S.T.I.A.D.L: Future problems and past solutions

~~~2 weeks later ~~~Vectra’s POV~~~

I was in the hospital room watching as Kindo lay comatose in his bed. I didn’t know what had happened but it wasn’t easy to take either of us down and a lot harder to keep us down. In only a week and a half I had searched over half of creation to find what had beaten Kindo so badly. I spent every night in the hospital by his side but his injuries were still to the point that he was barely alive.

I had run out of options so I had to view his memories as Princess Luna can’t view our dream due to the things we have seen. The only problem, other than the obvious consequence, is that I was never alone in the room and couldn’t get everypony to leave if I tried. Right now the four Princesses and our daughter were in here with me and I was unsure weather they could handle something as disastrous as his last battle.

  “I’m going to recreate his last battle from his memories so anypony that can’t take it please leave,” I said to prepare them as Applejack and Fluttershy entered the room and locked the door. I could tell that Applejack was actually a changeling but I was sure of witch changeling so I kept my mouth shut. Fluttershy was also just a duplicate though not a changeling but had a disguise on that I couldn’t see through.

  “Applejack! Fluttershy? What are you two doing here?” Princess Twilight asked causing them to look at me like they were asking to continue.

  “This is a pretty hard spell to maintain so keep your voices down. If I lose concentration then we will lose our only chance to figure this out,” I warned putting emphasis on the word ‘only’ to make it sink in. After a quick succession of head nods, and a look of annoyance from Twilight, I teleported everything out of the room, the machines keeping him alive were the last to go but he didn’t need them anymore.

I put a hoof to his chest and poured some energy into his shard. As expected his eyes shot open and magic enveloped the entire room causing nearly everypony to gasp. Kindo’s body disappeared from view as the hospital room walls also faded giving us a clear view of the past. The first thing to come through was sound, the sound of jet engines flying at nearly supersonic speeds.

After a few seconds scents came through, the smell of an engine, and finally sight. Since they were viewing memories none of them could either taste or touch anything but everything else was real. What a sight they had too, jets flying towards the front lines covered the sky; while hundreds of tanks leaving the small base were heading in the same direction. In front of them in human form was Kindo heading towards the war room to give his input. He was a four star general in the American army so he was usually there helping people with his insights.

The group followed Kindo into the war room and although the Princesses wanted to speak up their knowledge of spells kept them quiet. Inside the war room were a few generals that were planning the next step but all conversation ceased when Kindo entered the room.

  “What do you need? I was out on the front lines helping as best as I could,” he nearly demanded.

  “According to intelligence reports there is a massive blue bird about five miles to the south. It sounds impossible but the creature appears to be about two miles tall and has taken out some of our best pilots, sir,” the only female general there quickly explained while the others chuckled at the information.

  “What do you intend to do to destroy it?” he asked a little taken back by the information.

  “We’re sending more aircraft to confirm the reports and then we’re going to shoot it down,” she answered.

  “Recall those aircraft, that’s an order,” he quickly replied before preparing to leave.

  “I told you that report was nothing but scuttlebutt,” an officer said before falling down from laughter.

  “I recalled the aircraft not due to false information but due to the creature being more powerful than our best nuke, stronger than our best tank, and faster than our fastest jet. Her name is Nightmare and she is an alien known as a frost raptor. Let no one else know of this, that’s an order,” he ordered before turning into a Pegasus and flying faster than any jet to get to Midnight.

The group watched as Kindo quickly overtook many of the flying machines on his way to the sight. Obviously the group followed as the spell could only allow them to roam around a certain distance from the one remembering.

  “Questions?” Vectra asked knowing it would take a few minutes to get there.

  “Where are we?” most of the others asked in unison rather quietly.

  “This is Earth in universe 374D and this is the country of Afghanistan. The country we’re in is currently at war with the United States of America. I believe the year is around 2007 so about the middle of this war but I’m not entirely sure,” Vectra answered rather quickly.

  “What are those things?” Twilight asked while pointing at a plane they were passing.

  “Those are aircraft or planes and the creatures piloting them are called humans. On this planet they are the only sentient creatures and are omnivores. Back on topic though I have no idea about the exact model of any of these aircraft but it looks like we’re here,” Vectra finished when she noticed a massive frost raptor that looked like a blue phoenix.

Frost raptors are usually as small as their phoenix counterparts but the more energy they get the bigger they can grow. They exist in many universes but due to their affinity with cold are the lesser known than their heat based counterpart. This particular frost raptor has committed terrible crimes against its own species just for power and has been searching the universe for more.

  “I can’t say it’s nice to see you again but here we are,” Kindo greeted while hovering in the air.

  “Finally! Just the creature I was looking for. Hello again Kindo,” it said sounding impatient.

  “I should feel important considering that you waited for me. Tell me why are you here?” he started with teasing but finished with genuine curiosity.

  “You should have been here weeks ago. Our battle is a fixed event and neither of us can stop it since it will decide the fate of reality. Now then I’ve been patient and this talking is nice but I think its time for our destined battle,” Nightmare finished.

Kindo answered by taking a battle stance before lunging at the massive frost raptor. She retaliated by piercing her claws into his chest but it didn’t stop him from using his wings, sharpened by energy, to slash her leg. Nightmare’s face contorted in pain before using her beak to pierce his head and following it up by moving energy into her claws and beak to freeze him from the inside out.