C.O.L.T.S II

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"Come on Little Mac, you can do it!" Applejack said to her son. Little Macintosh was bucking his first apple tree today.

"Okay I'll try!" Little Mac said as he wound up and bucked the tree. Little Mac grunted as his back hooves hit the tree trunk. The tree completely broke in half. Applejack's jaw hit the floor.

"Holy horseapples!" AJ said in shock. How could her son have that much power?

"Did ah do that ma?" Little Mac asked. Applejack did not know how her six year old son was able to completely smash that tree in half! Thats when it hit her. Skullcrusher became a COLT-II before the two had Little Mac. Little Mac must have inherited some of his fathers augmentations.

"Well at least ah don't gotta worry bout him bein bullied." Applejack thought to herself. She turned and saw her husband running over.

"PA!" Little Mac said as he ran up this father and hugged him.

"Hey kiddo." Skullcrusher said as he rubbed his hoof through his sons mane.

"I bucked mah first apple tree today and ah broke it in half!" Little Mac said.

"Did you now? Well thats impressive." Skullcrusher said thinking his son was joking. "Hi sweetheart." He said kissing Applejack.

"Um hon, he wasnt joking." Applejack said pointing to the broken apple tree.

"Holy crap." Skullcrusher said shocked.

"Hon can ah talk to you bout this in private?" Applejack asked.

"Of course. Little Mac! Stay with your aunt okay!" Skullcrusher yelled.

"Yes pa!" Little Mac said running to where Applebloom was bucking apple trees. Skullcrusher went into the house with Applejack and the two kissed each other for a long time.

"Ah missed you." AJ said hugging her husband.

"I missed you too baby." He said.

"Listen, ah think Little Mac inherited some of yer augmentations." AJ said.

"It was probably an old dead tree, besides strength does run in your family." Skullcrusher said.

"That apple tree was young and healthy! Not even a full grown stallion could have broke that!" AJ said.

"Well-" Skullcrusher said.

"An he never ever cries when he gets hurt. Ah've never seen him bleed before!" AJ said.

"He's a tough kid!" Skullcrusher said trying to find excuses.

"SKULLCRUSHER!" Applejack yelled. "What more proof do you want? Our son is a super pony!"

"Well it's not like thats bad." Skullcrusher said.

"Ah know it isn't, trust me ah'm glad that he can't get hurt easily but he might be ostracized when he starts school." Applejack said.

"Honey please, who is gonna mess with a kid who is that powerful?" Skullcrusher asked.

"Ah don't know but would if he accidently hurts somepony?" Applejack asked. "Would if some other foal gets him mad and he hurts him real bad?"

"That won't happen!" Skullcrusher said.

"Are you even listenin to me?" Applejack asked angrily. "Applebloom n her friends were picked on because they didn't have their cutie marks when she was younger! You know how foals are, you know somepony is going to be mean to him!"

"Then he can just buck them into next week!" Skullcrusher said.

"How stupid are you? Thats exactly what ah'm worried about!" Applejack screamed. Now Skullcrusher was getting mad, he was still tired and nervous from his previous battle and he was in no mood to yelled at.

"Why are you making ME the bad guy?" Skullcrusher yelled back.

"Cause you think violence is that answer to everything! Heres a newsflash Skullcrusher! ITS NOT!" Applejack growled.

"Well sorry I'm a little paranoid and from spending eleven years in war and combat!" Skullcrusher yelled even louder than he did when he trained Macintosh.

"THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU! ITS ABOUT OUR SON!" Applejack yelled so angrily tears were coming from her eyes.

"DAMMIT I KNOW!" Skullcrusher yelled as he threw the dinner table clean across the room in a fit of rage. Applejack was getting nervous, she did not want to be in a rampaging super enhanced soldiers path.

"AH-" Applejack started to say before Skullcrusher interrupted.

"I GOT MY EYE CLAWED OUT! MY BACK KNEE WAS IMPALED BY A SPEAR! I WAS BEATEN SENSELESS BY GORE AND HIS THUGS COUNTLESS TIMES! I BUCKING GOT RIPPED IN HALF AND ALMOST DIED! ALL IN A SPAN OF SIXTEEN MONTHS!" Skullcrusher screamed as he smashed the floor in front of him shattering it. "WHAT THE BUCK DID YOU LOSE?"

