C.O.L.T.S II

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Astro looked out on the horizon as his sister-in-law went to raise the moon. He was having mixed feelings as of late: If Sombra really was here then not only Equestria but entire world was doomed. He remembered Sombra's armies numbering in the millions, Equestria barely managed to defeat Sombra last time and it came with the price of four dead alicorns. He walked into his private chambers where his old COLT armor was hanging on the wall. It was heavily dented and destroyed but it gave off the atmosphere of combat. Astro used his magic to levitate the legendary armor to himself. The armor weighed several hundred pounds but he was able to carry it. He put it in a bag and placed a cloak over himself so nopony would see him. He brought the armor down to the Canterlot Forge, the place where the COLT armor was originally created. The Forge was secret and only top military and royal officials knew of its existence. Astro entered as a blacksmith went up to greet him.

"Who are you? How did you find this place?" The blacksmith angrily asked as Astro pulled down his hood.

"Your majesty!" The blacksmith said bowing. "Forgive me, I mistook you for a civilian."

"Rise Inferno, I have a task for you." Astro said.

"What kind of task?" The blacksmith known as Inferno asked. Astro threw the battered COLT armor onto the table. Inferno's mouth dropped.

"Reforge the armor, same design but with the modern attachments." Astro explained.

"Never though I'd see one of these babies again." Inferno said. He had forged all the COLT-I's armor but eventually had to make smaller, lighter, and less dense armor for the weaker COLT-II's.

"Can you do it?" Astro asked.

"You bet I can, stand back prince!" Inferno said as pulled his goggles down and heated his hammer in the forge. He went to a special vault where he kept the worlds densest gem, the grey ruby. Gray rubies were so hard and dense that not even a dragons tooth could bite down on it. He placed hundreds of the gems into the vat along with dragon scales.

"My original furnace requires the suns heat to produce the temperature necessary to maleate the rubies." Inferno said.

"What are you going to do then?" Astro asked.

"Do you think you could channel some on the suns heat into the fire?" Inferno asked.

"I could but Luna has already raised the moon. I would have to raise the sun right now and that would cause all sorts of chaos." Astro said.

"It is the only way I can produce a fire hot enough to melt the rubies." Inferno said. Astro sighed as he flew out the hole that was in the roof and began to concentrate. His horn lit up as sunlight peeked over the horizon. He quickly raised the star until it was directly over the forge. He then used his magic to divert a portion of the suns intense heat into the fire. A bright orange beam fired from the sun into the fire and rubies quickly began to melt and mix with the melting dragon scales. Astro then quickly lowered the sun and re raised the moon. He could already hear the shouts of concern in Canterlot.

"Yes here we go." Inferno said as he banged his hammer down on the armor. Astro watched with full attention as Inferno struck the armor with his hammer.

BANG!

Armor made from the indestructible.

BANG!

Armor forged with the fires of the sun.

BANG!

Armor worn by the elite warrior.

BANG BANG BANG!

"It is finished my lord." Inferno said as he lay the famous armor on the table.

"May I try it on?" Astro asked.

"Of course your majesty. be careful it is still hot though." Inferno said as Astro used his magic to put the armor on. He winced as the hot material came in contact with his skin. His whole body except his wings and head were covered. Inferno had made special armor for his wings which allowed Astro to still fly unaffected while keeping his wings fully covered. Next came the helmet, Astro slowly slipped the helmet onto his body until he heard the satisfying *click* which indicated it had attached to the neck armor. Inferno was impressed with his work, the armor was truly fit for a king.

"Magnificent! Excellent work Inferno!" Astro said as moved around in the armor and dropped a large bag of bits next to inferno. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go explain to my wife why the sun was up during the middle of the night."

"Of course your majesty." Inferno said as Astro used his magic to to slip the armor off into a bag and flew back to his room. He stealthily tried to sneak in thinking Celestia was still sleeping.

"Have a nice trip?" A voice said as Astro stopped dead in his traps.

"Uh yes I did." Astro said as Celestia walked out from the darkness.

"If it was so nice, why did the sun suddenly raise up for five minutes then go back down?" Celestia asked tapping her hoof.

"I uh-" Astro stuttered.

"And what is in the bag?" Celestia asked.

"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Astro said backing off.

"Astro." Celestia said as she began to walk towards him.

"NO!" Astro screamed as Celestia pounced on him and tackled him. She sat on top of him as she leaned in close and asked.

"What is in the bag?" Celestia asked as she levitated the bag and opened it. She struggled as she found it to be very heavy and she could not lift it with her magic.

"Did I ever say how cute you look when your mad?" Astro said trying to take her focus off. Celestia giggled but still glared at him.

