Friends until the bitter end: Rebirth

Chapters

Going Hot
Forest
ponyville
Zulu
burial
Recruiting
Coronation
Ghost Town
Call-sign Shaka
The road ahead
Caves suck
Pre-op gitters
Crynet. Enforcement. and Local. logistics
The stage is set
battle lines are drawn
And a prince will rise

Going Hot

"Flash out."

BANG!

"Blackwatch, get on the ground, Repeat, get on the ground!" A blackwatch trooper yelled as he entered the room a red line sweeping across his left goggle.

"Thermals clear. Raptors move up." He said as he started started moving up the right side of the hallway. His side arm raised and rifle slung with five other men following close behind.

"Civilian Body, elevator right." he stated never taking his eyes off of the hallway as he stopped in his tracks and waved his hand and another group of five Blackwatch troopers came in on the left side of the hallway.

"Dead sir." one of the troopers stated after checking the body.

"Roger. Raptors, Reapers move it up." the leader ordered as they started moving again.

"Sargent what have we got?"

"CELL heavily armed, Infected on there way." said a man judging by his voice he was in his mid-to-late thirties.

"How long?"

"30, 40 minutes max."

"Rook verify?"

"...tch, confirmed."

"Okay, meet us on the street. Alright boys, lets get the fuck out of here. He don't want to be here when the maggot farms arrive." The 21 year old Lieutenant stated earning a few laughs from the other nine troopers.

"Ha, I heard that-" the random Reaper was cut off by a shot to the head.

"Shots Fired! Retreat!" the lieutenant yelled as he started firing his Glock 45 down the hall.

"Talk to me, SHAKA!" the Sergeant of Reaper quad yelled.

"I've got nothing on NANO! They must be using thermal jammers!" He yelled, backpedaling. He fired with his sidearm, using himself as a shield to protect his men. Luckily, no shots had come his way.

"Let's get the fuck out of here! Connor get some smoke out." he said over the radio as he reloaded.

"Yes. sir!"a heavily-armored Blackwatch trooper replied before bringing his M33 six-shot grenade launcher to bare. He fired all six grenades down the hall.

"Clear sir."

"Got it Cooper. Move out, I'm right behind you." he ordered, unbuckling a frag grenade. He tossed it down the hall as he backed out the door.

"'...Tch... Kill team Zulu, this is Checkmate. Do you copy?" the lieutenant heard as he and his men exited the building. He saw a truck pulling up with some kind of big silver and red container on the back.

"Checkmate." He responded.

"Change of plans. The Gentec nerds want us to escort that last canister of Whitelight to disposal." Colonel Rooks stated over communicator.

"Solid copy, Zulu out. Let's saddle up, boys!" Lieutenant Jameson ordered as he helped his team's sniper up.

"This is KT ZULU requesting over watch." Mikelson said over his radio.

"Roger that KT ZULU. Viper one-one is inbound" the Radio operator said.

CANTERLOT Equestria 3AM

Princess Celestia woke up in a cold sweat after a particularly bad dream. She walked out of her chambers and onto a balcony. It the griphions have began increasing hostility's and she feared the worst.

"I sense that a powerful friendship is in jeopardy." she murmured breathlessly to herself, resting a hand on her chest.

"I have to do something." She focused upon a centuries-old spell. When she opened her eyes again, she stood somewhere she'd never seen before.

Manhattan

It smelled of death and burning flames. Buildings towered overhead, and strange airships zipped about them, firing bright streaks of fire. All Celestia could hear were the screams of unseen people, the roars of machines, and the loud bangs that filled the air. She saw a poser that said NMZ-RZ and under that it said New Manhattan Zero Red Zone. The solar princess continued to look around before she heard a screech across the street from her. When she looked over she saw a large carriage of some kind with some kind of strange bipedal creature in black clothes on and and a vest with the word POLICE on the back, he was waving his hands around and yelling in some language she didn't understand. This went on for a few seconds before two other creatures in different armor came out of the carriage and pushed the other back. They spoke such a strange language, it was close to equestrian but she couldn't place it. So She focused on a translation spell to understand what they were saying.

"What have we got here Bro." the one in much bulkier armor with some kind of cylindrical object with more cylinders on it said.

"We're on duty, fuckface. It's Sir to you." the second one in armor that matched the ones in the carriage but unlike them or his friend it looked like parts of his armor had small hexagons on it. The armor these beings wore was so strange compared to the gold of her Calestial guard.

"Oh fuck... Hey boss, we got a problem." a higher pitched voice said as she looked over and saw one of these creatures jump out of the carriage unlike the others in this one was smaller, slimmer and had female curves in its armor.

"Talk to me Cas?" the leader asked

"We just got a call, Tango Primary inbound. Just took out Viper one-one." the obvious female stated.

"Alright, let's get the hell out of here. You too, SWAT boy." the leader stated as the three of them climbed them before there was a sharp bang and the large canister exploded throwing all of the nine creatures to the ground.

"Lets hope this works." Celestia stated as she began charging a new spell. These beings had proven that they were indeed deserving. So she closed her eyes and shutout the world, as she did that...

Human Pov

"Sniper! Get to cover!" the another yelled as it took off its mask before coughing up blood and passing.

"Mikelson's down! The Sarge is dead!" one of the troopers yelled before his head exploded.

"Ambush! Fire at will!" the Jameson ordered as he raised his weapon.

"Jameson! we've got to get out of here!" another trooper yelled before he was hit in the stomach.

"Not enough time! Connor! get your squad over here, we'll cover you!" he responded yelled before the princess watched as he took a crouching step out from behind a burned out car and fired a round with his riffle into an I.P.L.A insurgent who was charging a dying trooper resulting in the majority of his victims chest cavity exploding.

"Jesus! what are you using in that thing?!" the swat officer yelled as he reloaded his MP-10

"50 caliber hollow points." jameson responded before he was cut off by the sound of his friend being an ass hole.

"YAH, suck grenade!" Connor yelled as he blew up a car as he and the last of his squad got behind a large piece of debris with Raptor squad.

"Thirty seconds, sir!" Axelson yelled before she turned around and noticed that the LT and the Corporeal were coughing.

"We could really use a miracle right about now..." Lamar yelled as he watched helplessly as Cas got shot in the neck, and as she struggled to stop the bleeding, a bullet from her CO ended her suffering. Fortunately for them, the Solar Princess was almost finished with her spell.

"SWAT take that riffle!"he ordered before that of the nine troopers his Death squad had to start he was down to five.

"Where the fuck is Axelson!" Starnes yelled as his friend was crushed by a flying tank.

"Never mind." he responded as parts of his armor and the other four blackwatch troopers flashed red or orange.

"Reapers, Raptors Fire at will!" Lamar yelled as he brought his riffle to bare on James Heller before there was a flash of light as Heller fired a volley of TOW missiles at the remainder of Reaper and Raptor squads.

Here goes nothing... Welcome to Equestria. Celestia thought as the spell activated, and just as the missiles hit the five were gone.

Forest

Portal to Equestria

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!” Lamar screamed as the whole of his body hurt but more so in his back and his head. As visions of a land a planet that were not his own filled his mind, the burning in his back intensified as wings sprouted and skull spit as a horn appeared and knowledge of a life he didn't live was installed but keeping the integrity of his old life.
"FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!” Lamar shouted in pain as he slammed into the ground then darkness.

‘chirp’

“Activating Defibrillator."

'Thunk’

"Why!"

“'cough' 'cough' Raptors, Reapers 'cough' sound off.” Lamar struggled to say as he opened his eyes and tried to stand up and fell to his knees. He tried to stand again this time with success and as he stumbled to his feet he found his riffle shouldered his weapon, took a deep breath exhaled slowly and started to listen.

The freshness of the air greeted his nostrils the scent of rotting leaves, fresh pine, and spross reminded him of his home state of Pennsylvania. The non-polluted air the bite of a cool midnight breeze at his back and forehead, the sounds of night time creatures greeted his ears crickets and a rattel snake at the border of the small clearing he was in. However the sound of a distant howl brought him out of his trance.

"Wolves? They don't keep wolves in the habitat domes?" He asked himself before looking up shocked and amazed that above him there was no lattes work of massive plexi reflective panels, No giant spires to rain missile retailed death from above, no raur of VTOL engines no screams of pain or pleas for death, and that moon it was strange like it was to close to the planet and had a strange pattern of craters that resemble a unicorn, it was all to strange for him so he got back to the task at hand.

"Raptors, Reapers. This is Raptor two-one call sign Shaka to Zulu Death squad sound off." He ordered as he did a scan of the area with Nano vision but a strange red mist seamed to be jamming the readout.

"Mother? Redcrown? NAX?" he tried again asking for the three over watch AI's on any Blackwatch mission and again he was meet with nothing, so he decided to try chaining frequencies.

'ssssccreeeeee!!!'

"Ah FUCK!" he yelled as he wretched the ear peace off of his head and threw it down.

"Well that explains it, my radio was fuck'n broken." he stated as he knelt down and took off his rucksack.

"There it is. the fucker took a round." Jameson stated as he unhooked the radio receiver from his pack, hefted his rucksack back onto his back and set the radio to vaporize. He watched the peace of kit burn before the unmistakable sound of a grenade being launched the 'phuungk' in question was near by, so was the resulting trail and the temporary bright red star lazily arching its way down towards the ground.

