Chapter One

Mission Specs.
Date: September, 2558.
Assignment: Security.
Location: Science Base Zeta, Gamma Halo ring.
Objective: Provide additional security on the Gamma Halo ring.
Team Inbound: Ghost

The Gamma Halo ring was supposed to be a main target for the Covenant, but there had been no sighting since the Master Chief had tried to protect the Ivanoff Research Station. In total there were six Spartan IVs currently at this particular science base, their designations were as follows: Spartan Alfred Diamond, Spartan Leonardo Blake aka Leon, Spartan Joshua Anderson aka Josh, Spartan Hank Hunter, Spartan Ethan Smith, and Spartan Chase Blake. They were fireteam Ghost and they were assigned to protect the base from any enemy forces that may try and take the it by force. With the Covenant knowing where the ring was located there was no telling when they would attack. Fortunately, or unfortunately in some cases, there hadn’t been any reports of Covenant outside of Requiem. Overall the Spartans were, for lack of a better term, bored.

“This. Is. Boring.” Chase thought out loud electing a groan from the other three in the armory.

“Oh my god, will you please just shut up already.” Josh said as pulled out more ammo magazines for his assault rifle and put them on his ammo belt. For his helmet and shoulders he had E.O.D. class armor, for his torso he had Defender class armor, and Recruit class armor for his forearms and legs. In his right hand was his assault rifle and on his back was his railgun and his upgraded hologram armor module. Better than its predecessor the upgraded hologram armor module allowed the hologram to do simple movements. Taking up most of his back though, except a little on the right for his railgun, was a backpack containing a few 4x4x4 cubes of C-12 SCs and a few canisters of C-7 foaming explosive.

“And we’ve heard you say it over and over for the past two days. You’re like a broken record.” Alfred said as he loaded his DMR with a new mag and placed it on his back. He had on Scout class helmet and shoulder armor, Defender class torso armor, and Recruit leg and forearm armor. Also on his back was his sniper rifle, of which he was just started grabbing some extra mags for, and his chameleon armor module. It allowed him to change sections of his armor to different colors for an indefinite amount of time.

“Chase, the next time you complain I’ll personally throw you into the nearest shuttle bound back to the Infinity.” Leon said as he got ammo for his battle rifle resting on the bench beside him and his DMR on his back. He had on a Pathfinder helmet and shoulders, Defender torso, and Recruit forearms and leg armor. In his armor slot was a fancy piece of forerunner tech called promethean vision. It allowed him to see life signatures through walls, but only had an effective range of thirty meters, five more than their standard motion sensors.

“I’m sorry, but I was expecting this to be a huge all out fight for the Halo ring, not a job babysitting a bunch of scientists.” Chase said as he leaned up against the back wall of the armory his assault rifle and shotgun both on his back already loaded and ready. He wore a E.V.A. helmet and shoulder armor, Defender torso armor, and Recruit forearms and leg armor. As an armor module he had secured himself a fancy piece of forerunner tech, like his older brother Leon, called a hard light shield, “Another thing, how the hell are we supposed to protect them if we can’t go into the labs underground. I mean really, we’re hired as security then we can’t go into over half the damn base.”

“There’s no way the Covenant could gain access to the interior of the ring without one of the bases here knowing about it so an attack from inside the labs is impossible.” Alfred stated.

“Ya never know Aly, ya never know.” Chase said chuckling at his own joke.

“And stop calling me that god awful nickname. It was annoying enough when you got everyone back home to call me that.” Alfred said loudly pointing an accusing finger at him. All Chase did was laugh a little harder and Josh also started chuckling a little bit.

“Chase stop worrying about the labs, I’ve told you I already talked to Captain Miller about it and he said he had the passageways sealed off with two meters of titanium A plating the moment they got word the covenant knew about this ring and the MPs here have had routine checks on said barriers since.” He stood up and looked at the other spartans in the room and they to him, “Just relax and be grateful that we aren’t one of the teams that's stuck on the Infinity doing a couple more months of the War Games simulations. Instead we’re on a ring world built by an ancient and extinct civilization.”

“Till recently.” Chase muttered.

“My point is, take the down time in stride, cause your going to be missing it when we’re stuck inside of some firefight thats lasted a few hours.” As Leon finished he swapped his battle rifle on his back for his DMR and began grabbing ammo for it as well.

The room was quiet for a few minutes as everyone finished loading their weapons and grabbing ammo while thinking about Leons words of advice. That is till Chase suddenly asked, “Where’s Hank and Ethan?”

“I sent them on ahead to make sure the dig site is clear and safe for us to use the bigger explosives.” Leon said as he loaded the last bullet into the magazine for his DMR.

The room once again fell silent as Chase looked around and watched as everyone wrapped up their jobs. He looked around the room for anything that might be interesting enough to hold his attention for more than a few seconds. Upon finding nothing besides the lockers full of weaponry and ammunition he shook his head and said, “I wish something interesting would freaking happen.”

Suddenly alarms throughout the entire facility began ringing, before a voice came on over the intercom, “Containment breach on level B-3 I repeat containment breach on level B-3 and now spreading to B-4. Containment breaches on levels B-3 and B-4. Lock down and quarantine procedures has been initiated. All above ground personnel are to evacuate immediately.”

“Well well well, looks like we finally get to see some action.” Chase says while pulling his assault rifle off his back.

Leon shook his head in disappointment at Chase’s enthusiasm for fighting and finished grabbing his ammo. They all fell in line as he led them all out of the armory and towards the captains office two buildings away. As they walked out of the current building their surroundings became hectic.

They looked on in confusion as the usually open and peaceful area, that was the center of the compound. The three football fields long, circular opening was filled with people trying to get on the evacuation pelicans. Before they could take another step a man in standard issue military police armor, with a sergeant insignia on the upper left hand side of his torso armor, ran up to them holding a shotgun.

“Sergeant, what’s the situation?” Leon asked ignoring the rising volume of people yelling in the crowd.

“Sir, I have direct orders from Captain Miller for you. You’re all to go to floor B5 and find Commander Richards. He’ll bring you up to speed on the situation at hand and give you your orders.” he yelled over everyone else that was near them.

Leon nodded, “Alright sergeant, anything else?”

“No, sir.”

“Alright then, dismissed.” the sergeant quickly nodded before turning and jogging off the opposite way the spartans were heading.

As Ghost team jogged off another man rushed up beside the sergeant and whispered in his ear, “Sir, anything or anyone that could expose us has been sealed inside the labs. Everything is setup to make everything point to only Richards as the insurrectionist leader.”

“Good now lets get the hell out of here before the parasite reaches the surface.” and with that they both nodded and made their way into the crowd towards their Pelicans.

Leon opened up his teams private comm channel, “Hank, Ethan, can you hear me?”

“Yes sir.” Ethan replied first, his voice calm like it always is.

“Loud clear.” Hank answered immediately after in his usual deep voice.

“Alright, we have a situation here at the base and I need the both of you to report back here A-S-A-P, understood.”

“Yes sir.” they said in unison before the line went silent.

Fireteam Ghost passed the local marine barracks that had just recently been set up before they reached the large forerunner building that housed the elevator. The building was about half a mile high, triangularly shaped building with smooth sides and one big opening for a door. They all walked in towards a circular room that housed quite possibly the largest elevator the spartans had ever seen.

It took up nearly the entire room, was large, circular, and bigger than a Pelican. Caution signs were posted on the walls leading into the room as there was at least a six foot gap between the elevator and the wall on all sides and there was no railing to be seen. As they continued out onto a small walkway, that could barely fit two spartans side by side, Josh, Leon, and Alfred continued advancing on to the large platform in single file, while Chase stayed behind pushing some of the forerunner glyphs on the control terminal.

“Hey guys, am I the only one getting a weird feeling about this?” Chase asked as he finished and joined his team on the elevator just before it hummed to life and began its slow descent.

“Where’s that eagerness to fight that you had five minutes ago?” Josh asked sarcastically.

“You’re just nervous, its probably just a false alarm or worst case scenario some doctor knocked over a virus, but our air filters should keep us safe.” Leon said firmly holding his battle rifle as pathway leading into level B2 slowly came into view then rose above their heads.

“Yeah what’s the worst that could happen.” Josh says causing Chase to look at him in awe of the fact he just asked that. Before he could say anything though someone else spoke up.