"Your not out of the woods till you tell me what is in there." Celestia said.

"Just some boulders." Astro lied.

"Boulders? Why would you have boulders?" Celestia asked.

"I was bringing them to a rock farm where they could be broken down." Astro said.

"Well that was awfully kind of you, im sure the family will appreciate." Celestia said nuzzling Astro. "You are so thoughtful."

"Yeah, thoughtful." Astro said feeling incredibly guilty.

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Deadeye burst into the cafe where Blitz and Shadow were eating at, he was quite pissed off.

"Is there something wrong?" Pinkie asked noticing Deadeye's angry mood.

"Don't give me that BS!" Deadeye said.

"Hey don't talk to her like that." Blitz said getting up.

"Why? You think she's a cute little mare? What did they tell you about the COLTS Massacre?" Deadeye asked.

"Fluttershy said such a thing didn't exist." Shadow said.

"Really, is that what she said? Take a look here!" Deadeye said throwing the book to Blitz and Shadow who began to read. Soarin saw this and went to close the book but was stopped by Deadeye. Soarin could not break out of the stallions iron grip.

"S-stop!" Soarin shouted.

"If history is correct, the only thing stopping me from strangling you is that you helped us escape." Deadeye said.

"Put him down!" Rainbow growled, her arrogance ruling over her common sense as always.

"Or what?" Deadeye asked. Rainbow hesitated, what could she do? Deadeye would drop her in a single hit faster than she could move. She was getting mad, how could Twilight put up with his guy? He was such a jerk!

"Pinkie?" Blitz looked to her, the pink mare was unable to tell if he was crying tears of sadness or anger. "Why did you lie to me?"

"I didn't want to make you all sad and hurt your feelings! I thought that if you knew you would be really really sad!" Pinkie confessed.

"Well you hurt my feelings all right!" Blitz shouted as Pinkie shrunk away. Blitz was so confused, how could something this big be kept a secret to him and the others? Why would Pinkie lie to him if he mattered so much to her? It just didn't make sense. Shadow said nothing to Fluttershy as he just glared a powerful hurt expression at her that made the yellow pegasus' heart rip in two.

"Shadow?" Fluttershy asked holding her hoof out to him. Shadow just shook his head as he backed away.

"According to this book, we sacrificed EVERYTHING for all of you! You turned on us and then after we spent eight bucking years under that forsaken mountain, you don't even have the decency to tell us the truth!" Deadeye said slamming his hoof into the ground causing large cracks. Everypony in the room was hit by a singe of guilt.

"What is going on here!?" The whole room turned to Skullcrusher who had just walked in. Skullcrusher looked and saw the book about the COLTS Massacre and the angry look on the soldiers faces.

"Oh buck!" He said as he put two and two together.

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Big Mac awoke to find his injuries had mostly healed but his armor had been absolutely demolished. Still he decided to keep it on just to play it safe. He went and got a drink of water to satisfy his thirst. He had no more weapons except his trusty dagger. After walking for what seemed like hours through dense foliage, he came across a large clearing. He thought he was hallucination when he saw buildings in the distance. He recognized the skyline as the city of Dodge Junction. Finally he was coming to civilization! He began sprinting full speed, he would see his family again! Meanwhile in the city, a new air cruiser was flying overhead.

"Sure is a nice day for flying huh?" The captain said taking a sip of coffee.

"You said it boss." The first mate replied. The air cruiser was basically a giant boat with a large hot air balloon carrying it. It was carrying a crew of two hundred earth ponies. Dodge Junction was an earth pony town as no pegasi or unicorns lived there since only earth ponies had the build to survive in such heat. As the cruiser flew through the sky, one of the lines securing the balloons to the ship had not been secured correctly. The line snapped and whipped through the air causing it to slice through two of the three balloons holding it aloft. Almost immediately the ship began descending rapidly.

"Uh captain?" A crew member said. "We are losing altitude fast!"

"What?" The captain said as he looked up and saw the ship starting to lower faster and faster. They were hundreds of feet in the air and at the rate they were falling they would all die! The captain looked to find the source of the problem when he saw the hole in the balloon which was keeping the ship aloft. The fire from which the hot air was generated had set fire to the torn balloon causing a fire to break out.

"Sir what do we do!?"

"The balloons ruptured! The ships going down!" The captain cried as the crew and the passengers began to panic.

"Were gonna die!"

"Help us!

"NOOOOO!" Big Mac's hearing picked up the sounds of distress and cries for help. He looked to see the large ship plummeting towards the ground below. He was just outside the city and began hauling flank to get there. On the ground ponies were running and panicking everywhere. The air force had been called to get the ponies off the ship but it would be fifteen minutes before they got there and the ship would hit the ground in two. Foals began crying as their parents began comforting them.