"Whelp i have my heading." Lamar said to himself before he started jogging in the direction of the flair. Unknown to him the entire time he was being watched by two sets of eyes wandering who this strange being was who seamed to have a strange pair glowing red goggles.

Connor

To say Cooper was having a shit time would be an understatement first he wakes up in a fucking ditch in the middle of some god forsaken forest it figures that the one time he didn't bring his radio on an OP some wearied shit has to happen. Now he is stuck in the middle of butt fuck nowhere with no way to call for aid short of flairs.

"Well i'm in the shit aren't i?" he asked no one in particular as he fired a flare into the sky and sat down.

"I don't know where in satans butt hole i am or where anyone else is. And to top it all off i'm fucking in a forest, i hate forests. this is the best day in the fucking universe." Connor complained as he reloaded his M33 and took stock of his ammo.

"Cooper quit your bitching." he heard a familiar voice say as he watched a figure jump over a rock and land near him.

"What the shit?/What the Fuck!" he and the figure said at the same time. There standing in front of him was one of the weirdest things he had ever seen. It had the shape of a human it, sounded like a human, even had on the blackwatch armor. But it was wearied it stood at six foot four, had a pointy thing on its head, a set of mat black angelic wings on its back, it stood on two thick hooves the same color as the rest of its body and a had a black and red tail that would swing every once in awhile, however its face was covered by the blackwatch mark 2 hazardous combat mask but what got it was when he saw a red line swipe across the figures left goggle.

"Corporeal?/lieutenant!" they both said at the same time.

"What the hell are you supposed to be? some kind of weird angel, horned, hoofed thing?" cooper asked.

"What the fuck are you talking about? look at your self mister im so fucking purple theirs some green. you look like some kind of fucked up angel winged, hoofed creature." Lamar retorted.

"You want to go?" Connor challenged as the lights on his armor flashed red.

"Bitch?! i will fuck, you, up corporeal." Lamar responded the same time as a new figure steeped into the clearing.

"Whats that red stuff?" a new voice asked and when they turned around they saw the uniform of the SWAT officer from before he had a brown point sticking out of his helmet

"what red stuff?" a second voice asked as it tuned out to be Starnes as he walked up every one noticed him.

"What the Fuck!? how come Starnes is the only one who is normal?" Lamar yelled

"What do you mean..." the Swat officer asked

"Look at him! He has no protrusions like you two fucks!" Connor yelled

"Enough!" Jameson yelled gaining everyone's attention.

"Now then! I think we should find shelter and water for the night and we can pick this up in the morning." he ordered before he noticed what he was getting strange looks from his three companions.

"What?"

"Lamar what happened to your arms?" Connor asked

"Wha..?"

"Look at your hands."

"What the Fuck!" The lieutenant screamed at the top of his lungs as he looked at his hands.

"Starnes, Connor Look at your hands!" he screamed none of them noticing a small wisp of red smoke and a heavy thud.

"aaaaaaaahhhhhh!/aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh/aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" the three of them yelled finally noticing that there arms resembled organic nasty looking blades.

five minutes of screaming and cursing later

"Are you three finished!" they heard a high pitched voice yell at them. when they looked over they saw, well the only girl in blackwatch who like SWAT boy over there seamed to be 'normal'.

"Holy shit its Cas!" Starnes yelled

"Shut up starnes."

"Yep that's Cas" Lamar said

"Ok well i think that we might be infected with the mercer virous." Cooper said.

"How did you three get infected?"

"Well our masks don't do shit against whitelight obviously. we have known that from the start." Jameson said

"Ok more importantly how do we turn our hands back to normal?" Starnes

"Maybe if you focus?" Cass suggested before she and the SWAT officer watched as the three turned there blades back into normal arms.

"Holy shit it works!" Cooper yelled.

"Ok,ok back to the original plan. water and shelter." Lamar ordered hefting his riffle into his hands. The group of five continued deeper into the unknown forest in complete silence, after all for all they know they could be in enemy territory.

"Sir movement in the clearing up ahead." Starnes stated resulting in Jameson holding his fist up stopping the group.

"Cass flank left, Connor flank right, SWAT your with me, Starnes your on over watch if anything moves Drop it." Lamar orders as he saw them all get into positions as he and SWAT moved forward.

"Hey SWAT boy you got a name?" Lamar asked as he stepped over a root

"Ya. its Lewis Young" the officer said as he stepped over the same root.

"Nice to meat you Lewis. Welcome to our merry band of misfits." Lamar whispered as he rounded a large rock formation to see a bear about to start eating something.

"Stand down its just a bear." Lamar

"bear." Lewis echoed

"I've got this come in." the lieutenant said as he stood up and fired three shots of his pistol into the air scareing it away.

"Nice we've got a stream and a small cave, we can post up here for the night." he continued as the other three began entering the clearing.

"Lets set up camp. Starnes see if you can get that drone in your pack working."

3 hours later the squad had all come to terms with being what they have become haveing a job to do helping them find peas.

'wiiiiiiiiiiiizzzz'

"What have you got starnes?" Lamar asked.

"a small cottage at the edge of a small town just five miles from here." Starnes said

"Good now get some rest we spend the night here." Lamar said as he sat down to take first watch.

"hm,hm,hmm...hm,hmhmmhm"

ponyville

BANG

“coming.” Fluttershy said hearing three laud bangs. Getting to the door she was greeted to the sight of five all-around intimidating ponys, so she slammed the door in the ponies faces.

“well that was rather rood. Cass if she does it again shoot her in the face."

"Yes sir."

“please go away.” they heard from the other side of the door.

“Come on. We are lost and could use some help here." Lamar said and when they saw the door open they saw a yellow female with a pink mane and a light blue sundress answer the door.

“pleas wait in the kitchen. I mean if it is alright with you.”

“What ever." Lamar said sitting down in a chair followed by the others. They began to rummage threw the few magazines on the girls kitchen table. And while she was gone they learned a lot about the town they were in, the 'ponies' as they were called, a little about this Princess Celestia. But most importantly they read the upcoming summer sun celebration.

“Oh I almost forgot my manners my name is Lamar. But you can call me Raptor two-one, Shaka just Raptor.” He said as he saw the yellow mare come into the kitchen

"Starnes. Raeper one-three "

"Cass. Raptor two-two"

"Jewis young. but they call me SWAT for some reason."

"Cooper Connor, Connor or Reaper one-one."

“Nice to meet you all I’m Fluttershy.” She said with a smile.

“Well I’m lucky we met someone as kind as you when we did, otherwise we would have ended up wandering around the town.” Lamar said thinking for a moment then looking at a nearby calendar.

“Is there anything we could do to make it up to you for helping us?” Cass asked

“Well I don’t need much help but you could help my friend Rarity if it isn't to much to ask.” Fluttershy answered

“ok can you tell me how to get there pleas?" Lamar replied as he aimed his pistol at the ground checking the sights.

“Angel!” fluttershy called and a white rabbit came out of the living room with an annoyed look on its face.

“can you please show mister Raptor and his friends to Rarity’s boutique?” She asked receiving a nod from the rabbit.

“Connor. stay here and help her with whatever she needs to prepare for the summer sun celebration. But when you get some free time today send up a flair.” Raptor orders

“Any way let’s get going shall we” he said bending over and attempting to pickup the rabbit but it shied away like he had the plague.

"Smart rabbit." Starnes commented.

“Thank you again for everything.” Cass said before the group of four turned back around and walked out the door.

On the way to Rarities boutique let’s just say it was rather annoying because every time Lamar would veer off course Angel would tug his tail effectively ruining it. But other than that it was just plain awkward because the residents of Ponyville would stop whatever they were doing and ether stair at him and start muttering things to each other mainly having to do with his armor, other three Ponies with him, or him being an alicorn leading to some of them thinking he was a 'prince' for some reason and bowing to him. Along the way he met a cyan pony with a rainbow mane that almost crashed into him who after some conversation identified herself as Rainbow Dash.

But what really made him think was when he tried to talk to a pink pony with a cotton candy pink mane who the second she saw him she gasped and shot off in a blur of pink, and nearly a nod Cass was off after her, eventually he made it to a building that resembled a large carousel.

“I guess this is it” He said.

"Really?"

"Shut the fuck up starnes."

Looking to the ground where angel was he noticed that he was long gone so he knocked on the door.

“Great we got ditched by a fucking rabbit.” Lamar said to himself as he turned around and knocked on the door again. Again getting no response and just as he was about to kick the door in he heard something.

“Sweetie Bell would you be a dear and get the door?” He heard after a fuss from the other side.

“Fine Rarity. Coming!” he heard a younger voice say before the door opened to revile a small unicorn filly wearing a pink t-shirt and a cyan dress she had a white coat, lilac and pink mane, and jade green eyes that came up to his lower waist.

“Coooool” She said looking staring at Lamar, Starnes and Swat.

“Hay there my names Lamar but you can call me Raptor. What is your name?” he said kneeling down and patting her on the head.

“My name is Sweetie Bell. Wow your armor is so cool looking. And where did you get those weird Crossbows on your back?” she asked putting on her best cute face. Earning a chuckle from the three stallions in front of her.

“These'll put your best crossbows to shame.” Starnes said as he stepped inside receiving an OK from her. Just as Rarity stepped around the corner having just herd her sisters’ question and three new comers answer.

“Sweetie Bell who are you talking to. . .” *gasp!* she snatched the alicorn up in a magical blue aura and moved him to a pedestal in front of three mirrors (you know the one she used for twilight) and proceeded to style his tail much to his protest.