“It pains me to say it, but I’m with Chase on this one.” Alfred stated causing everyone to look at him in shock, “Something just seems off about this whole thing. Like what would cause a mass evacuation instead of just standard quarantine protocols? If it was just a virus leaking out then isn’t everyone going against protocol by leaving before being properly-”

“Hold that thought Alfred. Does anyone else hear that?.” Leon asked calling attention to the distant sounds of gunfire and small explosions. They listened in silence as platform to level B3 slowly came and passed them by. It looked like Alfred was about to say something, but before he could a shrill scream pierced the air around them, causing Chase to whirl around to the platform that lead into level B4.

There stood a monstrosity that could only be describe as the twisted, reanimated remains of a dead man. It had sickly yellow skin and what appeared to be large bubbles, or boils, all over his skin. Its left forearm was broken leaving a sharp jagged bone sticking out and in its right hand was a standard issue magnum. Only one creature in the galaxies history could’ve morph this poor man into what he is now... the Flood. Each one of them thought the same thing upon seeing the creature, but only one remained vocal in the situation at hand.

“Oh shit.” were the first words to be uttered in the situation by Chase, but they described it best nonetheless.

Alfred was the first to bring up his weapon and fire at the thing. He shot three rounds from his DMR tearing through the creature’s chest sending it falling onto its back. None of them saw the creature land before the pathway had ascended above their heads and the elevator had continued its trip downward. After the bullets were fired Leon had his battle rifle and Alfred had his DMR aimed at the platform above them, while Chase and Josh had their assault rifles aimed on the pathway in front of them.

Ten seconds passed without a single sound being made by the spartans. Now that the elevators humming had stopped the distant sounds gunfire started to slowly fade as the flood killed. The sound of screaming could be heard clearly though... human and other.

A flicker of the light on the B5 platform ahead of them got all of their attention straightforward. The control panel for the elevator was flickering, fading, then reappearing. This received three confused reactions and one terrified one.

“Move!” Chase yelled out while bolting towards the passageway in front of them. They all followed close behind, but the holographic console began sporadically phasing in and out. Then it disappeared completely as well as the anti-grav system holding up the elevator. Chase dove and barely landed on the level B5 walkway, the rest of his team wasn’t so lucky. Their momentum carried them forward and onto the pathway below, while the elevator continued its descent past the other levels.

On level B6 Leon and Alfred landed hard and slightly slid into through the doorway as their shields made it seem like they were on ice. Josh’s stomach impacted the edge of the walkway that Leon and Alfred had landed on. Slightly disoriented he began to slide off the edge but caught himself at the last moment. Thankfully the impact had also knocked his shields down so he could get some kind of grip. He slid his assault rifle forward, and out of the way, and climbed about halfway up before his shields began charging again and he was in a fight against the now slightly slick surface.

“Oh-shit!” he yelled out as he dropped his shields, trying to regain his grip, but the damage had been done.

“Guys, I could use some help here!” he said as he propped himself up on his elbows and tried to pull himself up, but his left arm slipped off the walkway and he barely grabbed the edge with his right hand. Josh grabbed the ledge with his other hand and tried again to pull himself up before a hand extended in front of his visor.

“Need a hand?” Leon asked and Josh immediately took his hand. Grunting in effort he pulled him up and onto the platform.

“Hey josh, you dropped something.” Alfred said getting his attention as he stood up. Alfred then tossed Josh his assault rifle who caught it and immediately began looking it over for any signs of damage. Satisfied that it would be fine he looked at Alfred who had his weapon raised at the door, ready for anything to come through.

Suddenly Leon turned his head rapidly left to right and looked around them. “Where’s Chase?” They all looked around but he was nowhere in sight.

“Up here!” Chase called out getting their attention. He was leaning over the platform above them and waving his hand. As he pulled back onto the platform his voice came in clear on the radio, “Please someone tell me that I did not just see what I think I saw.”

“We all saw it and now what the hell are we going to do about it.” Alfred asked as he kept his eyes on the pathway leading into the facility. Josh was right beside him doing the same to cover Leon, who was crouching behind them looking at the layout of the facility he pulled up on his HUD.

Leon was next to talk while he had a holographic display of the facility on his visor, “Chase try and get to the Commander and get some answers then we’ll all meetup at junction 2C and ride that elevator out of here.”

“Bro I’m looking at the map to and that junction has a stopping point on level B3 and thats where this whole thing started. I think we should try and get to the secondary elevator on level B7. That should take us directly back to the surface.” Chase said highlighting another rout they could take on Leon’s HUD using his own.

“Or it will get us trapped deeper inside this ring of death.” Alfred said but keeping his eyes glued on the doorway.

