink horse, gripping its throat tightly as soon as you could.
>"Gah!"
>"CADANCE!"
>Before any of the horses had time to react, you hurled the pink fiend into the wall to your left.
>Quickly scooping up yellow sister into your protection, you looked over her for any signs of injury.
>Seems you were just in time to stop the pink one from doing anything.
>"FOUL BEAST!"
>Suddenly, your suit was encased in a blue aura that was lifting you from the floor.
>Not much, maybe a foot or two, but you were definitely being lifted.
>It could lift you all it wanted, you weren't letting go of yellow sister.
>"Luna wait!"
>"Sister, did you not see what this demon just did to Princess Mi Amore Cadenza?!"
>"That isn't Cadance!"
>You looked towards the pink horse to see that it was no longer pink.
>Apparently, you'd shaken off some kind of disguise.
>What you saw standing up in the small crater was...
>A black cheese horse?  With bug wings?
>Okay, that had to be a splicer.
>It had fangs and everything.

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>The other horses were standing around talking about something, but you paid them no mind.
>There was a splicer in the same room as your little sister.
>Time was of the essence.
>This damned blue horse still had you immobilized though.
>There wasn't much you could do to get out of it either.
>Maybe if you broke its concentration...
>You overcharged your suit and let out the loudest roar you could.
>If there was another big daddy within five miles of you, he knew where to go now.
>You did manage to break the blue horse's grip on you though.
>As you fell the mere inches you were being held from the ground, you tackled the blue horse into the white horse.
>No more interruptions.
>While they gathered their bearings, you were charging the bug horse, full speed.
>It saw you coming though, and jumped out of the way at the last second.
>"WRETCHED BEAST!"
>You yanked your drill out of the wall, and turned to face the bug once more.
>It had taken up a stance in the middle of the room, eyeing you angrily.
>"How DARE you assault me, Chrysalis, QUEEN OF THE--"
>You cut it off with another full speed charge.
>Horse isn't very good at fighting.
>Talks too much.
>Though it did manage to dodge you twice in a row...
>Time for a new strategy.
>Looking around, there wasn't much you could-- a ha!
>Your sister was helping you once more!
>She was hiding behind a golden chair of some form, obviously knowing exactly what you needed!
>Sure, the metal was weak, but it would do.
>You made your way towards the chair quick as you could.

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>Yellow sister saw you approach, and ducked back behind the pedestal the chair was atop.
>Good.  She knows to stay safe and out of sight while you take care of business.
>With the chair in your hand, you turned to find the bug.
>"Oh?  A lust for the throne?  You really must be dense to even think--"
>She was cut off by a swift chair to the head.
>Dodge that, bitch.
>Queen or not, you don't mess with a little sister.
>She was standing up once more, apparently shaking off the blow.
>You heard movement behind you and turned to find your little sister approaching the still dazed blue and white horses.
>"Princess Luna!  Princess Celestia!  You gotta get up!"
>"Little foal, hide!  You're in danger here; you've got to go now!"
>"Come with me my little pony, Luna will handle this while I get you to safety."
>...Was the white pony the mother?
>You'd never met the mother of a little sister before.
>It made sense.  Yellow sister at least looked more like the white horse than the bug horse.
>Alright, go with mother yellow sister.
>You'll be wither her again soon enough.
>The blue horse was speaking to you now.
>"Demon, let the filly go or we will have words."
>Yellow sister was with mother, so she was safe for now.
>Now you protect the mother from bug horse.  What blue horse does is of no concern to you.
>You turned to see that the bug had gotten up once more, and was none too happy with you.
>She'd learned to keep her mouth shut now, and had taken to making her horn glow.
>She was about to fire something at you, you could sense it.

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>Time for action.
>You charged again, but she chose to fly upwards this time.
>Fucking wings.
>You looked around for your crumpled chair from earlier, only to find it hurling towards you at an alarming rate.
>You barely had time to raise your drill as a shield before impact.
>"So, you have feelings for the foal do you?"
>Dumb splicer.
>Didn't know shi--
>There was a flash of green light, and then the bug was holding yellow sister.
>The roar that followed likely shattered windows.
>You switched your suit to overdrive.
>Doesn't matter what, you protect your sister at all costs.
>Even if it means your damned life.
>"Don't even think about it demon!  I've got the foal, you do as I--"
>She didn't finish her sentence.
>Your drill was spinning well above what was considered 'safe' as it sliced through one of her wings.
>You'd missed her head, but you'd gotten the bitch down on the ground.
>Speeding towards the bug at a bone crushing rate, you barely registered the mighty flash of blue light.
>In the instant of time just before you impacted the bug, you moved your hand and threw yellow sister away from the coming violence.
>Then, you'd plowed into the wall.
>The bug effectively trapped between you and the wall, there was nowhere for it to go now.
>You backed off enough to grip the splicer's throat, and smashed its body into the ground.
>The thing was still alive though, so you readied your drill.
>"ENOUGH!"
>You didn't stop though.
>"I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU DEMON!"
>Not before you beg for something sweet as death, you dumb bitch.

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>You plowed the drill into the splicer's chest and it let out an ear-splitting scream.
>Taking your time, you made sure to rupture as many organs as you could when you began dragging the drill up towards the head.
>There was a defiant rage in her eyes as her horn glowed green once again, and you felt a sharp pain in your chest.
>"WE--"
>You shoved the drill up harder.
>"DIE--"
>You ripped the drill out of her chest and brought it down towards her face.
>"TOGETHER"
>Her dying breath was followed by a drill straight through the head.
>After the deed was done, you collapsed.
>There, to your left, was your heart.
>It let out one final beat, and your brain began to register what'd happened.
>With your last moment of life, you did the only thing you could do.
>Hope that yellow sister would be safe with mother.
>At least you'd gotten the splicer.
>
>
>
>Elsewhere in Equestria, there were five big daddy pods, all of which had registered your warning roar.
>As the night set upon the land, five distinct bangs could be heard as the pods de-pressurized.
>One in the forest.
>Another in the mountains.
>One near a small town.
>The fourth near a lonely barn.
>And the fifth in a field full of holes.
>
>Your brethren had survived just as you had.
>And they would be the reckoning that Rapture so desperately needed.

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>One in the forest. - <claimed by Murphy>
>Another in the mountains. - <claimed by Aether>
>One near a small town. - <Lulzies - http://pastebin.com/CWYpjuhE>
>The fourth near a lonely barn. - <unclaimed>
>And the fifth in a field full of holes. - <claimed by Equestrian Breaker>

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