"hahahah!!"

"SHUT UP STARNES!!"

"Yes sir." the sniper said

“Sweetie Bell why don’t you go and play outside." Rarity told her sister and with that the small filly was gone out the door.

“ok now that she is gone what are those ugly things really?” Rarity asked in a demanding tone.

“they are our weapons.” Lamar responded matter of factly.

“Relax we don’t plan on using them.” Lewis added

"Its not like there is anything to shoot at anyway." Starnes concluded

One hour later she had finished and she was proud of her work his tail resembled a slightly shorter version of rainbow dashes tail but it was black with one blood red stripe.

“Perfect now to change you out of that drab and MAY I say ugly armor.” she said as she levitated some other outfits to her causing the normally kind Blackwatch trooper to turn his masked face to her, and she could just feel the glare coming off of him.

“Lets try this again. I am lieutenant Raptor Two-one CO of Blackwatch Raptor team. I'm here to help with the set-up of the summer sun calibration miss Rarity, now do you need help or not?” He demanded

"Oh where are my manners, I'm truly sorry I didn't mean to offend you Mister Raptor two-one, but when I see a pony with such a look I simply have to do something about it no matter how much you protested. On a different note though may I ask what does such a regal pony as yourself doing in my humble shop." She stared at the black alicorn as he began to go wide-eyed at her proclamation.

‘I wonder what an alicorn is doing here let alone armed and armored, never mind those escorts of his.’ she thought

"Please I implore you do not leave Mister Raptor two-one, I assure you are in capable hands. So may I ask what you need form me, and I will take the time to aid YOU in any way as possible. For my rudeness" she said

She watched him stop in his place and turn towards her, his eyes gleaming as he stared at her whole heartily, making her realize that maybe she should have worded things better.

"You'll do anything right Rarity, well I have something in mind." He said as he eyed her she was white like her sister but had a brilliant purple mane, she was wearing an elegant dress that brought out her Blue eyes.

‘oh this is going to be fun’ He thought as he for the first time stretched his wings.

She gulped as he stared into her eyes hungrily, she knew what he was going to ask and silently cried to herself, he was an alicorn while she was some slightly famed seamstress every pony would turn a blind-eye to his actions no matter what.

"Can you treat me and my friends to some food I’m starving, and call me Lamar, Raptor or Shaka, no one calls me Raptor two-one but Redcrown.” He said

She nodded dumbly at the sincerity of his comment, before laughing to herself fretting over nothing and letting her mind wander into much darker territory.

"Sure let me get some bits I'm sure Pinkie Pie and the Cake family would love to have such a resounding figure in their shop.” Lamar nodded Imagining various foods, before being dragged with the same blue aura, before jumping up and walking alongside Rarity.

"Come along Raptor, no time for dilly-dallying I'm quite parched as well, and I have only a few minutes to spare even with such company as yourself." She said as she watched a strange light be shot into the sky.

Trotting alongside Lamar she sparked up a brief conversation with him about his past and everything about him in general. The conversation ended abruptly as Rarity looked on as he licking his lips.

"So this is the place where we get something to eat huh." Rarity couldn't help but stifle a giggle, as Lamars eyes darted back and forth before walking up to the store and going inside.

The disappointment written across her face usually newcomers tried to at least bite the confectionery serving house. It was clear that he was somewhat smarter than the occasional visitor. however that didn't go for one of his 'guards' who moved his masked snout to the building, However much to Rarities dismay she watched the one called Starnes smash Swat's face into the wall.

"WHY!?" Lewis yelled as he tried to get his horn out of the wall resulting in Raptor walking up and yanking him out of the wall and berating Starnes.

"Come on in Rarity all of it looks awesome." Lamar said stepping inside. upon entering he noticed that Cass was sitting at the same table as cooper and the other ponies he had met earlier that day.

“oh man Pinkie that is funny!” cooper practically yelled gaining the attention of every pony in the shop.

“look it’s the alicorn.” A random pony said. making everyone turn to the entrance gaining gasps from the ponies in the room most of whom were frozen by the cold emotionless masks of the two new entry's and stare of the one in different armor his dark brown eyes boring into them.

"Cooper whats up fuckface?" he asked he pulled up a chair and sat down.

"Were off duty right?"

"Oh ya."

"Sweet! Your an asshole" cooper said to the alicorn earning gasps from the non armored ponies.

"Ooh man, i dont know if ill ever recover from that one." Lamar responded

"Hey did i ever tell you guys about the time i shot infected Bill mury?" starnes asked

"No you didnt.?" Cass cut in.

"Bull shit. I shot him in the head, i mean it wasn't Mury but it looked just like him. Talk about your celebrity headshots huh?" Starnes finished

"I Fucking hate you Starnes."

Zulu

Five days had passed in Ponyville and Lamar had been given a room in Rarity’s boutique, Cooper was staying with Fluttershy, Starnes and Lewis stayed with Apple Jack, and Cass stayed with PinkiePie. In the five days since they had arrived here in equestria Lamar, starnes, and Connor have come to terms with being Evolved. And in this time the five had actually started going on Daily and Nightly patrols into the everfree forest.

"I don't know why the hell they are afraid of this forest." Cass said as she and Jameson walked ahead of the rest of the squad.

"That's an amazing question Cass." Raptor asked .

"I mean they avoid this place like it has the nastiest virus. No offence." she responded

"None taken. Hey starns were you able to fix my radio?" Raptor asked as they crossed a rope bridge.

"here." starnes muttered handing his CO the radio.

"Sweet. Ya bu.."

"Connor did you see that?"

"Flash of light, castle?"

"Ya, Zulus. Noise discipline, silencers, lights out." Lamar ordered attaching a silencer to his pistol and riffle before the lights on there armor deactivated leaving them little more than ghosts in the dark.

"Lets move. Lets get our frogman on." he whisperer as he and his group neared what looked like an old castle and he made a two fingered pointing gesture towards a large tree.

Starnes immediately aimed his right arm at the base of the branch firing a small cable from under his arm bayonet. The small three pronged device impacted the tree then it drilled itself into the branch before pulling him up.

As he got up to the branch he hooked a carabiner to the gable which he hooked to his belt and climbed on top of the branch taking a prone stature and for the first time since his arrival in this new word brought his Intervention to bear.

"Raider In position." he whisperer into his radio.

"Roger." Lamar said as he knifed handed the air in front of him before moving forward.

With that the group of three moved forward before they heard the sound of hoof falls and wing beats up ahead of them. So silently the group of four slipped into the thick underbrush to advance on the unknowns ahead of them. When they were in visual range they saw a group of pegasi that resembled the wanderbolts they had heard about from Rainbow Dash And a small group of pegasi with batwings bat ponies if they remember right, however these ponies carried crossbows and were at platoon strength.

"Shaka." Starnes started over the radio receiving green light in recognition.

"our five friends and that purple unicorn are inbound on your location." he continued

"Ask them if they know what the fuck they are doing out here, and if they know who these guys are." he received in a text message.

"They say they are here to retrieve the elements of harmony and defeat some some bitch named nightmare moon. And Ms Rainbow Dash said that the ones what looked like the wanderbolts tried to stop her before..... Yes sir." Starnes said as he lay above the main six they watched him drop down a small silver and black spinning disk and with a flicker of red light the six mares were amazed to see a full sized red image of Raptor with his 'hand bow' in hand.

"Alright whatever your doing out here better be important." they heard the hologram say firmly his right wing giving a small twitch.

"we are saving the world form nightmare moons evil." twilight replied

"Get it done. We'll hold them off you. Connor with me, Swat Cass fire support, Raider cleared hot." he said as he deactivated the holo-com before he sprang forwards and snatched up the closest hostile to him, while he had a hand over the mouth of the bat pony he held her head up from behind as he slit her through with his arm bayonet, then snapped her neck before he took his sidearm from its holster and double tapped another before rolling behind a rock to use as cover.

"Who the Hay is tha..!" another bat pony started before he was kicked into the wall of the castle and was pasted.

"Frag out!" Cass yelled as she tossed a grenade over the tree she was using as cover. After its short flight it landed on a crowd of ten hostiles who were promptly ripped/blown to bits by the grenade. She then raised out of cover and fired off a few rounds with her MP5 downing another three before she got back into cover before the enemy could get her location.

As Cass was doing her thing Lewis moved into a more defensible position flipped to semi-auto and laid into the enemy with his MP10 his years in the seals before he joined SWAT perfecting his knight fighting skills. In fact one of the Bat ponies had gotten to close so he shot him in the base of the spine and stomped on his face when he hit the ground. "Bitch"

"What the fuck?" Cass baked over the radio as she stabbed one of the shaddowbolts in the wind pipe.

"What is it cass?" connor asked as he fired an incendiary grenade pointblank into a ponys chest setting the soul on fire from the inside out.

"Its shows shadowbolts you kill'em and they turn to smoke and comeback some ware else." cass made known.

"Fuck. Ok try to push them back." Lamar said over the radio as he reloaded his sidearm and finally switched to his riffle

'ssshhhwwwweeewk'

"Nice shot Starnes." Lamar said before he noticed Raiders Indicator flash green then red and Back to green.

"Everyone get to cover, NOW!" Lamar yelled into the radio, and much to the now 35 enemy's surprise the alicorn and the Pegasus just ran away.