“Careful what you say Aly.” Chase quickly said.

“Chase-” Leon said sharply to get his attention back to him, “-that path will take you through half the fifth floor-”.

“I know, then I’ll have to take the 3C junction to the seventh floor, but those things aren’t on this floor yet and they could be getting closer to doing so the more we argue about this and that junction you want to take only takes us up to the second floor. We would have to get to 2A junction from there if we want to reach the surface.”

“But shouldn’t that elevator have stops on all the floors? So its pointless to try and reach it.” Josh spoke up, not taking his eyes off the doorway.

“No its completely sealed off except for at the surface and seventh floors as per Commander Richards orders.” Chase answered.

“Why would he give that order? It doesn’t make any sense.”

“Chase, how did you get this information?” Leon asked, curious that his brother had been given this information and he hadn’t.

“A couple of bribes and a little bit of Ethans hacking skills, but thats not the point.” Chase said quickly growing more impatient by the second, “That elevator is a direct line to the surface with no stops at any other floors.”

There was a long silence that seemed to last forever before Leon finally said, “Okay we’ll go on ahead and secure the secondary elevator. You get Richards and get there as fast as you can.”

“Okay then lets get to it.” Chase said before taking off down the pathway and into the facility.

*****Meanwhile in Equestria*****

It was a chilly autumn evening in the nation of Equestria. The animals were all preparing for winter hibernation and a few birds flew overhead, flying south past the Badlands to Zebrica and to warmer weather overall. Twilight Sparkle and all her friends had a lovely day setting up the track for the annual Running of the Leaves competition. They were now relaxing and enjoying the few more minutes of the evening in the comfort of Twilights home before Princess Celestia fully lowered the sun and Princess Luna raised the moon. Spike had suggested a sleepover so that everypony could be together when they went to the starting line. Though Twilight knew that the real reason was he wanted to spend more time around Rarity.

The whole evening was planned to perfection from truth or dare to makeovers to a full scale pillow fight. Twilight had spent a lot of time carefully adding in a lot of flexibility in the time frames as well, even making multiple match ups for teams based on strengths and weaknesses of each of her friends.

‘Yes tonight is going to be perfect.’ She thought as she and her other friends sat in a semicircle around Rainbow Dash and listened to the beginning of one of her longer scary stories as the sun finally vanished completely below the horizon.

“The stories of the forest didn’t scare them though. They all laughed at the old pony, shrugging off what she said and trotted into the forest anyway.” Rainbow Dash started in as scary a voice she could make, “The group of six trotted happily down the trail each one eager to get to the camping spot by the lake before the sun went down, but as they continued onward one had a feeling like they were being watched. Her name wa-”

A series of loud crunches was heard from the kitchen making Rainbow Dash groan in annoyance. “Hey, Spike, could you keep it down I’m trying to tell one of my best scary stories in here.” She turned and yelled out.

“Sorry, just finishing my rubies.” The small baby dragon said as he walked out of the kitchen and into the main room where they all were located. He took a seat on Twilights left side, or, as he saw it, Rarity’s right seeing as they were sitting right next to each other.

Rainbow Dash looked around the group and noticed the rather large bump in Fluttershy’s sleeping bag instead of the timid mare herself. “Fluttershy it was only Spike eating some gemstones, come on we’re not even to the scary parts yet.”

“Rainbow is it really a good idea ta be tellin yer best scary story while Fluttershy is here?” Applejack asked.

“I-Its okay, I don’t want to be a burden.” Fluttershy said peeking out from under the inside of the sleeping bag.

“Nonsense darling, you're not a burden, not now not ever. I myself was just about to suggest we do something else as well. I feel I got enough of these stories when Applejack, Rainbow, and I went camping a couple of months ago.” Rarity added.

“I-if thats okay with you Rainbow...” Fluttershy added slightly coming out of the sleeping bag.

“Yeah its fine, besides I’m sure Twilight has a lot of things planned for tonight anyways, right?” She looked over at Twilight who responded with a nod of her head before speaking.

“Yep and I was thinking that we first start off with-” With impeccable timing as always Spike belched loudly leaving behind a cloud of smoke before it condensed into the form of a letter. “Okay I guess we start with seeing what the Princess wants.” she said as something on the scroll caught her eye, “Why is Princess Luna’s emblem on this?”

