Canterlot Interrogation Room, Equestria, Equis, 12:36 PM

"What do you mean Princess Celestia and Luna have been captured!?" demanded Twilight. "Yes, well it seems that while they were in the Everfree Forest to go look for these 'Terrans', that they threw these green cylinder-shaped object that disabled their magic," said the guard in a weary voice, "and they were then taken prisoner by a group of the Terrans with this new, monstrosity with two cylinder shapes protruding out of it."

"Oh, you mean a Prowler?" said Jed, looking up from the nearly completed headset. "You know what these thing are, umm, 'Jed' is it?" asked the guard. "Yea, I know of them, hell, I have even destroyed a few, the main battle tank of the Terran Republic, but not a match for a Vanguard with an AP barrel attached." said Jed, going back to his work.

"Tank, you mean like a water tank?" asked Twilight. "Right, I forgot, spears. Tanks are essentially giant, mobile, fighting vehicles, that will basically plow through vehicles and infantry alike." answered Jed. "Um, vehicle?" asked Twilight.

"Forget it, I'll have an engineer explain it to you if there are any left." said Jed, going back to the comm set. "And we might find out, because I just fixed it." As Jed looked at the newly fixed communications set and smiled with glee, he then pushed a button on the device and slipped it into a section of his helmet. "Attention Phoenix Battalion, is anyone there? This is Corporal Jedidiah Smith of Delta squad reporting, repeat, is anyone out there?" said Jed into the comm set, now integrated into his helmet.

"Yes we copy you Jed, this is Lieutenant Falconbane, where have you been Corporal?" said the one Twilight heard call himself 'Falconbane, 'What an unusual name.' Twilight thought to herself. "Sir, I was made WIA during the first battle on the planet, I was then rescued by the local inhabitants and mended by them. I have not had anything here to eat and drink besides these things called 'cupcakes' and 'cider', please tell me you have some Auraxian-grade beer and protein packs where you are located." said Jed.

"You will be happy to know that we do have that at the Battalion's position." said Falconbane. "You mean that the Battalion is okay?" asked Jed with an actual SMILE on his face. "Oh you have no idea, here, I'll patch in the coordinates of our position right now."

Suddenly, a giant green pillar on Jed's HUD appeared about 1,800 meters south of his position. "What is your ETA Jed?" asked Falconbane. "I don't know Falcon, about five days, considering I have no access to a Flash, also be aware, I will be bringing guests." said Jed.

"What sort of visitors?" asked FalconBane. "You will see, and also have an Engineer ready who specializes in tanks, Jed out." said Jed as he switched the communications set off. "So you are taking us with you?" asked Twilight with enthusiasm. "Sure, like you said, you are the main source of defence of your world, can't let the TR get to you, lest they use your powers to fuel their mighty arsenal of weapons."

"Right, why don't we wait until the rest wake up before we go?" suggested Twilight. "Why wait," said Jed, putting a .44 caliber bullet in the chamber of the NS-44G Commissioner,"when you have a giant alarm clock?" And a loud bang soon erupted from the gun barrel, waking everypony up. "Who's there what's going on?" said Rainbow Dash, putting her hooves up in retaliation of the bang of the gun.

"Hold on there Rambo, I just gave you and your friends a little wake-up call to get up on our journey towards PHX base camp. "What ever do you mean darling?" asked Rarity. "Well, apparently PHX survived and is hiding in a cave outside of the forest." said Jed, "The only problem being is that we have to go straight through TR, and it would take too long to go around, now give me a minute to pack."

"Oh yes, your room is in the Canterlot castle, we put all of the thing we found on you when you crash-landed outside the Everfree Forest." said Twilight, "Follow us to the carriage, it will take us to the castle."

Canterlot Castle, Equestria, Equis, 1:02 PM

As Jed entered his room, he immediately noticed that it was nicer than any NC standard issue cot. And as he looked around, he found where his stuff was located, and it was all there, even his NS-11C. "Wow, this will help very much, thank you for finding my things. You even found my jetpack."

"Jetpack you say? So that is what it is called." said Twilight as she walked up to Jed, "Rainbow Dash was wondering what it does, maybe you could tell her."

"Yeah, so, Rainbow Dash is it? My jetpack let's me hop from building to building to get an advantage over the enemy, but it could also let me fly over a distance or two."

"I knew it! omigosh this is so amazing!" said Rainbow as she did a loop-de-loop in the air out of excitement. "Hold on there hotshot, there is a hole in the fuel tank, but I might have something to take care of it." said Jed as he pulled some green substance out of a pouch, almost identical to the substance that the Sergeant on the train leaked when Rainbow shot him. "I was able to sneak some on board the 'Liberty Bringer' before we launched, knowing I'd need it for something of this purpose." said Jed as he poured the nanites on the hole in the jetpack.