That was there biggest mistake for the second Lamar and Cooper were behind cover there was a sharp hiss was heard before there was a sudden raise in temperature because it looked like the sidewalk in the middle of summer. However to much to there horror they watched as one by one half of the now remaining twenty-five remaining Batponys began exploding, as they seamed in pure agony from being cooked from the inside out

"Damn. Microwave round, that's Nasty." Lamar commented.

"Oorah." Starnes grunted as he loaded a normal round.

"hooah" Connor commented.

"Hooyah" Lewis uttered.

"here come's twilight and the others." Cass told the group as she and the others reloaded.

"Alright now our chance. Fire at will!" Lamar yelled hearing the civilians running up from behind him.

"Go, go go!" he yelled as he was shot in the shoulder with a crossbow bolt.

"Raptor, no..." Rarity started before they saw that the offending bolt shattered like glass on his armor.

"I'm fine, Fuck'n go!" he yelled as he dive rolled into a shadowbolt and threw it to cooper who grabbed it and with his personal arm bayonet, a forearm mounted hydraulic piston he punched the shadowbolt in the face resulting in the spike punching threw its head and out the other side.

"Clear." Lewis said he shot a dying bat pony in the head after a five ten minute fight.

'Nano vision enabled.'

"concealed hostiles inside. Cas, Lewis secure this door. Connor, Starnes with me." Lamar ordered and reloaded his sidearm before he leapt towards the closest Window to the eight heat signatures.

"Got it/Sir" Connor and Stanes yelled repeating their CO's actions

With the main six and the solar and lunar princesses.

"Twilight I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more..."

'CRASH!'

"Get down!" they heared a male voice say before they turned to see that it was Reaper who yelled it before firing his M22 into the corner destroying a section of the wall revealing a large ballista as it fired two of its five its large bolts at the solar princess they watched the bolt soar threw the air unable to stop the inevitable Equestria was about to loose its leader.

'Maximum Armor'

'Auto Armor'

'Thunk,thunk'

'Nano vision enabled, Targets Marked'

Celestia watched in shier amazement as two of the very ponys she had saved mere days ago jump in front of her and take two ballista bolts unscathed. However what amazed her was that the one in front of her was an Alicorn but that didn't explain how he and other were able to take a hit that should have killed them and keep standing.

"Lets do this." Reaper said as he and the other two handed there weapons to the closest pony to them.

The civilians present watched as the lights on the three's armor turned on before turning red before there arms were covered in black and red tendrils. When they were finished they gasped in shock or horror as they saw that there arms now looked like glowing roots around a strange organic structure in the shape of an arm, and at the end of each of there arms were different bladed structors. Starnes's resembled two parallel swords that ended just above his ankles with a glowing organic spike separating the two blades, Reaper's looked like two shin length axe like blades with the top being flat and the bottom comprising the hooked like axe blade, And Raptors were two lower knee length double edged triangular blades with five spikes growing out of the elbow.

They watched the three whatever they were sprint into the hole that Reaper had made earlier and all they heard were screams, pleas for mercy, wet squelches, and wet slicing noises, and the sound crossbows being fired followed the sound of breaking bones then an eerie silence.

"That. Was. BAD ASS!" they heard a voice they didn't recognize yell.

"....wa" was all Twilight got out before three bat ponys came out of the hole Celestia was about to blast them when they saw them covered in tendrils and turn into the 'ponys' they knew.

"So you'r Raptor?" celestia asked as she stepped forward.

"Ya what of it."

"I have a proposition for you."

Author's Note

Connor left, Lamar center, Starnes right

The blades if i didn't do a good job describing them.

burial

'When we hunt, we kill'

'nothing is safe, nothing is sacred'

'we are Blackwatch'

'we will burn our own, to hold the red line'

'it is the last line to ever hold'

"So let me get this straight. I come with you to become a prince, Just! bacause i am an alicorn, why?" Lamar asked flabergasted.

"Because, think about how it will look if an alicorn is not part of the royal family." Celestia said

"Whats in it for me?" Raptor commented crossing his arms

"If you do this you will receive all the power of the station. You will be aloud to raise your own royal guard like my celestial guard or my sister here's Lunar guard, you will be given troops from the loyal and honorable of equestrias finest rangers of the earthpony tribe, the mages of the unicorns, the Wanderbolts of the pegasi, and the mighty Celestial, Lunar, and Cadencial knights. What say you Sir Raptor?"

"'tch' radio check, Raptor two-one this is Raptor two-two how copy?"

"solid coppy two-two go ahead." Raptor said

"We found something your gonna want to come see sir."

"On my way. You all too im not leaving anyone in here. And Celestia I could still have men out there, No one left behind." he responded receiving the rifle and cocking back the action

"Go to town brother." Lamar said putting hand on his friends shoulder

"Right away." he said his wings flared as he pumped biomass into the mussels and with a massive beat of his wings he was off in a trail of red.

"Lets, Go." Lamar ordered the group as he led them outside.

"Where's Cas?" Jameson asked Lewis

"Over there sir." he said pointing to a small rock formation.

The eight mares watched as he walked over to the rocks but they noticed that when he got there his arms fell limp at his sides as they saw his rifle as he called it fall to the ground beside him. They then watched his whole body go slack and he fall to his knees. When they got closer they saw what made him so upset there on the ground were five bodies all in the same armor as Raptor and his ponys.

'sniiif' they heard him inhale as he pulled himself into a kneeling position.

"Rest now Brothers. For your fight is over, your war is over. Find peace in..." He softly spoke his head held low.

"Whats he doing?" Rainbow dash asked quietly.

"Ever since the founding of zulu squad five years ago the boss only had one rule." Cass explained as they watched Raptor continue his prayer before she to went to a knee and prayed with him

"That didnt answer the question." Dash complained

"The thing about the Lt is that he didnt have the best time growing up and he found a way out when he found an old store buried under rubble, where there were dozens of books, and movie set from the Grimm Darkness of the far future, to the fantastical tales of middle earth and every ware between. But in the wars on earth one has little hope so he created his own traditions and pseudo religion based on the worlds he had read about to give him hope. And when he was put in charge of Raptor and Reaper squads his traditions carried over but to a much lesser extent. This is just his way of coping with loose, we all have our own way but we all respect and honor each others traditions in Zulu squad that's what made us family, and we all would and still will follow him into the deepest depths of hell if it came to it and he would do the same for any of us. Now if you'll excuse me." Starnes said before taking a knee followed by Lewis and believe it or not the Royal sisters followed by the elements both of which just knelt in silent respect and understanding.

"'sigh' scavenge what you can, take there tags. Girls can you make a large gurney? We're not leaving these fuckers here." Lamar said finally back to normal.

"It's not your fault boss. We all knew the risks when we signed up at least they were DOA." Cas said as she looted one of the bodies taking the pack, rifle, ammo, everything and anything of use short of their armor but she did remove there helmets.

"Sorry bro you didn't deserve this." starnes said as he took Axelsons dog tags and threw them to Jameson who was collecting dog tags.

"You all go back. We'll be there tomorrow we have be careful with taking them back to town." lamar said to the elements and the princesses as he looted Mikelson.

"Dude! new watch!" he called as he held up a brand new Rolex.

"how the fuck did he afford that on our salary!?" Starnes yelled as he consumed one of the dead batponys.

"I found an engagement ring on axelson!." Lewis yelled.

"Dude i found an X-86.!

"You mean the Mike-2! bad ass!" And like that the four continued to loot the bodies of there fallen brethren for the rest of the night.

the next day

"Look! Raptor and his guards coming back!" a random pony yelled pointing at the edge of town.

There were cheers of excitement and thunderous applause as they watched the Alicorn and his group draw ever closer. However there cheers turned to tears when they saw that the four Ponys with there weapons on there backs each carried one end of a large gurney that carried the bodies of five of raptors guard, Five ponys they never got to and never will get to meet, and in there other hands they each carried large bags. They watched as the one known as Reaper neared but upon seeing this sight he fell to his knees in grief before taking Raptors position on the gurney. The now confirmed group of five carried the bodies of their fallen brethren to the train station where much to the crowds amazement waited a group of six celestial, six Lunar, and six Cadencial knights who actually knelt in respect to the fallen, as there bodies were taken into the lead car of the train before they too brooded a separate car and were whisked away to canterlot.

Canterlot sunset

As the train pulled into the station the Princess of the sun along with her sister and the rest of the royal family waited along with the royal guard captains and there knights, as well as a few royals from other countries who were in town. Equestrian flags flew in the dark skies eliminated like the rest of the streets below them by large torches and hearths. The element bearers stood at celestias side as they wait.

"Here they are." Celestia said solemnly something like this hadn't been done since her sisters banishment and even then it was something she hatted doing it reminded her that no matter what she did she could not protect all of her litter ponys.

They watched as five ponies walked out of the front car but unlike other times they had seen them they did not have there armor on. However they each had on matching cloth uniforms comprising of from the bottom up well shined and polished black "shoes", prim and pressed midnight blue dress pants or a knee length skirt in Cass's case, they wore black jackets with many different medals and symbols on them, and each of them had on a black hat that kept there manes out of their faces.

They each had subtle differences in their uniforms for example Lewis had his police badge below the blackwatch star on his uniform and had other law enforcement as well as three commendation medals a purple heart and a Navel Star as well as the medals from the four campaigns he was in and a single grey and red hexagon shaped one on his uniform. Connor had a red stripe going down the side seems of his pants he also had two purple hearts, the ranger serves medallions two commendations, and an army service medal of excellence.

