C.O.L.T.S II

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General Blue River was going over paperwork in his office at COLTS-02. He had been assigned as the head of the COLT-II program. Since the war ended the need for super soldiers disappeared, the COLT-II's acted more as a peacekeeping police force instead of active duty soldiers. He had portrait of Colonel Striper in his office. Striper was the genius behind the COLTS and their armor. He remembered that despite what Striper had had done for Equestria, he was prosecuted in death. Blue River acted as the defendant in Striper's place since Striper was killed.

Canterlot Court Room, Seven Years ago.

In the Canterlot Courtroom, hundreds of ponies gathered for the prosecution of the deceased Colonel Striper. General Blue River volunteered to act in Striper's place as defendant.

"General Blue River, do you know why you are here?" A lawyer asked.

"To act as the defendant of the deceased Colonel Striper sir." Blue River said.

"Very well. The reason we are prosecuting the Colonel was because of what he did at the COLTS program. We have confirmed reports that the ponies were beaten, starved, and degraded." The lawyer stated.

"How else do you prepare a soldier for war? Giving him a daisy and telling him he's gonna get all the mares when he gets back?" Blue River said in a sarcastic tone.

"Watch your tone General!" The supreme judge warned.

"I have not yet reached my final point!" The lawyer said. "The recruits of the COLTS program underwent highly dangerous biological alterations to their bodies. This process resulted in the death of ninety three ponies! Not only that the ones who survived were mentally ill!"

"I wont deny that some ponies died in the alteration process but what you said about the COLTS mental illness is NOT true!" Blue River said. "We were at war! And it is funny, when the grifs had us outnumbered at every turn, nopony was too concerned about what happened during COLT training.

"The COLTS were known to have shown psychopathic behavior which endangered the lives of millions of innocent lives!" The lawyer said.

"The COLTS saved Equestria!" Blue River countered. "And the reason the COLTS on COLTS Omega went rampant was because YOU all ordered the execution of the COLTS!" Blue River accused shutting the whole room up. "If anything the families of the COLTS should pressing charges against all of you!"

"That is enough General, has the jury reached a verdict?" The judge asked. The ponies on the jury chattered for a few minutes before a pony stood up.

"We declare the defendant Colonel Striper NOT guilty!" The jury stated. Blue River was content that Striper would rest in peace as a hero but he could not believe there were ponies who accuse the COLTS program as being bad.

Present Day

Blue River inhaled deeply as he leaned back against his chair. He was about to get a lunch break when a COLT-II burst into his office.

"SIR COMMANDER SOARIN REPORTING SIR!" The commando said saluting.

"What is it commander?" Blue River asked.

"We found them." Soarin said. Blue River's jaw dropped as he realized the importance of what Soarin said.

"GET YOUR SQUAD TOGETHER! I WANT EVERYPONY AVAILABLE TO HELP GET THEM OUT!" Blue River ordered.

"Should we release this to the public?" Soarin asked

"No, we are not sure if the COLTS are still alive, I don't want to get anyponys hopes us." Blue River said.

"Understood sir." Soarin said as he flew away to gather his team. He made his first stop at Sweet Apple Acres to get his old friend and comrade Skullcrusher.

"SKULLCRUSHER!" Soarin yelled. Skullcrusher was inside wrestling with his son.

"Now remember, the trick is always to find your opponents weakness." Skullcrusher said as he lightly grabbed his son's hoof. "And take advantage of it." He said as he put his son in a light arm bar.

"SKULLCRUSHER!" He heard a familiar voice yell.

"Son I gotta go." Skullcrusher said.

"Aw cant you play a little longer?" Little Mac asked.

"Sorry son we'll continue when I get back." Skullcrusher said as he put on his armor and ran outside. Applejack then walked into the room.

"Honey where did yer father run off to?" Applejack asked. Little Mac shrugged his shoulders.

"Uh ah swear yer father drives me nuts sometimes!" Applejack said. Skullcrusher ran to where he heard Soarin.

