The grinding noise hit a fever pitch, and at last the door to the control room snapped open. After a falling shower of sparks, three armored stallions trotted briskly into the room, hovering managuns trained alongside their squinting faces. Their glowing horns bathed the small compartment in shimmering color as they swept their weapons left and right.
It was empty.
The lead stallion in Nightshade colors glanced all about the corners. He took a deep breath and lowered his weapon. "Clear."
Two more guards trotted in, followed by Sir Ordo and an engineer or two. The ponies looked about the room in dumb silence.
"I... I do not understand," Sir Ordo stammered. "If there's nopony inside here, then where..."
"Sir!" One of the guards called out as he fiddled with the closed door on the other side. "It's locked!"
"No doubt they're using this place as a buffer to block us from the chamber with the ring team," said the lead guard. He turned around. "You're certain that you didn't see a single soul?"
"No!" Ordo exclaimed, frowning. "Where in Spark's name could they even have come from?! This place is supposed to be sealed tight from the rest of the building—"
The guard was too busy glancing up above Ordo's head. He gasped. "Get down—!" He tried raising his gun.
A blast of telekinesis flew across the room, knocking the first three guards to the floor.
Ordo spun around and gasped. Phoenix's body was purched on the the top of the open doorframe. With a snarling breath, the maneless mercenary leapt down and bucked Ordo hard across the chest.
"Ooof!" Ordo flew across the room and collapsed through a chair.
Two guards to Phoenix's left charged him.
He spun, twirling his levitating metal pipes across one face and uppercutting a second. Grunting, he heaved one body over his shoulder and launched him hard into the wall, shaking the foundation of the room.
The first three guards got back up, and the lead stallion charged across the room with a roar. He plowed into Phoenix, sending the two of them slamming against an instrument panel. The guard got the upper hoof on the Franzington soldier and unsheathed a sparkling taser to slam into his skull. Phoenix brought a hoof up between the guard's gut, then headbutted him viciously while he was reeling.
The other two stood up with managuns trained. They aimed, squinting to hit Phoenix's figure from afar.
Phoenix spun the lead guard's body around and hugged him from behind like a living shield. He shuffled sideways, tossing his metal bludgeons one at a time—followed by the stallion's taser—at the guards.
They ducked and dodged the projectiles. They stood up straight once more, aiming their guns—then collectively gasped as the stallion's body was flung mercilessly at them. All three collapsed like sacks of meat against the sealed door of the room.
Phoenix exhaled heavily, drenched in sweat. He spun around, only to receive the massive left hook of an angry pony's hoof. The other two guards had gotten up, and they were joined by the Nightshade engineering crew, forming a violent pile atop Phoenix's struggling body.
"Get him! Get him!" Ordo grunted, spitting blood as he cowered behind the fragments of a chair. "Knock his teeth out!"
Three fast uploads, there.
Also, been a while since the last fight scene, huh?
Woohoo, go Phoenix!
Ordo is tiny coward pony. He fight like baby man.
Eastward hat-trick is best hat-trick.
They don't seem to like him very much.
The odds don't exactly favor Phoenix here...
I'm worried about Phoenix - he got quite a dramatic parting scene with Kera, after all.
Growing pile of people? Let's do this.
Let's exit this world the way we entered it: naked, bloody, screaming!
2740516 Does anyone else get the idea that The Matrix would be the most badass movie to watch in 3D?
2740516 Solid 6 minutes of awesome. Thank you for sharing this.
2739744He will probably die when you least expect it.
Dog pile on Phoenix!
He better not die. At least not without taking out that sissy punk Ordo. Pilate and Co. to the rescue, maybe?
IIIIIt's Dashie's Eleventh Marathon Evaluation Time!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh. Well I guess that's it, then. Good fight scene...
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PHOENIX!! WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR BRAVERY!!
These are my thoughts so far.
-MASH
P.S. One.....more.....
2740516Now I want to see The Matrix.
2788322 Those three movies are basic eduaction, anyways. One of the best action movies and probably the single greatest philosophical movie series there is. The Wachovski siblings somehow manage to get the perfect balance between extremely entertaining hollywood films and extremely sophisticated art cinema every time. I also strongly recommend V for Vendetta and Cloud Atlas, also by them. But if you watch them, look carefully. Too many people disregard them because they fail to see their deeper messages.
2790375 huh, cloud atlas was out when this was being written. I am growing closer to catching up then.
Go Phoenix! Also, bye, Phoenix...
Your sacrifice will be forever remembered.
-Spirit
I guess he's not cut out for this kind of stuff. Leave the heavy fighting to Dash.
Ah, these guards are forgetting something important.
A Phoenix will always rise again.
