Twisted Nightmares: Voyage of the unknown

Bermuda Triangle

North Atlantic Ocean

2035

22:40 hrs

Attack order given. Defensive position set.

"Fire!" Marcus called. Within seconds all three of the Selena's main cannons unleashed their Armour Piercing shells to the target. A loud whistle could be heard soon followed by nine ear piercing explosions. The engines erupted into flames and slowly the alien craft began to slowly to plummet from its low altitude. However Marcus wasn't going to wait any longer then he had to, he ordered another fire order. Each gun now fired High Explosive shells one gun at a time. Marcus watched as each shell lit up the darkness, and smiled at how amazing it looked. "Fire the anti-air guns now!" Without a moment to loose all the AA gun on the starboard side unloaded round after round into the damaged engines. Nine loud explosions followed in pursuit.

Horrified from the scene Princess Celestia let her wings drop lifelessly by her sides. She couldn't hide her sorrow much longer. Watching one of her ships go down was heart-breaking to her. Luna saw this and went to talk to her sister, however she was beaten to it by Aleksey. Who had already moved over to Celestia and began to comfort her. So instead she joined Marcus at the helm and holstered his M9 back into its sheath using her hooves, as for no known reason her magic didn't work. She watched one of her forces ships slowly plummet while it broke into three separate parts. However the silence was broken by a radio officer claiming he hacked into the alien comms array.

"Mayday, Mayday this is the ERN Celestial, we've been hit! Reactor is down! We've split into three parts. Human warship snuck up from behind! In my final words I say this. I warned you all. We should of left the humans alone. Now Equestria is in danger." Said a male voice over the radio.

Marcus loudly inhaled and exhaled before turning around to face Celestia. She looked up at him and knew that he was going to question her. However to her surprise he instead walked over to the radio officer and whispered something into her ear. She nodded and began to broadcast the distress beacon while she also hacked into the optics, of the new one that just appeared on the radar. Celestia was confused with this action but soon picked up on it.

"Wait please don't harm them, I'll call them off!" She bellowed. "Please I beg you, show mercy." Luna looked back at her sister with surprise. Marcus too looked surprise but that was short lived as he changed back to emotionless.

"Give me a good enough reason! You've killed countless innocent people, you've destroyed our cities for no reason. For what? Nothing! You want mercy? Then restore what you've took from us!" He said looking deep into her magenta eyes. They were filled with nothing but sorrow. Even with glow-sticks as a light source, he could still see her tears running down her cheeks.

"I-I can't do that. Magic can't replace what's been..."

"Contact! Twelve o'clock, I've hacked into their optics, and they have noticed us sir!"

"Reposition the two bow cannons to match their coordinates." Marcus ordered before returning back to the helm. Instantly the sound of mechanical whirs and clicks could be heard as the guns rotated anti-clockwise 45° back to their default positions before the barrels adjusted themselves to match the coordinates of the new threat. Marcus now lifted his right arm with three fingers extended. 3. 2. 1.

"Please don't do this. Please I beg you. I could have a daughter on that ship." Celestia said in a attempt to persuade him not to fire.

"Then my revenge would be complete then wouldn't it? An eye for an eye. You have taken my daughter away from me, now it's my turn to show what humanity is capable off." Marcus said with venom.

"Please..."

"Fire!" Marcus shouted. Not a second was wasted. Two turrets. Six barrels. Six HP shells. One target. Time seem to slow down for Celestia as she looked through the optics from her forces warship as it looked down on her, as it was hacked into by the Tech officer, Six white dots was heading straight towards her and she was dreading every second. Without a moment too soon the shell hit their mark followed by an explosion in the bridge which them trailed down towards the stern.

"Looks like to me, the shells hit more then their mark comrade." Aleksey said form behind Marcus as they all watched the burning wreckage fly past before emitting a thunderous explosion. Marcus took off his headwear and removed the picture of him and his family before the war. The picture contained Marcus wearing the no.3 Royal Navy uniform while hugging his wife around her waist, and finally their two kids. One son and one daughter. "You miss them dearly don't you?" Marcus nodded as he put the picture.

"Not a day goes by that I wish my daughter was back with us, but I know that will never happen. I've seen families torn apart by this war. Men and women alike are laying down their lives for Humanities future. But know we have the upper hand. It took us so long to realise that our most advanced warships could be tracked, but a light shined in our defeat. I discovered that they couldn't track our old World War Two ships." Marcus said as he wiped a forming tear before turning back to Celestia. "You wasn't their to see her face when one of your warships fired a plasma round through the artery in her chest. It burned and hurt her to a point that she asked me to show mercy and her misery. Do you know how hard that was for me as a father to do? My weapon has been stained with the blood I swore to protect. Now do you see why I'm not going to stop. In till you go through what I'm going through."

"I.." Celestia was interrupted by Marcus digging his M9 into her left cheek. Even Aleksey couldn't anticipate Marcus move. Luna on the other hand was impressed while also fearing for her sister.

"But nothing! My kind has done nothing to you have we? So why? Stop your emotional train wreck. Your meant to be a Princess. My daughter could hold her emotions better then you. Look at me in the eyes now!" Marcus shouted and pushed the barrel a bit harder into her cheek. Celestia could only oblige. "Oh how the mighty have fallen. I will avenge my daughter by killing the pony that watched her die."

"Two more ships have been dotted on our radar, sir. One of is the ERN and the other seems to be one of ours, but it's identified as an Axis warship." Called the radar officer. Marcus looked deep into Celestia's eyes in pure anger for five more seconds before moving back to the helm.

"We are heading straight into the Bermuda Triangle, we will lose them in there."