Cass had not much in the way of medals but the majority of her left breast was covered in ribbon racks from excellent service to what ever you could think of she probably had it she also had the same red stripes on her skirt as Connor did on his pants. Starnes on the other hand had many medals he also like Lewis had the same hexagon shaped medal, as well as a POW medal, different distinguished service medal,legion of merit, the navy and Marine corps medal, the Navy Cross, And Last but not least a Medal of honor around his neck. Last was Raptor who's uniform was a bit different form the others he had gold stripes on the seems of his pants, gold buttons on his jacket gold rank bars,one thick diagonal gold stripes on his sleeves, and had a small gold rope going threw the loop on his right shoulder and under his right arm, and he like Starnes and Lewis had the same hexagonal medal except his was polished silver and with a ruby as the border of the medal, he also had a the army occupation medal, didtinguished servive medal, a silver star, bronze star, two purple hearts, the ASUA, and last but not least and to him the most important the Blackwatch Iron Star. (sorry about that i kind of got carried away)

"Who is that Auntie?" A pink alicorn asked holding Shining armors hand and gesturing to the male alicorn who marched in front of the gurney Rifle in hand.

"He be'eth Raptor Cadence. The last male alicorn." Luna said as slowly the mass of equestrians followed the group to the main courtyard of the castle and there they lay the bodies under guard with helmets on there chests. as the five go off to fetch the preparations.

And as the Luna finaly raises the moon for the first time in a thousand years, the mass of civilians who had gatherd to watch the spectacle and the many other representatives of the equestrian military they all watch as the five Ponys place there fallen brothers on large piles of wood under a statue of Celestia and Luna. They then each took a single step back as they turned around and each retrieved an unlit torch before turning back around as one. They then as one took out small silver rectangles flipped them open creating a spark and a small flame before lighting their torches and tossing there torches into one of the five piles setting them alight and steeping back.

"Burial detail! Attention!" Raptor yelled as they all raised their arms in a salute. In a display of respect the members of the equestrian military salted as well.

"Zulu squad! Preeseent... Arms!" he continued as they drooped there salutes and retrieved the large strange crossbows from there backs.

"Ready!" he yelled as the five of them aimed there bows over the bodies of there brothers

"Fire!,... Fire!,... Fire!,... Fire!" He yelled and much to there dismay they fired there strange weapons forcing them to lay their ears flat on there heads in an attempt to lessen the noise. however just as they thought they were done raptor fired one last round off.

"Celestia." Raptor said as he stood next to her never taking his eyes off of the burning bodies.

"Yes raptor?" she responded knowing this was a privet conversation.

"i'll do it. but i pick my team."

"Thank you Sir Raptor. have one of your guards take this to the royal smith, and your coronation will be held in two weeks."

Author's Note

Sorry for the wait my computer was in the shop.

Recruiting

"Audio recording, personal log, five days ago."

"This is Lamar Jameson Raptor Two-one call sign Shaka. It has been about two weeks since Deathsquad Zulu arrived in Equestria, I somehow become 'EQ' royalty... now what the fuck was going threw there heads when they thought of that i will never know. Any way two days I accepted Celestia's invitation into the royal family and requested dossiers on all personnel affiliated with the equestrian 'military', I have also requested dossiers on all incarcerated persons in the equestrian prison system on top of that if I can I will begin a recruitment program. And i have talked to Celestia in private and apparently we aren't the first humans transported here from various points in time and fortunately some of our old friends have come along... guess we wont be sitting idle for very long. I have been able to track some of the other former humans down and i will be meeting with some of the ones in canterlot today. And i have already made contact with an ex Agency operative an earthpony and a BIG one he wears this weird armor, I've never seen it before even back in Nano ops. Anyway he joined up and is currently deployed surveying suspected CELL activity in Canterlot And will be reporting in in a few hours. One more thing i have noticed a boom in Griphion activity in equestria lately I will be monitoring this closely. Anyway this is Prince Raptor Equenus Callsign Shaka Signing out."

'knock,knock,knock' "Hello?" A tan black heard brown eyed pegaus said as he answered the door.

"Are yot Marty Julian little Aka Flight Easy?" a fully armored Starnes asked as holding up a clipboard.

"Yes.? is there a problem?" Easy asked as his wife a white unicorn walked up and he held her.

"My boss would like to have a word with you Major." Lewis said as he gestured to an Alicorn in strange armor who was standing behind him.

"P-p-pleas come in." his wife said gesturing them inside.

Upon entering Lamar wandered into the living room where he saw medals and a patch above the fireplace, and an old flight suit in a display case. However what he wasn't expecting were the five other's in the room giving him strange looks.

"Gentlemen." he said as he took off his mask and placed it on his belt then lowered his hood.

"Allow me to introduce my self sir. I am Flight Easy, these are my men." The tan pegaus began

"Lightning." he started as he gestured to a silver, brown eyed, red mane and tailed pegasus who nodded in response.

"Coffee." this time a brown unicorn nodded

"Joker" a blue unicorn nodded

"Deke" A white Pegasus nodded

"and Junior" a grey earthpony nodded

"We all served in the 332 fighter squadron 2040." Lightning said

"Now what brings you here?"

"I have places to be so ill get straight to the point. I am forming my royal guard and i'm trying to get my hands on any former humans that were in the military i can find. Before i start branching out and recruiting from other sources." Lamar said immediately putting the six stallions and three mares in the room on edge.

"Now how did ya'll know that we used to be human?" Joker said with a fake southern ascent.

"Let me introduce my self. Lamar Jameson call sign Shaka, lieutenant first class, Nano suit operations, Blackwatch special forces Biowarfare division, Squad leader of Deathsquad Zulu and designation Raptor Two-one. And as for finding you all i had to do was ask Celestia weather or not we were the first Humans sent here and from there i found you and some others.

"Well i can say that i didn't even know that there were other humans sent here. " a new voice said as a brown unicorn walked in this unicorn was finely shaven.

"Colonel Grey. US Air force, its a pleasure." he said as he shook raptors hand steering the prince in the eye.

"Well sir if you need our help you have our full support the 332 fighter group is in. Our Talons will be in stand by" he continued

"fantastic gentlemen, You have 13 days to get them in flight condition, you have an air show to put on at my coronation. Colonel." Lamar stated before saluting receiving salutes in return and leaving the house.

Two days later we find Lamar and Connor walking around Canterlot just enjoying the view.

"So did you catch the game last night?"

"Yah but i don't understand there sports so..."

"-------- ----"

"wait up." Lamar said as he stopped.

'audio received'

'tracing' NEXT said as it brought up lamars mini map and highlighted an ally with a green circle.

'amplifying'

"Somepony Help!"

"Connor lets go!"

"Right away." Cooper said as he and his friend jumped onto a near by roof.

The two evolved pumped biomass into there legs resulting in translucent trails following them as they sprinted towards there destination. The citizens on the ground wandered what the heavy thuds were above them as they watched two ponies jump from one roof to another.

"Nopony can help you. Now my friends and i are going to have some fun." a stallion said as he and ten of his friends drew closer, and while they did a florescent pink unicorn wearing tarted green and withered shirt and ripped skirt and a Silver mane who was standing over the prone form of her sister a florescent pink unicorn with a Teal mane wearing a whiteish-red and green shirt and and a tan skirt the mare stood over her sister hoping that anypony would come to there aid.

However just as the lead male a large Griphion went to pin her to a near by wall the group watched his head and upperbody simply burst into shards of meat, bone, and brain matter as they heard a defining crack. They then saw two large forms fall with a heavy thud in between the two mares and the now nine other males the two actually cracked the stone tiles that made up the ground here. As the two stood and they got a better look they saw that they had on very strange armor with masks and lights, The one on the right a male Pegasus had particularly bulky armor with a strange box behind his right bisep and a strange box under his left wing, And to there horror another male by his build the one on the left stood a full foot and a half taller than the other and had wings and a horn he had smaller cloth and plate armor with a blade attached to his left forearm. Both of these new arrivals carried strange Crossbows and the large one in the alicorns hands had a barrel that was smoking.

"Are you alright?" the alicorn asked turning around and kneeling down to the unicorn mare who had been knocked over from the shock wave made by there arrival.

"Yes thank you." the mare said before her twin sister awoke and the two continued to stared as the Alicorn nodded to them before standing back up and nodding to his companion.

"You might want to close your eyes this ain't gonna be pretty." Cooper said as both his and lamars arms were covered in black and red tendrils before being replaced with there blades.

As the two mares held there eyes closed they could hear the screamed of there would be rapists as they were ripped apart. specifically they were ripped, sliced, diced, crushed, and smashed but no matter how you put it when they opened there eyes the nine stallions were gone but the ally walls and the ground were covered in blood. And the alicorn and pegasus were holding there hands out to help them up.

"Come on we'll escort you home just lead the way." The alicorn said as he helped the silver maned unicorn to her hooves.

On the way to there home just on the outskirts of canterlot 'city' the two troopers learned that the silver maned mares' name was Nymph and that she was the slightly older sister to the teal maned mare Carapace.

"Well here we are. We will see you later, stay sage out there. And if you ever need us again take this and hit the button And we'll come running. By the way The names Raptor and this is Co-Reaper." Lamar said as he threw an extra locator beacon to Nymph.

"Thank you so much again." Carapace said shyly before they watched the two Evolved walk off towards the castel.