Ȃ̭̰͕̯͕͔͚̲͖̜̬͕͖̬̬̏̅ͧ̈̾́͐̂ͣ͆s̥͙̼̹̙̯̯̗̺̦̠̮̖͖̈́̌ͦ͒ͤ͌ͨ̂͊ͣ͛̚ ̞̲̗͙̪̮̪̳̘̍͛̽ͨ̄͋͌ǐ̖̪̪̱͇̻̣̪̩̪̦̙̼͇̯̩̾ͬ́̓̐͒͒̍ͫṯ͇̜͙̗̯̞̥̭̳̹͉͕̺̰̦̞̦̘̂̃ͨ̿ͩ͑ͪ͆͋ ͈͚̪͔̩̺̹̼̲ͩ̋ͨͧ̓͌ͫ͛͐̋͂̿͑̒ͤ͋̋̋ͅw̺͕̮̮͇̾̋̈́̉̽̓͑̍ͩ̑ͥȃ̳̺̜̯̪̟̮̤̤͈͇̣̺̪ͣ̉̿̋ͬ̿̐ͯ͛s̹͚̪̹͈̻̝̲̼̙̳̳̫̝̀ͫ̐̀ͦͦ̒̂ ̦͖̲̣̘͉̿͆ͣ͊ͪͨ̍̍̓̽ͥͮs͓͇̳̗̖͍͖̥̻͎͉͙̲̯͕̻̟̮̀ͫ̓ͥ̅̆̍̆͂͋͑͂͑̈́h̺̙͎̺̗̺̥̜͉͎͖͈͒ͥ͂̿̂̂̎͂a̺̮̜͕̠̼͓̙̱̻ͩ͆ͮ̆̇̿́̓̒̚ͅt̻͕̝͓̩͖̮͖̦̤͕͐̇̿̿ͬ̈́̏ͬͭ̊ͫ̊̌̅̄́t̼̙̦̖̯̤̲̥͇̮̑ͨ̒̊͊ͩ͒̅̄ͩė̮̫̻̬̮̼͓͓̙̂ͩ͆͌́ͮr̲̟̲̗̪̺ͥͯ̑͛ͦ̉͑͆͒̄͛ͅe̘̹̫͕͉͕͖̙̱̫̥̭͔̻̺͇ͬͦ̌ͩd͚͎̞̘̣͈͔̹͕̙͐͗̋ͯ̀̀ͤ͛,̱̻͚̯̣̝͍͈̰̟͇̲̯ͣ͂ͫ̓̃̄̆ͪ̓̄ͮͤ̃̆ͧ͒ͅ ̹̘̻͚͎̙̠̠̮̲̣̲͔͈̂̉͂̂s̺̘̭̩̩̥̖̪͚̜̭̻̳̖̠͋͛͗ͅͅo͓̯̘̗͗̌̒ͬͣ̊ ̘̝̻̫̥̣̹̭̦̝̠̬͓̊̍̏̓̆̑̄̔̋̚s̤̮̘̭̲̖̹̭̝̗̪̮̳̦̃͆͐̄͑ͦ̓͆ͭ̀̔̍̑ͨͯ̋ͮh͓͖̹̦̮̰̜̱̥̤̥ͭ͋̀ͨͥ̀̔͋̄ͮ͑͆ͫ̄̈a̩̫̣̫̠͈̙͕̮̗͚ͨ͛̐͂̾ͨͬ͗ͅͅl͚̭͙̟̜̹ͪ̄̓ͮ́̈́̓ͮ̊̂̂ͦ̇ͣͅl̟̟̦͓̗̙̙̭͛̓̅̒̂̏̎̽̾̅̋ͬ̀͒ͤͩ̂̚ ̹͍̬̖̺͙͔̮͓͕͕̥̙͔͈͙̘̿̓ͣ͛ͫͨͫ͂ͮ͒ͦ̑i͍̫̞̘̮͔̞̙͐ͪ̽̆͐͐̾͐̔t̳̻̦͔̦̬̥̮̝̪ͨͨ͛̏̿̓̓͛ ̤͙̬̗̈̇́ͤͮ̄͑́́ͯͅr̠̻̗̞̩̖̰̲̜̹̦̯̹͑̒͋ͥͮ̑ē̙̺͓͔͉̔̒͂͊̊ͩ̽͂ͩ͐̒̃͛͛ͣ͗ͅf̖̤̭͈͕̝̜͖̳̣͙̟̩̱̩̙̜̦̆͊ͦ̾ͩͯ̂ͩ̀ͬ͗̓̓ͭ̿ͤ͊̃ͤo̜̺̩͇̩̖̱̠̦̩̼͎͔̬͇̫ͬͮͫ̽̔ͯ̃̒̍̈́̈̽͑̚r͖̤̘̫͉̯̪̮͔͓̘̩̹̙̰͛̈̅ͩ͋ͮ̐̅̐ͬͮ̅ͥ̿̈́ͣḿ̗̰̗͇̦̟̑̆͑ͮ̈́̽̄ͣ̚,̣̭͇͓̋̊ͮ͆̊ͬ ͓͉̭̭͖͔͉̪͕̲́̎̍̈͐͗̂̎i̻̩̳̝̥̬̠̭̜̤̱̭͙͓ͪ̋͑̋͂͋n̳͖̟̳͖͎̮̱̗̰͍̜̻̗͎͇̫̋ͫ͒̍ͭ͂̂ͫͩ̾̔́͋͗̚ ̜̱̠̭͔̳̜̯̦͙̰͖͉ͯͤͫͮͦͨͧ̉ͯt̤͕͎̟̜͉̼͙͕̔͋̽̑̆̓ͥͭ̚ͅḣ̗̦̯̬̖͎̲͕͈̫̗̹̼̟͕̟͕͉̉͋̽̐ͬ̿ͩ̍̆̔ͧ́ͤ͆e̦͚̩͉̋̈́ͦ͛͒̆̐̑̄̔̽͗͂̓̐̀͋̚ ̭̲͙͇̙̘̠͇̬̍̈ͧ̃̆̄̾ͥ́̋̉̏ͦ̽̔̈͐̚f̖̖̩͖̬͉͓̖͕̱̠̬̱͈̪̱̙͍ͦ̐̌ͧͧ̒̈́̇̓ͩ̿̚̚̚̚ḯ̟͇͚̳̩̖̹̟̞͕̋ͥ̂͆ͧ͊ͦ̽ͤͅṟ̺͍̮̪̩̼͈͖̼̖͔̖͎͆͗̏̐̾͐̅̑̅ͦͫ́̾̾͊̄̓ͣ̚ḙ̻̼̙̥͍̥͎̠̪̮̺͉̙͈ͬ̓̌̓́̓̆̈́ͫ͐s͔͚͙̙͈̠͓̳̺̣̻͇͎̰͉̝̟ͦͨͫ̂ͦ̾ͬͦ̈́ͭͅ ̬̣͙̪̈̿͊͌̈ͧ̍̅̇ͣȍ̭̤͔̙͎̝̹̝̥̦̹͍̣͔̬̞͈̦̼͂̎ͮ̌̏̈ͥ̉͒͂̔ͬͧ͛̚f̥̱̫̳͓͉͙̈ͤͬ̌̅ ͉̯̤̠̹͚̞̞̗͇̈ͧ͛̔͒͋͗ͯͅͅA̟͍̪͔͓̰̟͙̬͙̙̹̪̜̪͚͔̋ͬ̔ͩͣ͌̽ͯ̔ͣ͗ͣͤͤ̂ͭ̒ͪ̔u͙͙͙̬̞̮̙̯͙͖̘͔̫͕̤͍̠̔ͪͮ̆͛̅̉́ͩs̞̹̘̗̠̳̘̖̖̭͓͚̯̩̠̤̠̝͗̇ͫ͛̊ͨ̏͑͋ͫ̆͛ͤͣͣ̿͋ͨͤͅt͖͙̭͇̓̆̿ͥͫ̉̇͒ͫ̓̑ͯ̅͗ͣͬ̋̄ͅr͎̲̘̬̠̼̼͚̘͇̫͖̹ͧ͑̽̉̓͋̈͌ͩ̊̾̓̒͂̾͐̿̃̆a̜̤̘̞̪͈̼̲͔̙͈̘ͣ͆̍̃̋̓e̳͈̭̰͕̳̙̬͖̜̥͍̭ͭͪ͗ͣ̎̎o͇̫̯̦̻̻̜̙̬̞̣͐ͬ͌ͭ̆̽͒̿͗͆̏ͯ̓̐ͪ̄ͤͅh̳̞̣͓̠͓̬͉̫̬̟̬̻̥̞͔̝̮͗͐ͣ͌ͦͥͦͧͦͫ̐́ͅ.͕̟̲̌͊ͦ̿
At least he went down fighting... at this won't be the end of Phoenix, for sure.
Come on Phoenix, narrative says you go down, but that doesn't mean you cannot make them work for it.
Ordo get your flank in there so Phoenix can kick it harder.
More loose teeth, brought to you by Imploding Colon dentistry.
Implode his colon!
At this rate you have to be surprised anypony in the story has teeth left.
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How did you do that with the text?
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I͔̗̦̟͚̰̯̟ͩt̘̻͖̯͖ͤ͌͆ͨ͆'̩͙̪̩̻̏̇̏̒s̬͙̙̫̋̕͠ ̴̰̺̲̊̌͂̈́́c̸̓̀̅̈ͦ͏̲̳̹a̢̫̘͚̬̱͔͚̳ͨ̍l̤̋͊͒̑͌͗̐͊ḷ̵̺̮̬ͣ̌ẹͭ͗̋̏̅ͬ̾̚d͆̽͏̨̘͓̻̫͓̜ ̳̤̖͕̰̞͈̻͒ͭZ̛̙̫̱͚͂ͩ͟ȁ͐͜͏͖̬̫̟̼̖l̻̲͕͚̺̅g͖̝͋͆̉̋̉ò͈̫̼̫̘ ̵̗̳̪̙̼̪̥͎̑̍͌͋̑ͬ͡s̯̯͎̾͞c̤ͧͭ́̄̚ͅr̭͖̳̩̜̥͓ͬ͟ͅi̵̬͖̊̒͒͊̚̚p̣̬̮̬̱̮̣̊̄̇͌̔͌t͋̍̋̐̓ͫͧ̀҉̪͚
rather stupid of Phoenix to THROW the taser, why not zap them with it?