After removing the black ribbon and seal Spike began reading the letter,

“To my dear good friend Twilight Sparkle,

I write this as my sister raises the sun and searches for the item of which this letter is about. As of half an hour ago a strange occurrence has been happening in the castle. The usual flow of magic in the castle is being disrupted and sucked away as if a portal was opening, but that is not the worst part. With your studies of magic and you know what kind of power it takes to make a just a stationary portal this next part should make it clear why we are worried. The portal is moving erratically and refuses to stay in one spot. The kind of power that is required to do such a thing is unheard of and most definitely couldn’t be a pony. We require that you get your friends and bring the elements here to Canterlot. While we do not wish to, we will need them if whatever is making the portal is hostile. A chariot will be there within the next twenty minutes to pick you up.

Your friend,
Princess Luna.”

After a few seconds for the letter to sink in Twilight was first to speak, “Well looks like we’ll have to reschedule the sleepover girls the Princesses need us.”

****

The next fifteen minutes were spent separating from the library and making sure things were in order in case they were in Canterlot for more than a day or two. Soon they were all waiting for the chariot outside of the library, each with a saddle bag of things that would be needed on the trip, excluding Spike who was staying behind to feed Fluttershy’s animals and take care of the Library. To pass the time waiting, they began to talk about what they were to expect when they got to the Castle.

“Hey, Twi, jus how strong would somethin have to be to do whatever’s happenin at the castle?” Applejack quietly asked as the chariot came into view.

Twilight thought about it for a few seconds before answering, “It would have to be more powerful than Discord, Nightmare Moon, and King Sombra -” a small glimpse of fear flash through Applejack’s face, “-but nothing is as powerful as the combined force of the princesses and the Elements of Harmony.” she finished smiling making Applejack smile as well and they both turned to see the covered chariot land.

It was one of Princess Luna’s to be sure as it was more dark colored and gothic in appearance than Princess Celestia’s. It was pulled by two Lunar guards that wore dark purple armor matching that of the chariot’s decor. Their wings were like bats, their eyes were yellow with black slits for pupils, and their coats were a shade of grey that matched with the armor perfectly.

“Miss Twilight, please hurry aboard, the magical disturbance is increasing as we speak.” The stallion said detaching himself from the chariot’s harness and opening its door for them.

As they all filed into the large chariot, Rarity heard a loud chattering sound coming from the back of the group. She twisted her head to see Fluttershy hiding behind her with her teeth chattering loudly. With a slightly confused face Rarity followed her friends line of sight towards the guards, “Don’t worry Fluttershy, the guards aren’t going to hurt you, they're only here to get us to the castle.”

“W-w-why are their eyes like th-that?” the timid mare asked as she followed Rarity onto the chariot.

As they got settled into their seats Twilight answered Fluttershy’s question, “The reason all the guards in either the celestial division or the lunar division look the same is because their armor has enchantments to make them all look the same. Its really more of a uniform kinda deal than an actual practical one I think.”

“Oh...” she simply replied.

As the chariot rose away from Ponyville and towards Canterlot a sudden thought crossed one pegasi’s mind, “Oh buck.” Rainbow Dash said electing a gasp from Rarity.

“Rainbow Dash! Such language should not be said by a lady or in the presence of one.” She exclaimed.

“Sorry, but I just realised that since we’re going to Canterlot we won’t be able to participate in the Running of the Leaves, and I’ll have to wait till next year to beat Applejack.”

“Be that as it may you still shouldn’t say such things, I mean after all darling its only one race, you to compete more than any other two ponies I’ve ever seen.” Rarity finished looking back at the beautiful scenery as it passed by.

“I’ll be rememberin’ that come next cider season.” Applejack whispered to Pinkie. They both giggled before looking out the window at Canterlot as it got closer.

As they got closer each one began to look on in awe at the sight of the majestic, mountain city of Canterlot at night. Towers rose from multiple areas in the back portion of the city, the largest and biggest belonged to the the royal castle nearest the mountain side. Lights brighten areas all around the city showing many different breathtakingly, beautiful sights, thanks to the Deerlings discovery of how to make and uphold a green source of energy.

“Doesn’t the city look absolutely, totally, extremely, completely, amazing at night! Oh, oh I wonder if Vinyl Scratch and Octavia got their Club slash Orchestra Theater open yet.” Pinkie said looking away from the city in thought before shrugging and looking back at the city.