Author's Note

Hey i am looking for an editor. and sorry for the lack of activity lately i am posting this while i am at work at 2:54am.

Any way Let me know what you think pleas and if you have any suggestions for the future let me know.

Coronation

"Audio recording, Personal log, two days ago."

"Just talk into this thing?... okay.'ckick,ckick...crackle, whoooh' Alright this is private first class Teshan Starnes, call-sign Raider 'crackle, whooh'. They ain't come up with a name for what i used to do after i got out of Nano... not a real one not yet. Private security sounds like some dumb fuck mall guard, mercenary' would be the closest i guess but at the same time but about as far from the real me as you could have got'n. A mercenary sounds like some crazed out war vet all boozed up and with tats and a gun, humpen some third world shit hole because he cant hack it in the real world that wasn't me at all. But ya I was a vet and ya I used my training and Nano suit for cash... they cant remove them once they put it on you, you know. Not once it starts integration where it grafts itself to your body and if they do it kills you.
But i wont boor you with the details if you want them go ask Lamar or Lewis. Funny thing the Marines they always promis to teach you 'crackle...whoooh' "marketable skills" But they never mention that by a long shot there is nothing more marketable then knowing how to kill some people while keeping others from being killed. But now, now i'm in Blackwatch i mean ya i could have joined CELL lord knows they need good snipers. Anyway i first met raptor team when a CELL squad brought me down disabling my suit with those fucking K-volts it was the original Zulu squad that saved my ass, Bad ass mother fuckers all of'em so i joined the watch. Now i could have joined any team i wanted because i have a Nano-suit you see, but i chose to be part of Zulu squad and that band of misfits welcomed me with open arms and became my new family my brothers and sisters they were all one big multiracial multicultural DISfunctional family but we were family my family.
'chick, craaackle...whooh' There were a lot more of us back then, Raptor as the 'EQ' call him or Lamar if you ask any former human in private conversation was a different man back then. In a fire fight he occasionally shout shit like 'for the emperor, or purge the scum' we all got a kick out of it, hell some of us even started doing it ourselves of course throwing our own flare into the mix my contribution was 'purify the filth' heh I thought it was funny.
'crackle...whoooh' But after the infection spred passed the morders to the rest of the world, as we started loosing people ether to infected, CELL, IPLA or occasionally the evolved. Those jokes started to occur less and less until they stopped all together. He always told me that his original squad back in Delta force Nano-suit operations the ironically named "Alicorn team" that he actually never got to do any of this stuff he wanted every one was so up tight, and that he just needed to vent sometimes you know.
'crackle...whooh' Now the only members of the old gang are me and the LT the others died at Yonkers... I mean I don't mind Connor, Cas and Lewis but... I don't know y-you cant just replace family you know, It's just not the same.
Anyway being an evolved isn't that bad i guess, scratch that it is fucking bad ass especially since I can still use I my nano suit. Nothing really puts the fear of god into the face of these peace loving fucks like when you punch a hole through one of there chests while your invisible. I mean did you know these fucks haven't had a war in over a thousand years they wont last if a war were to break out. Not without us around anyway, Well i need to get ready for Lamars coronation tomorrow. This is Teshan Starnes, Reaper one-three, call-sign Raider logging off."

Lamar was sitting in the Royal dining hall there were servants scampering about bring desert or drinks and lining the walls or behind some of the other royals knights or guard, he poked at his food with his fork not noticing the saddened look on the pink alicorn across from him.

"Whats wrong?" she asked knowing that look.

"Nothing i'm fine."

"Raptor...?"

"Cadence come on. he's not worth your time."

"I will put your head through that wall." the young prince responded to the blond unicorn sitting next to her Blue blood if he remembered correctly. Raider who was leaning on the wall behind Raptor pushed himself off and began making his way over.

"You see what i mean! he doesn't act like royalty, he doesn't dress like royalty, he..." he was interrupted by Starnes who had de-cloaked next to Raptors chair shocking the occupants.

"Tell me blue blood. Do you know what a solid slug sabot round does to a person? Its.. .messy." Starnes asked his smirk covered by the breather but the chuckle in his voice was adamant.

"I heard that." Raptor said with a smile raising his hand for a high five.

"Oorah." Raider responded as he smacked his bosses hand.

"At least he is smiling?" Celestia commented to one of her knights who nodded in response with a chuckle.

"incoming transmission." the ponies of the royal family heard a fake sounding male voice originating from the Prince Raptor who sat with one of the noble none alicorn princesses princess Chalice to his left and Princess Jewel on his right. While the Royal family were having dinner the heads in the room turned to him some making faces of distance for this new arrive as he ignored them. They were very weary of Raptor Nopony new very much about him except Princess Celestia but when any of them would ask he would simply say "you don't need to know" And on top of that he never went any were with any of the royal guard, knight or other wise. Simply stating that his were 'better' as he never went any were with out at least one of his strangely armored companions usually the one known as Reaper who he revers to as Connor.

"What have you got?" Raptor said as he rested his right arm on the table. The Royals quieting the room to hear what was to be said. they took note of the slightly worried look on Lunas face. She knew that Raptor was paranoid and didn't trust very easily heck SHE barely knows him but if it has him interested then she and her sister should be interested after all it unlike other ponies (Bat ponies not included) he and his group seemed to embrace the night they would do most of there business at night and it looked like now was no exception.

"Lot of CELL and Griffon activity now near the Air ship docks. Looks like we were right about them targeting EQ supply shipments guess they are running low." the voice said as Raptors' piercing amethyst eyes looked a the strange device on his wrist. They knew it was a machine of some sort but to what end they didn't know, wait Griffion activity near the air docks?

"take them from the roofs less collateral damage? Or Talons maby." Raptor replied with a look of thought about him.

"well they've set up improvised gun turrets so any air approach is risky." the calm male voice said again making the Young prince think.

"Suggestions?" he asked However just as the captains of the guard were about to speak the voice came again.

"A controlled methodical sweep might be best here. Shouldn't present any major difficulty, permission to neutralize?" the voice replied with a chuckle towards the end. There was a pause before the Prince replied his eyes turning to Celestia and Luna who nodded there heads in approval after all he still didn't have the authority to do so, not yet at least.

"Granted. Meet up with Reaper and Swat and commence the operation." he ordered.

"Acknowledged. But sir this still doesn't explain the path of towns going dark towards the capitol. And the disappearances through out the city"

"We'll keep an eye on it. but until we have more troops we cant operate effectively. Shaka out" Raptor retorted with a sigh.

"Well then. Starnes our next appointment?" raptor asked ignoring the explosion from the docks.

"Tier 1 team, designation Wolfpack. They were a mother fucker to track down." he replied making the royals wander who and what they were talking about.

"Lets go." Raptor said standing up and walking out with his friend.

the next day

"Convicted of Murder of the first degree, Mare slaughter, assault, assault with a deadly weapon, arson, battery, breaking and entering, holding a royal guard hostage and murder of said guard, and self mutilation in form of removing your cutie mark... that last one is fucking weird. Deuce former earth tribe ranger and CELL operative you are sentenced to death." Raptor said as he sat across from a tan earth pony with blue eyes and a shaved mane. He smirked as he slapped a file and a large sack of bits down on a table and shaking the earth ponys hand.

"Welcome to blackwatch."

"Its a pleasure sir." the pardoned CELL operative said with a smile.

"Lamar! hurry the fuck up we are going to be late! Here put this on Your girlfriends gonna be pissed!" Starnes yelled as he barged in.

"Shut the fuck up Starnes! Raritys not my girlfriend!" Lamar yelled as he threw a bag at Deuce.

"How did you know i was talking about Rarity? It might have been any of the mares we know." he responded with a smile

"Put this on and lets go." Raptor commanded as he shifted his clothes to his formal uniform minus the hat.

"And shes' not my girl friend." he said as he walked out of the door unknowingly cracking audible thuds as he stormed out the door.

"Relax bro. Poylgamy is standard practice." Starnes said as he motioned for Mother, Voodoo, Dutch, and Preacher the tier one team that was standing outside the door in their new Blackwatch dress uniforms to follow him as he moved the princes' side.

"Lets go." The alicorn responded as he passed Colonel Grey who saluted before following him down the hall. These passed two weeks had been kind to the leader of Zulu squad, he had actually found a descent amount of former humans here in Canterlot many of them being former special forces or black ops. But most of them were completely ignorant of each others existence here before he had found them and recruited them. It was obvious that equestrian society had been influenced by human culture to some degree, the fact that humans were a myth here was proof of that. And their existence would continue to be a secret indefinably.

He was even able to keep all blackwatch operations, training, personnel and information out of the public eye as there arrival would have been surprising to the general populace if not handled correctly. He wanted their unveiling to be a surprise to everypony even the royal family (Royal sisters excluded) who believed that there Royal guard and respective variants were an effective fighting force despite there willingness to openly admit that they hadn't had a war in over 1000 years.

Last came the equipment issue it was no secret among blackwatch that supplies of ammunition and fuel for vehicles were low. And to solve this issue the prince actually turned to one of his 'cousins' for help the pink alicorn Cadence who was more than willing to help by teaching him a duplication spell thus allowing them to mass produce everything they needed once raptor taught it to the 'non-combatants' in blackwatch because it took time to use and couldn't be done effectively in the field. This spell however did NOT work on Nano-suits he had tried on a captured North Korean knockoff suit user and ended up vaporizing the fucker. It did end up working on a few other things however whenever a unicorn would try again it ether killed them from sensory overload or they simply couldn't do it again.