"All right, I'm ready to move out, I suppose I will have to wait for you six to finish packing, please don't waste time I have to get to the Battalion's position in five days, or they might make me KIA." said Jed as he slung his jetpack onto his back and put a new clip into the 11C.

"Well, all of our stuff was located in Ponyville when we found you, so we could just get our stuff in Ponyville." said Twilight, looking at a map that she manifested with her magic. "Uh Twi', before we head into Ponyville, could we go the the refugee camp for Ponyville first, I just wanted to check up on Applebloom and Granny Smith." said Applejack with a worrisome face.

"Of course Applejack, besides, I need to see if Spike is okay by himself, and five days is a long time on hoof, right Jed?" asked Twilight. "Sure, just make it quick, or else the TR might catch us." said Jed sitting on his unused bed. "Also, it's foot for us humans."

<><><><><><><><><>

Ponyville Refugee Camp, Equestria, 2:36 PM

"Thank you for the ride!" said Twilight as the cab drove off into the distance. "You think that he was scared of you Jed?"

"Nah, he was just scared of my armor color," said Jed sarcastically, "Of course he was. I'm a bipedal alien in a talking horse world, I'm surprised the driver didn't have a heart attack. now hurry up and go find the ponies you wanted to see. We have a schedule to keep."

<><><><><><><><><>

As Rarity walked around the mud covered camp, wondering where her sister was, she then saw Applejack at the end of the row of tents she was on talking to three fillies, and as she looked closer, she realized that the fillies were the Cutie Mark Crusaders. "Sweetie Belle!" screamed Rarity at the top of her lungs, gracious to see her sister was okay. But as she got closer, she could see a sight that nearly made her faint. Sweetie Belle was in a wheelchair, with gauze over the stump that was left over her back right hoof.

"Oh my Celestia and Luna! Sweetie Belle, what happened to you!" asked Rarity, with droplets of tears going off of her cheeks. "Those stupid aliens did this. We were trying to get our cutie marks in interstellar diplomacy, and as we were about to reach the outskirts of the forest, a group of them came out and used these weird machines in the things that they use to hold things to hurt me in my back right leg as we ran away. The doctors were not able to do anything other than amputate it." said Sweetie Belle, looking down at what was left of her leg. "But on the bright side, they gave me this new wheelchair. I just can't go on anymore cutie mark adventures anymore."

"Actually, what was it? 'Sweetie Belle'? I have something that could help." said Jed as he suddenly appeared. But as soon as Sweetie Belle saw Jed, she let out a scream of terror. "Ahhhhhhhh! it's the alien, I'm sorry for trespassing, please don't hurt me please!"

"Calm down Sweetie Belle, this is Jed, he is not like the others, he is part of a group called the 'New Conglomerate', him and his unit are here to stop the Terrans." said Rarity in a calming voice. "I thought you were going to go walk around?"

"Well, I was doing that, but then these two tiny ponies kept calling me a 'blank flank alien', whatever the hell that means. So I just pulled out my Commissioner and threatened to blow their brains out and it sent them running. And then I heard Rarity's screams and decided to follow it." said Jed. "And you said you had something that could help?" asked Rarity.

"Why yes, here let me see it." said Jed, beckoning to Sweetie Belle's hoof and pulled out a Nanite Systems medical kit. "This will not hurt a bit." he said as he undid the gauze, revealing the stump of Sweetie Belle's back right hoof. And as Jed stuck the medical kit into the stump, Sweetie Belle winced in pain. "Yeah, I lied, but it doesn't hurt as much after all the scrapes I've had, even had both of my kneecaps blow off by a Vanu Thanatos shotgun." said Jed, waiting for the nanites to do their work.

And as if by magic, a green color surrounded Sweetie Belle's back right hoof, and in a few seconds, Sweetie Belle's hoof was back to normal. "Wow! thanks mister! Maybe you're not like the others!" said Sweetie Belle, happy to be out of the wheelchair. "Why thank you Jed, is there any way we could repay you?" asked Rarity, happy to see her sister safe and okay. "Well, lets see, how about we hurry up and get a move on. we have a deadline. And I assume considering we have been here for nearly an hour, that you are all ready to head out?" said Jed, looking at the timer he had programmed into his HUD.

"Wah' sure, Big Mac has been takin' care of Granny Smith and Applebloom while I was off in Canterlot. So I believe that we are ready to go." said Applejack. "Alright, now go find the other four, I'll go scout ahead." said Jed, looking towards abandoned Ponyville.