"I LOST MAH BROTHER YOU HEARTLESS PLOTHEAD! A HATE YOU!" Applejack said as she ran out of the house crying. Skullcrusher realized what he had said but it was too late, the damage had been done.

"APPLEJACK! WAIT! I DIDN'T MEAN-!" He called out but she was long gone. "Ah buck!"

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Twilight dozed off once again and found herself drooling on her book. She quickly wiped away the saliva embarrassed. She had been been up all night researching spells to help Deadeye and the others get there memory back. She was tired and would love nothing more than to got to sleep right now. She almost did when she looked at Deadeye quietly sleeping on the floor. She looked at the super soldier and remembered how much he had gone through. She couldn't, no, she wouldn't rest until Deadeye and the others remembered who they were.

"I can't give up *Yawn* now I-i-i..." Twilight said as she faceplanted into the open book and fell asleep. The sudden noise awoke Deadeye. Although he couldn't remember anything about himself, his natural relfexes and killer instincts remained at 100%.

"What was that?" He asked himself as he scanned the room. He saw Twilight passed out on the table, her face in an open book. Deadeye figured she must have been up all night reading.

"I suppose I shouldn't leave her like this." Deadeye said to himself as he stood on his back hooves and gently picked up the sleeping mare. The moment she was cradled in Deadeye's arms she cuddled into a ball and smiled. Deadeye blushed a little as the mare pushed her head into his chest. He carefully brought her upstairs and laid her on her bed. He pulled the covers over her and shut her blinds. He looked at her one last time before he went back downstairs.

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"WHO HURT MY SISTER AND SPIKEY WIKEY!?" Rarity yelled in anger as she was informed of the battle that just took place. Rarity screamed right into poor Pip's ear. He just couldn't catch a break.

"Calm down mate." Pip said.

"Calm down? CALM DOWN! Why, some hideous, grotesque demon DARE hurt my sweet innocent sister and my little Spikey-Wikey! You expect me to calm down?" Rarity asked.

"Is this guy bothering you?" Autumn said coming down the stairs when he heard the loud outburst. Pip's heart stopped when he saw Autumn. If Rarity said yes then the COLT-I would tear Pip a new one.

"No darling, it's just something attacked my dear sister and Spikey-Wikey!" Rarity cried. Autumn had always been a mares stallion, just cause he had no memories didn't mean that had changed.

"Well I'll go kick its ass!" Autumn said proudly. Rarity would have swooned at Autumns chivalry but this situation was serious.

"Thank you dear but I must go see my sister." Rarity said as she went to fetch a hat to wear. When she left, Autumn gave Pip a death glare.

"If I find out you were giving her a hard time I swear I will do unforgivable things to you!" Autumn said. The least he could do for the mare who had taken him in was give her protection.

"I swear I haven't done anything mate." Pip said innocently.

"Fine I trust you...for now." Autumn said as Rarity came downstairs and the three headed for the hospital.

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Rumble did not stop running till he arrived at COLTS-02. He almost knocked down a group of recruits who got in his way while they were doing a practice run.

"WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING!" Rumble screamed.

"Sorry sir!" The recruits replied.

"TRAINER!" Rumble yelled.

"Yes?" A nearby trainer replied.

"These recruits don't know to make way for a senior officer, how about you teach them how?" Rumble said with a cruel smile on his face.

"Yes sir!" The trainer said with a devious smile crawling up his face. The recruits looked at Rumble with a pained expression on their faces. Rumble laughed as the trainers unleashed their wrath on the recruits. He remembered why he came in the first place and ran to General Blue Rivers office

"Sir I have urgent news sir!" Rumble said bursting in.

"Would it hurt to knock?" Blue River asked. "Take a seat."

"Yes sir!" Rumble said as he sat down on the chair which almost collapsed under his weight.

"What is it that is so important you abandoned your post at Ponyville?" Blue River asked.

"We were attacked sir." Rumble said.

"By what? Grifs? Dragons?" Blue River asked.

"I don't know what they hay this thing was. It was taller than me, it had a reptilian body, it had long claws and it had all the same augmentations as the COLTS do." Rumble explained.