Now as it stood Blackwatch was the most advanced covert fighting force in the country as far as they could tell. But there numbers were low and they knew it numbering only 35 they wouldn't be able to win a stand up fight but they sure as fuck could end a fight before it started, and with the help of two newly acquired Rayzorback 2 drop ships covert tier 1 teams could be deployed any were in a moments notice to lend support to any royal guard force that needed it. However acquiring these two V-tol aircraft proved to be too great a price at the cost of five blackwatch unicorns.

A lot had happened since Zulu squads arrival in equestria and as Celestia brought up the second defeat of discord at the hands of the elements of harmony just the previous day the crowd erupted into thunderous applause.

"And now Mares and gentelcolts I am proud to introduce my long lost nephew Prince Raptor Equenus, the last male alicorn!" The solar Princess announced as she stood to the side as the crowd of over 1000 ponies roard there applause as they watched the Prince came into view the din of the crowd was almost deafening as they watched him raise him arms to quiet the crowd.

“People of Equestia, as your new prince, I devote my life to the protection of this great kingdom.” The new price starts, the crowd now hushed, “I have been given the opportunity with creating a task force for that such reason.” He extend his hand out, “I present to you: Blackwatch!”
With the signal 30 soldiers stepped on stage, lining either side of Raptor. All have a stiff stance and stern look.
“Our top technicians have been working day and night to provide us with the means to do our job. They have developed new technology, none like you have ever seen before.” Raptor’s outstretched hands points to the heavens as the 332nd passed overhead. The crowd’s attention moved skyward as the planes began doing aerial stuns, showing off their maneuverability. Much to the ire of the Wonderbolts and a cretin other cyan pegasus.

“I assure you, the protection of Equestria, is our top priority and we will risk life and limb to ensure its safety.”
The crowd erupted into a wave of applause as everypony present began watching the strange flying things.

To describe these things would be difficult, they had a roughly triangular shaped body with a neck that ended in an arrow head shape with out the sharp point at the head. sticking out from the back of the things were two forward facing wings that didn't flap as they flew and behind those were two triangular shapes in a V shape on ether end of the body, and what puzzled them the most were the two blue orange cones of fire coming from two parallel holes in there backsides.

they watched the five things fly forward before breaking there formation and flying in a low circle above them. As they saw lead one slow down they could see that the shiny dome part at the front actualy contained a pony sitting at some kind of seat meaning these were probably some kind of balloonles, metal, personal airships. However they were able to make out the name 'Easy' on the lead air ship with a yellow winged star on the wings.

Easy and the other four then flew straight upward there airships bellies mere inches apart and as they did that they watched the wings fold them selves inward towards the neck of the craft until the ships were nothing more than a bumpy arrow head with fins and fire. Before they heard the shriek of another air ship above them however this one resembled a large black beetle that had sloping wings with the word Coffee below a shiny black dome at the nose of the craft. They watched as it flew low over the castle walls avoiding the pegasi that were still flying before bringing itself into a hover like the other five air ships had just done before flying straight up into the air, and just as they were almost out of sight they broke off in a flower peddle formation before breaking into two groups consisting of Easy and Coffee in one group. and the others in another before preforming more maneuvers however the former humans recognized it as a dogfight reenactment

"What ever are thows ghastly things raptor?" Starnes heard as he saw the Rarity ask the boss and her had staid in contact ever since the whole nightmare moon incident. In fact they all had stayed in contact with some of the ponies in Ponyville. But Lamar and Rarity had actually grown close in these few weeks but it was anyone's guess.

"Those are F/A-87 Talon 2's the most advanced strike fighters ever made. And a PMF-24" Raptor said putting wrapping an arm around her waist.

"And as to why before you ask Blue duche. As starnes likes to say, If you've got it...flaunt it." he said high fiveing his compatriot.

"Oorah."

Author's Note

F/A-37 inspiration for the F/A-87 talon 2

let me know wat you thought.

Ghost Town

"Audio recording, Personal log, seven hours ago"

"Alright i guess its my turn, this iiis Corporeal Cooper Connor, designation Reaper one-one, call-sign Reaper. I guess my story starts with when my career as a heavy gunner, an A.S.T84 Micro operator in the 56 armored infantry division with the US army Rangers, now my story isn't as fancy as Starnes's or Lamar's'. But anyway It was my partner and I's job to draw enemy fire so that the rest of our company could circle around and flank entrenched positions. When we activated the our A.S.T or Armored Support Transport would unfold itself from compartments hidden in our heavy plates of armor, That's why we were usually grenadiers or heavy weapons specialists. Our standard kit consisted of our grenade launchers which we mounted on our left shoulder, an extendable Hurricane HMG a larger version of the CELL Typhoon smg. Mounted to our right arm and a spiked high powered hydraulic piston mounted to our left forearm. It was bad ass, we were walking tanks on the battlefield once our CO's activated our 84's we could really bring the hurt. But like all good things it came to an end when my partner took a Tank round to the chest, a depleted uranium SABOT.
After that I joined Blackwatch, I was given a brand new Micro A.S.T Light or MAL and I was assigned to this two man death squad. And I have got to say it was good to see Lamar again after all these years, even tho he was my Boss now. But 'sigh' I heard what happened at Yonkers and I knew, that I had some pretty big shoes to fill and that i never would actually fill them. We all had heard of Zulu team they had one of the highest body counts of any death squad, but since the two of them had Nano suits i don't know why Rooks assigned me to them any way.
But any way Raptor put Colonel Grey in charge for know because, he and task force Wolfpack are on there way to Zelienopel the newest town to go dark just two hundred mikes from the capital bordering a rather large rain forest, That town went dark just two days after his coronation. Any way we have to make preparations for the Galla this afternoon. This is Cooper Connor, Reaper one-one, call-sign Reaper signing off."

"Hey Shaka if i don't make it give this to my ex-wife." one of the stallions said as Raptor checked his shoot getting the finger.

"That's all she gets." the stallion said as he hopped a bit fitting the harness and psyching himself up.

"I know that's right Stump." Lamar laughed as the two side doors opened up.

"GO,GO,GO!" A grey pegasus with a graying black beard, with a scar across his nose yelled as Mother, Preacher, Tick, Dingo, and Stump jumped out of the dropship.

"Just like old times ah Voodoo!" another stallion a tan unicorn said before jumping out of the door.

"well I guess..."

"Get the led out grandpa! this is your op!" a certain alicorn yelled as he jumped out of the ship with out a parachute.

"Kids." Voodoo commented with a smile before jumping out of the drop ship. Once they were all clear the VTOL took a sharp turn returning to the rendezvous point followed by the PMF-24.

"LZ secure." Tick a blue earthpony reported as the others started to land.

"Shaka, Rabbit Check that house." Voodoo ordered as he and the others advanced into the town.

"on the door." Rabbit an orange pagasi whispered as he leaned on the right door seal while Raptor was on the left. The two nodded to each other before Rabbit took out some tape stretched a section of it on the left side of door near the Handel before stepping back.

BOOM

The two raised there weapons and entered the room sweeping the entire building staying close and covering all firing solutions with out ever uttering a word. Two uttered 'Clear' on there radios before moving to another building. The sun began to dip over the horizon as they all saw Raptor motion to another building on the edge of the town. However just as they were about to reach the home they began to notice strange green and viscous fluid on the ground in some spots, and a sweet smelling yellowish fluid near the trees.

"Looks like we missed the party." Tick a cyan unicorn commented motioning to a few pockmarks on a tree.

'Warning. Nano-shell overload. Initiating shutdown' SECOND said as Raptor stepped in the green fluid and fell to his knees as his Naon-Suit struggled to analyse the Goo as it slowly shutdown, On top of that his vision was blurred by happy blue static.

"Hissssssss!!"

"Contact! Contact! Fire at will!" Voodoo yelled as he and the others heard the hiss and saw some of the shadows move, and Tick was almost dragged away before raptor rolled around and fired into the darkness behind his squad mate saving his life. They all watched as a beam of green magic struck Raptor knocking him into a tree Riffle still clutched tightly in his hand.

However as they moved into cover the distinct sound of a jet engine stopped all activity in the aria. And they watched as two C.E.L.L combat VTOL's and a group of five griffons screamed overhead in pursuit of Coffee.

"Tick, Preacher!" Voodoo yelled getting nods in return as the two flared here wings and activated there 'jackets' rocket packs before rocketing off to the PMF's (Partially Maned Fighter) aid.

"There Killem!" they heard as they saw CELL ground units leap over a building getting into cover and firing on there position. For some reason however Rabbit pointed out that the previous hostiles had diapered.

"'uugh' Guess their mad about the docks!" Raptor yelled after reloading his riffle.

"What happened at the docks!" Voodoo yelled as he shot a griffon in the eye before reloading. Raptor explained as Wolfpack fired on C.E.L.L waiting for his suit to reboot.

'Nanoshell reboot initiated.' SECOND stated before activating.

"On your right!" Raptor yelled as they watched him grab a CELL trooper by the thought and rip it out before blowing the stallions head off.

"Voodoo we have got to get out of here!" Rabbit yelled as he reloaded his SCAR.

"FRAG out! Rabbits right we need to get the fuck out of here!" Stump yelled as he was shot in the shoulder the meat of his shoulder blowing out but adrenalin kept him going.