<><><><><><><><><>

Ponyville, Equestria, Equis, 2:27 PM

As Jed hopped from rooftop to rooftop, looking to make sure that the way was clear, he spied a weird looking tree, hollowed out and turned into a house. 'I wonder what I inside?' Jed thought to himself.

<><><><><><><><><>

As Jed walked into the weird looking tree-house, he noticed that inside it, the walls were covered in shelves covered in primitive paper books. "Well, as long as I'm in her, might as well take a look at some books." Jed said to himself. The first book he picked up was a brown hardback, with a unicorn head on it, labeled 'The Elements of Harmony'. "Hm, they must be very important, to have a book written about them." said Jed a he opened the book..

..One Elements of Harmony book later..

As Jed closed the book and put it back on it's shelf, enlightened by it's knowledge, he heard a loud bang at the door. "Oh crap, TR." Jed said to himself. He then pulled out his 11-C, ready to shoot anyone that came through. And as he opened the door to the house, expecting to see a Terran Republic trooper, all he was greeted with were the faces of the Mane Six.

"Jed where were you?" asked Twilight. "And what are you doing in the library?"

"Well, I was just doing a bit of light reading, learning a bit about why you six are so important." said Jed, looking back at the library. "I also found these." and as he opened his free hand, Twilight saw the Elements of Harmony in them. "Wow Jed, you actually decided to help us?" asked Twilight. "Yes, just wanted to make sure that the Terrans did not get to them first. And by seeing that your packs are stuffed to the brim, that you're ready to move out?" asked Jed, pointing towards the direction of Phoenix Battalion's position.

"Oh yeah, totally, I even packed two bakers dozen of cupcakes, and Applejack packed an entire barrel of Apple cider." said Pinkie Pie, pointing to the small barrel stuffed into Applejack's pack, and Pinkie's bag full of cupcakes. "This is really making me wish I had packed a case of protein packs and Auraxium-grade Beer. said Jed.

Everfree Forest, Equestria, Equis, 4 Days Later, 4:17 PM

As Jed and the Mane Six walked through the forest, Jed noticed that TR fires were burning in the distance. "Hold up, TR patrol in the distance, keep quiet and stay down." Jed said. "Let's move around. Slowly." And as they made it around the patrol, Jed could see the place where Phoenix Battalion was located, a cave in a tall mountain. "That is where we are supposed to go. right there." said Jed, pointing at the mountain.

"Hey, isn't that the mountain where we stopped that dragon from snoring a black smog over all of Equestria?" asked Rainbow Dash, looking up at the mountain. "Huh, I guess you ponies are tougher than you look." said Jed, looking ahead of their destination. "By the way, I meant to ask this earlier, but why are the sun and the moon not moving?"

"Well, that is why I freaked out when I heard my mentor had been captured, for she and Luna raise the sun and moon so that we can have night and day. And if the sun and moon have not been raised in a while, so I hate to think that the Terrans have found a way to contain their magic, or.. worse." said Twilight, looking at the sky, tears building in her eyes. "I'm sure they are fine, now come on, we have a mountain to climb.

One Mountain Climb Later

PHX Cave Command, Equestria, Equis, 5:56 PM

As Jed made it to the entrance of the cave, he noticed that the entrance was made out of scrap metal, shaped like the towers of an Amp Station. As he marched up with the ponies to the shield gate, two Heavy Assaults with EM6's stepped in front of him. "State your name and identity." one of them said. "My name is Jedediah Smith, Corporal, I am expected by Lieutenant Falconbane." he said, not wavered by the Heavy Assault's giant LMG. "Sorry Corporal, we will send you in right away. Open the gate!" said the Heavy Assault to the gate controller, and motioned Jed through the gate.

PHX Cave Command Building, Equestria, Equis, 5:59 PM

"So if we put a squad of Vanguards on the tip on that incline, we should be able to rain down shell-fire on all TR infantry in the area and move up with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Platoon to push out the TR." said Blackweb, pointing to a section of a map, marked in Terran black and red. But before anyone could suggest anything else, a Light Assault came into the room. "Corporal Jedidiah Smith reporting, I am expected by Lieutenant Falconbane." he said. "Sure Corporal, he's right ove- What the hell are those things!"

Author's Note

Well, it seems that things are looking up for PHX and Jed. Also, I warned you Axlgx! And in actuality, this chapter came to me easier than others. Also I have nothing else to talk about, TIME TO GO PLAY PLANETSIDE 2!