"Great! Got any more good news for me?" Blue River said upset at the news.

"Yes sir, I picked up its dagger and when I did I saw a vision." Rumble said.

"Dont pull this section eight bullshit on me corporal!" Blue River said.

"I'm not crazy sir, I saw a large gray unicorn with a black mane. He claimed that his dark magic flowed through my veins and that he would destroy and enslave Equestria!" Rumble said.

"Normally I would think you're nuts but the grifs are also having this problem." Blue River said.

"What do you mean?" Rumble asked.

"Two days ago, A Steel Talon team was attacked by the creature you jut described. King Lionheart has requested that the COLT-II's and the STs work together to find a solution.

"Sir I will take the entire griffon army by myself but I refuse to work alongside those beak headed scum!" Rumble yelled.

"Tough because those are your orders. I'm not happy about this either but it is the only way we can solve this. You are dismissed." Blue River said.

"Yes sir." Rumble said as he angrily walked away.

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Big Mac awoke from a light nap and saw it was still day out. He went to a nearby stream and got a quick drink of water before chewing on some grass for breakfast. There were numerous apple trees but he didn't trust anything that grew in the Everfree Forest. He began to wonder how long he had been gone for. What if he had been gone for a thousand years and everypony he knew was dead? He began to get scared but then figured he might have only been gone for a year. He had no clue of knowing and he just hoped he wasn't gone for too long. He quickly took inventory of what he had: His crossbow was out of arrows, his sword was gone, his helmet was destroyed, his armor had numerous cracks and dents in it, he was missing an ear, the only weapon he had was his trusty dagger. He heard a noise and he quickly jumped to cover. He hid under a small cave next to the stream he just drank from. He looked over and his heart stopped at what he saw.

Several of the creatures he faced earlier were fully armed looking for him.

"You have got to be bucking kiddin me!" He said to himself quietly. He dare not make a move as the Mordras hunted him down. He was in no condition to fight them. Even if he was fully armored and armed he could not take on several at once, still he held on to his dagger just in case.

"Split up, Lord Sombra want's a new head for his collection." The largest Mordra said. It appeared only the leaders were capable of speech as the others just shrieked in response. The creatures broke up into its own group. Six of the creatures headed away from Big Mac's location but one was headed right towards him!

"Buck, buck, buck!" He thought to himself as panic mode set in. He quickly fell back into the cover of the cave and held his dagger at the ready. He could hear the creatures breathing overhead as it hunted for him. What scared him the most was that it appeared to be sniffing like it could smell him, crap what if it knew where he was? Big Mac's thoughts were interrupted when the Mordra jumped down and its back was facing Macintosh. The stallion wasted no time as he put one hoof around the Mordra's mouth and used his other hoof to mercilessly stab the beast in the neck. It was hard as the creature fought back and it's armor was extremely thick. Macintosh felt a stabbing pain on his hoof and saw the creature was biting him! Macintosh dared not to make any noise in fear he would alert the other Mordras of his position so he just gritted his Mac eventually killed it at the expense of almost getting his hoof chewed off. The damn thing went right through his armor and tore of chunk of meat! What the hell were these things that they had so much power? Big Mac figured since he was in hibernation for so long his augmentations were not at full strength, that would explain why his wounds were taking so long to heal. He buried the body quietly and then jumped into the stream and let the powerful current carry him away from the area.

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Princess Luna was having a nightmare, again. This one was different though, her nightmares usually consisted of Nightmare Moon and her banishment to the moon but his one was much more terrifying.

"Have you told him yet?" An evil voice said.

"Who goes there?" Luna asked.

"You know who I am." The voice said again as a figure came into view. Luna's heart stopped when she saw who it was.

"King S-sombra?" She said fearfully. "HOW DARE YOU ENTER MY DREAM!" She said as he fired a bolt of magic at the king but he dodged it with ease.

"Come on now, is that anyway for my queen to act?" Sombra said laughing.

"I was never your queen!" Luna retaliated.

"Hahahaha! But you were, and you gave me up and fell for that plain earth pony!" Sombra yelled.

"Big Macintosh is anything but plain Sombra! He actually cared for me! Something you never did!" Luna yelled.