The rest of the trip was spent looking and pointing out particular spots in the city to see if the others could see them as well. Soon though, they landed, and were met immediately by Princess Luna.

They were all about to bow to her when she began talking, “Please skip the formal greetings and follow me we’re not sure how much time we have.” she turned and began walking back into the castle.

The elements exchanged some confused/concerned looks, but quickly followed after her. As they entered the castle none of them looked around at the expensive decor that decorated most, if not all, of the castle. They travelled down three hallways before Twilight broke the silence, “Princess, where are we going?”

“To the throne room, that's where Tia was able to trap the portal.” she said as they took another left.

“How did she trap it?” Twilight asked getting closer to Princess Luna to hear her better.

“When the portal appeared near her, she quickly brought forth two crystal columns infused with magic to keep it from teleporting further. It's currently fading in and out of existence in between the two columns, but refuses to stay gone.” she answered just as they arrived at the side door to the throne room. When they opened the sight of what was happening shocked all of the elements.

There, in the middle of the room, was the two thick columns of pink crystal. The portal itself was quite the site to see. It was a circular, swirling black mass that gave no idea as to what was on the other side, as the girls got closer they could catch small glimpses of something on the other side, but couldn’t make anything out. There was constant electrical strikes going to and from the portal’s edges and the two pink towers of crystal, filling the meter gap between them. The sound the electrical strikes made were loud but not at a deafening level.

“Great, you all made good time getting here.” a familiar voice said over the electrical sounds as they entered the room. They all turned to see the prince of the Crystal Empire, and former captain of the royal day guard, Shining Armor, standing there proudly wearing a white and blue version of his old captain armor with a large group of day guards behind him. Beside him was another stallion wearing the normal captain armor. Like the guards behind him the new captain showed no emotion on his face and kept his eyes directly on the portal.

Twilight looked like she was about to question Shining's being there, but Luna spoke first, “Prince Armor, what’s the situation?”

“The portal remains the same. Any magic I’ve used to try and put a shield around it has been sucked away.” he replied.

“Where is my sister?” she asked as the Elements of Harmony, minus Twilight, all had their eyes glued to the portal watching the swirling darkness and the lightning strikes.

“Princess Celestia went to put on her royal armor and said you should do the same.” as he said it Luna’s eyes widened in shock.

“You are sure that is what she said?” Shining gave a small nod, “Then I shall do so and be back as soon as I can.” as she finished her horn became encased in a silvery-blue aura. There was a small boom as the air rushed to occupy the space the princess had left when she teleported.

“Twilie.” Shining Armor said as he walked over to where her and the others had stopped to look at the portal.

Twilight met Shining half way and embracing him in a small hug, “Shining, its good to see you again, but what are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be with Cadence in the Crystal Empire?”

He nodded, “I’m just here to swear in the new Captain of the Royal Guard. Apparently even if you become a prince you still have to follow tradition and the new captain has to be sworn in by the old one.”

Twilight chuckled, “Tradition is tradition for a reason Shining. Is that the new captain over there?”

“Yeah, I’m letting him command the troops till I’m forced to step in, but with the princesses here and you and your friends I’m sure everything will be fine.”

“Yeah, your right. What could possibly be stronger than the princesses and the Elements of Harmony?” Twilight asked chuckling at the thought.

“Hey don’t forget about the Royal Guard. They are the ones protecting you after all, so give them some credit.” Shining said chuckling with his sister.

****

The five of them stared in awe at the portal in front of them. Pinkie was first to speak, “What do you think is on the other side of it?” she gasped loudly as a thought flashed through her mind, “What if its aliens? Aliens that are opening portals to other worlds so they can take them over! Or maybe it’s-”

“Pinkie, you’ve been reading those comic books I showed you again, haven’t you?” Rainbow Dash asked not taking her eyes off the portal.

“Yes, but that's not the point! What if a big scary alien robot thing walks out and starts shooting laser beams out of its eyes! Then what if it has a whole army of big, scary, alien, laser-beam-eyed, robot things that are trying to take over the world-no, the universe!” as she continued her warnings on big, scary, alien, laser-beam-eyed, robot things nopony could hear the small metallic clang of metal boots on the other side of the portal.

Author's Note

This is my first attempt at a story on this site so please tell me of any areas that seemed confusing in anyway so that I may learn from them and make spots like those less frequent.