"Soarin whats goin on?" Skullcrusher asked. Being around the Apples for so long caused him to get a bit of an accent but it was nothing to noticeable. Soarin explained the whole situation.

"Y-you mean they found them?" Skullcrusher asked. Soarin nodded his head. Skullcrusher could not believe this! Big Mac was alive. Skullcrusher and Soarin ran to round up Spike and Pipsqueak and headed for Mt. Hooverst. As the soldiers ran back they ran into another two other COLT-II's who was on their way to the moutain.

"Well if it isn't Featherweight and Rumble!" Pip said. The two stallions used to be pegasi but chose to be changed into earth ponies so they could become COLTS. They could have kept their wings like Soarin did but they would not have been as strong and their chances of death wold have greatly increased. Soarin had actually flatlined while being augmented and if it weren't for nearby medical staff who restarted his heart he would have died. Soarin also was not as strong or fast as the other COLT-II's since they were all earth ponies.

"I take it you two heard the news?" Skullcrusher asked.

"You bet I did." Rumble said. He had decided to become a COLT when his brother Thunderlane was killed by Gore eight years ago.

"Well pick it up then! We gotta get those COLTS before something else does!" Spike said as the six soldiers made their way to Mt. Hooverest.

XXXX

In the deep caverns of the destroyed Mt. Hooverest. A group of thirty darklings led by the spirit chaos searched for the COLTS.

"Listen here, we must find these COLTS before anything else does." Discord ordered. The darklings nodded as the flew off into the deep darkness of the caves. They could see the dead skeletons of hundreds of griffons who were killed by the COLTS or who died when the mountain collapsed. The dead body of Claws Von Griffon and General Gore had been eaten away by various rodents. A few hundred yards away, a team of diggers had discovered the frozen body of Autumn Leaf.

"Woah." The diggers said as they examined the COLT's armor.

"What are you boys waitin for? Dig him out!" The boss yelled. Dozens of unicorns began using their magic to lift away the rubble that had collapsed on the legendary super soldier. Along with Autumn, Deadeye, Blitz, and Shadow had all been found. Big Macintosh however was still yet to be found. The darklings eagerly awaited to jump in and slaughter the ponies but Discord refused.

"Wait until the bodies are all together, then we can kill the ponies and take the COLTS." Discord said. He did not want to disappoint Sombra. Even though Discord was the spirit of chaos, Sombra was something much darker. The two had also made an agreement since the war ended, because there was no more chaos and destruction Discord grew weak. Sombra offered Discord chaos and evil to feed off of in exchange for being his servant. Discord was not happy about this but it beat being turned back into stone. They had signed a magical contract that if either broke their end of the deal then they would be turned into stone and destroyed. After a few hours the bodies of the COLTS were all brought into a single cavern.

"One, two, three, four. Wasn't there five of them?" A digger asked.

"Buck we must have missed the other one!" The boss said. "You boys better start digging! We are not leaving unless we have all of them!"

"Hey what is that?" A pony asked when he noticed a darkling which had blown its cover.

"Damn it! ATTACK!" Discord said as he and the darklings charged in and began killing the ponies.

"WHAT THE-!" The boss said before a darkling silence him forever. Outside the COLT-II's could hear the screams from inside.

"WHAT ARE THESE THINGS?"

"GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!"

"AHHHHH!". The COLTS rushed into the chamber and saw a dead pony get thrown at them with a gaping hole where it's heart used to be. A darkling charged at Spike but the dragon caught the creature and snapped it's neck.

"What are these things?" Pip asked as he loaded his crossbow.

"INCOMING!" Rumble shouted as hundreds of darklings flew in. The COLTS began firing their weapons as the survivors frantically ran outside. Skullcrusher and Pipsqueak stood back to back as Soarin took to the air and began slicing through the darklings. Featherweight pulled out his sword and ran through a darkling which began running at him. Rumble kept all his weapons away preferring to use hand to hand combat. He beat and killed dozens of darklings as the bodies piled up.