"I wonder how much he will care when he learns the truth about us, Nightmare Moon!" Sombra said as Luna was gripped with powerful dark magic, she felt herself transforming into her greatest fear.

"NOOOOO!" She screamed as she woke up sweating.

"Your highness! Are you okay?" Two COLT-II's said as they barged in with several Lunar Guards.

"I am fine sirs." Luna said. "Just a bad dream, you may return to your posts."

"Of course your highness." One of the COLTS said. The Lunar Guards scowled. Although they were grateful for the COLTS abilities and skill in combat, many royal guards have come to resent the COLTS because the royal court had practically replaced the royal guards with the COLTS for protecting the princess. The royal guards had felt the COLTS had taken their job. Luna went back to bed but was too scared to go back to sleep.

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Pinkie, Fluttershy, Shadow, and Blitz had gone to a cafe for dinner. The two mares figured that they could bond with the stallions better over dinner. The moment they walked in everypony in the room began praising the COLTS.

"Hey its the COLTS!" Everypony began applauding and whistling. Blitz and Shadow had no idea why everypony was clapping but they didn't like being the center of attention.

"Excuse me everypony make some room for them." Soarin said as he flew over with Rainbow Dash.

"Thanks man." Blitz whispered to Soarin. Across the cafe, four ponies in dark clothing grew more angry by the minute.

"Look at those freaks! Just suckin it all up!" A former lunar guard named Dusk Star said as he drank his eight glass of cider.

"They think they're some big shots!" A former solar guard named Nebulae said. The other two ponies were also former royal guards but had been fired due to their inability to protect the princesses from the griffons eight years ago. The other two ponies, Mountain Mist and Smokey just sat there quietly.

"I'll teach those buckers to steal our jobs!" Dusk Star said as he got up to go insult the COLTS. Nebulae went to stop him be was too late.

"Hiya Dashie!" Pinkie said greeting her friend.

"Hello Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy said.

"Hi Pinkie, Hi Flutters." Rainbow said as she said hello to her friends.

"Well well well look who it is! The mighty freaks!" Dusk Star said as the room went quiet.

"Hey who do you think you are?" Rainbow Dash asked angry that the pony insulted Blitz, Soarin, and Shadow.

"I am Captain Dusk Star, captain of the Lunar Guard till these superpowered freaks cost me my job!" Dusk Star yelled. Everypony was agitated at Dusk's rudeness but was impressed that he was trash talking three COLT commandos.

"Hey just cause you couldn't keep the princesses safe!" Rainbow began to say.

"I didn't ask for your opinion dyke!" Dusk said.

"That will be quite enough!" Soarin yelled as he landed in front of Dusk. "Leave now!"

"Oh you think your scary? You think your tough like these two freaks right here? I was the real stallion! I didn't have any super powers or indestructible armor to protect me! Me and my stallions fought with real courage while you freaks hid behind your super enhanced armor and bodies!" Dusk said.

"So did I, I wasn't a COLT during the war, this is only recent." Soarin said. "And how dare you talk to my fiancee like that?"

"Why would she even waste her time with you? Why would those two chicks waste their time with them?" He said referring to Blitz and Shadow. "They probably don't even have balls!" The hurt was visible on Shadow and Blitz's face. This guy was lucky, if it was Autumn, Deadeye, or Rumble he was trash talking then he would have gotten ripped limb from limb.

"Why you!" Pinkie Pie jumped in. "Your the meanest meanypants I've ever met!"

"You say your sorry!" Fluttershy ordered.

"BUCK YOU!" Dusk yelled at the two mares causing them to fall back.

"HEY!" Blitz said running in with fire in his eyes.

"Nopony hurts her!" Shadow growled. Dusk looked up and saw he had three pissed off COLT commandos ready to tear him limb from limb. The ponies in the cafe were also against him.

"YOU SHUT UP!"

"THEY SAVED EQUESTRIA!"

"THEY'RE HEROES!"

"Fine buck you all!" Dusk said as he left with his gang.

"What's that guy's problem? I outta kick his plot right out the window!" Rainbow growled.

"Why was he so mean?" Blitz asked. "We didn't do anything?"

"I don't know Blitz, lets just sit down and enjoy our food." Soarin said as the six ponies ordered their meal. They were all in a foul mood after what just transpired.