Equestria DooMed. Part 1: In the Space.

Chapter three. The arrival.

Date: 4508.11.07

Three months of constant suffering passed over. However, Walker was able to see upon most of the sections of the ship. He located the medical bay, the armory and the food supplier. He even got to keep practicing with his Hammer. Along with Eagle, he became a skilled shooter.

However, during those three months, Eagle became a bit closer to him, getting to call him “friend”. Walker found her a little bit more attractive of what she was. At the end, they were close friends.

At the end of those three months, the ship arrived to the sector where the signal of the Sparkle was casted. Walker was eating in his room. Eagle was bathing herself. Walker got used to see her stripping almost every night he got to their room.
“All the personal in the ship. Report immediately to your combat stations.”
“Eagle, that’s us. Move now before you get reported.”
“Coming. You know, a mare needs some time for herself.”
“Yeah, but you take more than an hour to prepare yourself.”
“Well, sorry.”

Eagle got out of the bathroom, dressed with her typical gothic look.
“We better get going.”
“Understood.”

The two ponies went to the main deck, place where hundreds of ponies were aligning in order to enter in combat. Walker went to his place, ready to whatever it came. However, the captain showed up in the front of the army.
“Listen up. The ship known as the Sparkle of Dawn is up ahead. We’d take about thirty minutes to get there. However, the ship shows no sign of life.”

The army of ponies remained silent while listening to the news.
“We are not sending a whole army to an empty ship if not necessary. However, is very strange for a ship like that not to show any life sign, even after being attacked. Therefore, I have ordered to assemble a recognition team. Any volunteers?”

Many ponies lifted their hooves in order to go. However, the captain put his gaze on one of them. The brown stallion was called to the front. Eagle saw with surprise her roommate to get to the front.
“This is the one. Everypony, retreat.”

The captain took away Walker, while Eagle was wondering herself why.

“But sir… why me? There were other ponies apart from me. Do I have special privileges or something like?”
“No. However, you do have special qualities. Also, they’re direct orders from Princess Celestia.”
“They’re what?”
“You got it.”
“Um… excuse me. Celestia ordered me to go first?”
“Celestia ordered you to be first on the matters of security. That’s what you want, do you not?”
“Umm… yeah. Sure, I guess.”
“Right. Then, prepare yourself. You and the recognition team will be landing in the Sparkle at 0800 hours. Got it, Soldier?”
“Yes, sir.”

Walker turned around and got out to the armory. Once there, he saw many ponies in there. For him disgrace, he wasn’t as strong or fast than any other. In fact, he was smaller than the others.
“Umm… Hello, everypony. Do you know where can I pick the equipment?”
“Over there.”

A pony pointed toward a computer in the wall.
“Right, thank you. Um… computer?”
“Orders.”
“Oh, right. Private Space Walker. Recognition team. I require the equipment for military exploration.”
“Processing. Check on the door on the right.”

Walker turned to see a set of armor. It was very heavy green armor, typical for a Space Marine. The part of the legs was only covered by a weird combination of pants and armor. However, the helmet was something special. When he put it on, the helmet instantly started to show many interesting things, giving him the idea it was an intelligent helmet.

Turning around to see the other ponies, he noted they had their weapons ready. They were starting to prepare themselves to get to the exploration shuttle.
“Hey, where do I get a weapon?”
“Over there.”

They pointed toward a cage with a security lock. It was activated by the ID. When Walker passed in his ID, he looked toward a lot of weapons. He looked toward the snipers, causing one of them to capture his attention. It was the Plasma Blaster Mark IV. The successor to the Hammer was now available. The Thunder was a modified version, which had a more accurate shot, even allowing his user to enable sniper mode. However, the shot did improve, too. It was stronger than his predecessor, but the larger cannon made the shot less drastic.
“Hey, you.”

Walker turned to see a taller pony behind him. He was watching him from a certain distance. However, he was more focused in Walker’s weapon.
“You look used to the Thunder.”
“Oh. Well, yeah. I was more used to the Hammer. However, the Thunder is more stable at the time of shooting it.”
“The Hammer?”
“Yeah. It was the mark III. Didn’t you know it?”
“The Hammer was a model designed to prevent hurting ponies in a manifestation. It was only to scare.”
“What? You’re telling me that it was designed as an anti-manifestation weapon for its bad aim and powerful thrusts?”
“Yeah. That’s the why the Thunder is only here.”

Walker turned to see his weapon. He could only hear a weak whispering of the ponies in the room.
“You’re new here, don’t you?”

A voice came from behind the crowd.
“Do you like to get the new ones?"

The captain had been watching them from a certain distance. However, he didn't say anything until Walker got upset.
"He's a special sent directly from Celestia. Therefore, if you want problems with him, you're searching problems with Celestia. Got it?"
"Got it."
"Fine. Prepare yourselves. We are going to the Sparkle in a few minutes."

Walker didn't want to cause any problems. But now, he was almost like Celestia's favorite. He was the kid on EAC’s army.
“Sir! I want to go first on the Sparkle!”

Everypony turned to Walker, obviously surprised by the reaction of the low guy in front of them.
“Why do you ask that?”
“I want to show these jerks that I’m not a wimp.”

The others became even more surprised by Walker’s declaration. It was like if he was able to read their minds.
“Alright. If that’s what you want.”

The others turned his sight when Walker looked at them. He had earned some respect from his comrades.