"Mommy! I don't wanna die!" A young filly cried into her mothers hooves.

"This is it! Brace yourselves!" The captain said as he closed his eyes. Everypony was so shocked they did not see the red blur running past them.

BANG BANG!

"What was that?" A mother said as she cradled her two fillies. On the roof of the cruiser was Big Mac who had jumped from a nearby tree onto the ship. He stepped through the flames as he held on for dear life. He had to get rid of those fires but how? An idea formed in his head as he walked over to the still operating flame generator. From what he learned in school it was that fire needed oxygen to exist. If one took away all the oxygen, the fire would disappear. He approached the flame and opened his mouth and took a deep breath. Due to his augmentations, Big Mac's lungs were four times as powerful as a normal pony. Big Mac continued inhaling as he saw the fire starting to shrink, his inhalation taking in all the oxygen from the air around them. Once the fire was out save a few small flames here and there. Big Mac let out an exhale, he looked over and saw how close they were getting to the ground. He walked over to the bridge and brought his head down to the window.

"Tell everypony to hang on!" The COLT called. The captain nodded his head as he relayed the order. Big Mac went to go back up when a sudden jolt in the aircraft caused him to lose his footing and he fell nearly two thousand feet to the ground. Fortunately for him his glider was still intact and it slowed his descent but not by much. He hit the ground with a hard thud. He looked up to see the airship continuing to crash. Seeing this, he ran as fast as he could to the airship. Soon he was directly next to it and it was only a few hundred feet in the air. Big Mac launched himself towards the falling ship as it smacked into him. Ponies inside felt the sudden hit and looked outside. They saw a red stallion in partially destroyed armor in the front of the cruiser. Big Mac pushed as hard as he could using his strength and his glider, he had slowed the crashing ship down but it would still be a hard impact. Time slowed down as the cruiser began sliding into the ground.

"AHHHHHHH!" He screamed as he planted his legs into the ground. He felt his knees starting to buckle under the several tons worth of weight flying into him. He glanced behind and saw that the town was directly behind him! If he didn't stop this thing now....

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" He yelled so loud that it could be heard across Equestria. Big Mac began sweating as his muscles contracted to their limit as he attempted to slow the damn thing down. He could feel tendons and muscle fibers beginning to rip under the extreme stress. He felt the ship starting to slow down and then before he knew it, it was all over. He let out a sigh of relief when he saw he was only twenty feet away from the town.

"Woah is that him?"

"I don't believe it!"

"He's back!" Big Mac heard as the population of Dodge Junction began screaming and cheering. He jumped onto the cruiser and punched a hole in the wall.

"Is everypony alright?" He asked as the ponies inside stared with awe at the COLT.

"Yes we are thanks to you sir." The Captain said as he began clapping.

"Mommy look its Big Mac." A colt said to its mother. Macintosh smiled as he began helping ponies out of the wreckage, when he finally stepped out there were now thousands of ponies cheering with multiple news stations on the scene. All across the country, events were interrupted as news of Big Mac's return spread like wildire. In Manehattan, Trottingham, Fillydelphia, Scoltsland, Batlimare and other cities, Big Mac's picture was flashing across screens. All the ponies applauded as the last missing soldier was finally accounted for. Big Mac had never been one for being in the spotlight but he had to admit he enjoyed the warm welcome home.

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"Come on big guy, lets just calm down here." Skullcrusher said. He was not having a good day and he did want to have to deal with an enraged super enhanced pony.

"No!" Blitz yelled angrily.

"How could this possibly get any worse?" Skullcrusher asked himself as Autumn walked in Rarity.

"Buck me!" Skullcrusher said as Autumn went up to Deadeye.

"We heard a ruckus goin on in here, mind tellin me whats happenin?" Autumn asked.

"Take a look." Deadeye said as he showed Autumn the events of the COLT Massacre. Autumn read slowly and carefully, he was so mad you could have baked cookies on his forehead with the anger he was building up.

"You little swine!" Autumn yelled at Rarity. "You told me this was nothing!"

"STOP!" Twilight shouted as she ran in with Applejack. "Deadeye please listen!"

"I WON'T LISTEN TO ANYMORE OF YOUR LIES!" Deadeye yelled angrily.

"I know how to fix your memories!" Twilight shouted.

"Yeah I'm sure!" Autumn said sarcastically. Even when he was suffering from amnesia he still retained his sarcastic and jerky attitude.

"I think we are gonna need help holding them down." Skullcrusher whispered to Soarin.

"I know just who to call." Soarin said.