"There's too many!" Featherweight cried as a swarm of darklings came at them.

"Everypony get down!" Spike said as he opened his mouth. A stream of brilliant orange fire ejected from his mouth and incinerated all the darklings to ashes. The COLTS thought they were defeated when Discord himself came out.

"Well done little ponies but don't get your hopes up!" Discord said as he fired a beam of magic at the four COLT-I's who lay still in sleep before he disappeared.

"Ah buck, that did not look pretty." Pip said. Skullcrusher and Soarin went up to frozen bodies of the COLTS. They couldn't believe they were still alive after all these years!

"Wait a minute where is Macintosh?" Skullcrusher asked.

"We haven't found him yet." A digger said coming back in now that it was safe. "We were about to start looking when those things attacked."

"Dammit." Soarin said. "Come on let's get these boys home."

XXXX

Across the plains in the griffon capital city of Gryphus. A new Steel Talon supersoldier swung her blade down on a sparring partner.

"Heh is that the BEST you got?" The female griffon asked.

"Not a chance." The other griffon said as the two charged at each other again.

"Enough Gilda!" Another griffon said.

"Fine this guy was too lame anyway." Gilda responded. She had received severe head trauma eight years ago when Solar Blitz slammed her head into the wall. After that she decided to become a Steel Talon. She could not receive the same alterations but she would still be strong and deadly. Griffon bodies were better built for punishment than a ponies and the augmentations were done with pony magic. The ponies had agreed to let the griffons keep the Steel Talons as a police force. The ponies and griffons tried to pursue for peace but there was still a great set of resentment between the two empires.

"You are quite the fighter." The male griffon said.

"I would have kicked those ponies ass if I was around during the war." Gilda said.

"The ponies were not all bad you know." The other griffon said.

"What do you mean Goldbeak?" Gilda asked.

"Many years ago I was flying in pony territory to get my sick mother some herbs. A group of ponies began beating me cause they thought I was a spy, one pony Marine saved me though and sent the herbs to my mother." The griffon known as Goldbeak said. "I believe his name was Big Macintosh."

"The pony who killed Gore and Von Griffon?" Gilda asked.

"Gilda you must understand ever since Von Griffon was killed the kingdom is doing much better now and Gore was a sick twisted psycho." Goldbeak said. "Besides the ponies are our allies now."

"Yeah whatever!" Gilda said as she flew away. Her tight armor displaying her toned yet curvy body. Gilda went down to a nearby pub and had some Sweet Apple Acres cider. The griffons who were children during the war were okay with the ponies but those who were adults or who served still greatly resented them. Gilda had a cup of cider when another Steel Talon walked in.

"Hey hottie." The ST said.

"Buzz off before I break your face Clawthorne." Gilda replied.

"Oh come on now Gilda, wouldn't you want a nice handsome and BIG boy like-" Clawthorne said before getting a kick directly to the face by Gilda. Clawthorne was a pervert and had been trying to hook up with Gilda ever since the two graduated from ST camp.

"Here's your tip." Gilda said paying the waiter before walking over Clawthorne's knocked out body. Many griffons though she was a lesbian but in truth she was just very tomboyish just like her old friend Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash, that name ignited a huge fire in Gilda. Well it didn't matter, Rainbow Dash would rather hang out with those lame ponies instead of her. Gilda did have many griffon friends such as Goldbeak but he was too shy and kind of a wimp. She wanted some guy who was tough and daring like her.

"Like that'll ever happen." Gilda said as she flew off to her house.

XXXX

Discord returned back to the mountain lair to a rather upset Sombra.

"WHAT?!" Sombra yelled. "WHY DO YOU NOT HAVE THE COLTS?"

"There were complications sire, I did however manage to wipe the COLTS memories so that when they awake they will forget who they are and everything they ever did." Discord said.

"Well I guess there is some good news." Sombra said. "Continue training the troops, I grow tired of this ethereal form."

"Of course." Discord said as he trained the darklings for war.