"Ough Fuck!" he yelled as he shot a griffon point blank before leaning on the rock they were using as cover.

"Viper move in for extract popping smoke!" mother yelled before he too was shot in the leg.

"Fuck!" The middle aged stallion yelled as he got back into cover and packing the bullet wound with dirt to stop the bleeding.

'ting, ting' They all heard it as the world slowed down as they looked to see a white baseball sized object land in front of them, They all knew what is was and that they were in no condition or position to do anything about it.

"Grenade!" Raptor yelled before picking it up and throwing it above a crowd of three Griffons before it exploded showering them with lethal white hot shrapnel.

'tingh,..tingh,tingh' Raptor felt large caliber rounds strike at his chest where his heart is. Making him recoil and take step back to the left before leveling his weapon again and slowly advancing on the enemy.

"Voodoo i have a plan. But your not going to like it." he yelled over his radio. Before taking cover behind a tree reloading his riffle, last mag.

Raptor stayed quiet as he tagged the C.E.L.L operatives with his HUD before glancing at the status of his reboot, 45 percent.

"What is..." Voodoo started before he was shot in the left bicep.

"Get the fuck out of here.. 'ugh Fuck'" Lamar yelled as he was hit with a fucking crossbow bolt.

"Fuck you." He said as he unloaded a half of a pistol magazine into the last griffon who was advancing on Wolfpacks Flank.

"There you are!" he heard feeling a massive impact to his ribs before being thrown to on his back.

'Jesus fucking Christ that hurt!' Lamar thought as he spun around to see who had shot him.

"Ready to..." the Cell shot gunner got out before Lamar kicked the gun from his hand and emptied his pistol into him as his wound healed.

'click,click,click' Lamar heard before tossing the glock to the ground and rolling to his stomach he looked at Wolfpack they were in pretty bad shape all of them had at least one bullet wound and they were all low on ammunition.

"LAST mag!" Rabbit yelled before firing into the advancing CELL.

"Voodoo get your men out of here." Lamar said over the radio

"No sir!" Voodoo yelled as he watched Raptor pop and throw a red smoke grenade as he slowly got back to his feat for emptying his riffle into a CELL operative with a JAW Rocket launcher who was about to shoot there ride down and the other three troopers next to him. The two looked at one another as Lamar tossed his weapon to him, He checked the magazine...empty.

"Now. That's an order."

"... Stand by for Exfil!"

The aged Navy Seal looked at his younger Delta force compatriot with understanding as he watched as a flurry of tendrils descended from the top of his head to the bottom of his hooves before his Blackwatch armor was replaced with his Nano-Suit. After that he could almost feel the change in him as the glowing blue of the Blackwatch armors' goggles met the dull red glow of the Nano-suits Visor. Before he felt the blast of air from the Razorback as it hovered low enough for them to get on.

'Nano-suit Activated'

"I'll make my way home." he heard Lamar say before he stepped out of cover and the Razorback took off. Its side doors slid shut but not before he threw out three recon drones that quickly cloaked them selves as the VTOL flew off back towards Canterlot, followed closely by the damaged PMF, Tick, and Preacher. Unknown to them they had an unwanted follower.

Canterlot (1 hour Later)

The Galla had gotten off to a good start pony's were mingling, The princesses had just finished greeting the last of the guests, the members of the royal court and family were thoroughly enjoying themselves. Twilight was with Celestia as usual, Fluttershy was hanging around Reaper who was hanging around the animals because Fluttershy was hanging around him And with him was the mare he had met earlier in the week Carapace, Cass was talking with a group of mares from the Lunar and Celestial guard, Applejack was with Lewis selling shit, Rainbow Dash was talking to Spitfire, Pinkie pie was off doing whatever it is she does. Raider was speaking to one of the noble princesses Princess Chalice, and Rarity was off looking for Raptor who for some reason that nopony knew wasn't hear. Nopony had seen the Newly named Prince all night and some of the ponys who knew him were worried.

'This is so incredibly dull. Just like every other galla' Celestia thought with a sigh wishing something, Anything would make this night more exiting.

"What was.." One of the nobles started before everypony saw one of the Blackwatch airships fly in between two of the castle towers sideways before leveling off above them. They watched a hatch open on the bottom of the airship and a revolving cylinder with other attached spear shaped rods.

The spinning stopped as they watched the rear of a white rod erupt into flames before it was dropped streaking ahead of the Airship, passed them, and into a large cloud before a fireball lit up the night sky. They then watched the airship streak off before disappearing into the clouds, They had never noticed just how big those airships were until one was right above them. They were then ushered into the castle by the royal guard and just before the on duty wanderbolts could take off they saw the forms of Three airships emerging from the clouds. Even through the darkness of the night they could see the trail of smoke coming from the smooth beetle looking airship. The two sleeker airships paired into a group of two before flying off while the airship they hadn't seen before came closer to the courtyard where the Galla was being held. When it drew closer they could make out the distinct sight of two pegasi flying close as the pillars in the wings and tail angled themselves towards the ground as it landed.

Almost immediately a crowd of royal guard and knights were at craft with the party goers crowded behind them. However the two pegasi who were flying beside the craft earlier came to rest at the side hatch, before one of them shined a flashlight at the side of the door where they all saw the Blackwatch winged star before they all backed away as the door slid open.

"Tick! Medic!" a graying pointy bearded Stallion yelled as he fell to the ground struggling to stand. He was bleeding infant all of the stallions who practically fell out of the craft were bleeding from small or large holes in there bodies.

'one,two,three...' Tick paused his mental head count for a second before counting again.

"Voodoo, where is Shaka?" the one called Tick asked drawing the attention of the other Blackwatch troopers who had just arrived from the crowd to held there comrades. The crowd noticed the wounded guards move their gaze to the ground with solemn looks on there unmasked faces

"He... stayed behind." The leader answers as he sat on the ledge of the door way as the medical pony's arrived.

"We have never heard of this Shaka." Princess Luna 'stayed'

"Raptor. Raptor stayed behind." Voodoo said earning horrified gasps in response.

"WHAT! Are you Fucking retarded! Thats our job!" a new voice yelled and as the crowd turned they saw Raider followed by the other members of Raptors personal guard.

"He ordered us to do it! Here i'm bleeding out." Voodoo yelled before handing a video pad to Celestia as he was wheeled away on a gurney.

"what is this?" she asked as the strange airship flew away.

"Live feed from the drones i deployed as we were bugging out. i haven't got'n a chance to see it yet. i'm sorry." he said before laying his head back.

"Play it. i feel bad for these people." Connor said snatching the device from the solar princess and hitting the activation button and dropping it to the ground.

"Why?" Shining armor asked furious with these 'guards', how could they not care more that the prince was missing.

They all watched peaces of the device shift and click into place as blue and red lights flickered to life on the device as a grapefruit sized lens with a hexagonal grid pattern appeared in the middle as it flickered blue,green, then red before a cone of light erupted from the devise and in the middle of the light was a revolving Blackwatch star.

"What the..." Rainbow dash questioned

The image shifted to a town where many of the building were ether destroyed or on fire, the bodies of strangely armored ponys lay strewn about on the stone or dirt streets, carriages were overturned in fact one was inside of a building on top of a crushed pony. Horrified they noticed that all of the ponys that lay in the streets were stallions there were no females besides a few of the griffons, Equestria had an almost dangerously low percentage of males with only 35 percent of the entire population being male so any loss on this scale would be... the camera shook then went black.

The camera then shifted to another view and this one was even worse then the last because while there were less bodies many of the ones that remained were gruesomely dismembered or horribly mutilated. In fact more than one lay fully bisected in the dirt, and they actually had the gruesome treat of watching the top half of a stallion fall away from his lower half which lay on the roof of a building still connected by a line of entrails. And Like the last the had this camera shook violently before going black.

It shifted again to a body with a crushed head before the camera moved to show a pony walking down the street the pony had strange white armor on with the word C.E.L.L on the back of his vest, he was walking in a daze shell shocked before he was struck in the temple with an arrow with a glowing green knock. It shifted again following where the arrow came from to show a large stallion with strange armor holding a Very strange looking bow. When he stood from his crouch being illuminated by the fires behind him they saw the matte black Wings and the horn as he moved to retrieve the arrow.

"No matter what man tells it self, in his heart resides the spirit of the hunter. He can build cities, erect monuments to his greatness. But at his core, he can not escape his own nature." they heard him say as he dropped into a crouch as he removed the arrow placing it in the holder in the bow before knocking another.

"The Bow and arrow, Beautiful in its simplicity. Is it coincidence that every culture on earth developed it independent of one another? Or is it something else, something in our blood... something primal that allowed us to manifest it?" he continued as they watched him react to a sound before flying to a near by 'stable' roof top to see a lone stallion.

"Of course the trickiest part about hunting, is making sure your the hunter... and not the hunted." he says as they watched him fire an arrow into the stallions back before jumping down and retrieving the arrow.

"Are you the hunter? Or the hunted?" he asked himself before he spun around firing an arrow into the camera, it fell to the ground as he walked up standing over it bow in hand as he looked into the lens like he was looking at them.

"I know for Damn sure which one i am."

Call-sign Shaka

"Audio recording, personal log, seven days ago."

"This is Cassity Francis, designation Raptor two-two, Call-sign Cass. I was never a 'bad ass' special forces soldier like the others, I was a Blackwatch public relations officer... it was the easy'st job ever, i never did anything. But when the Mercer virus went world wide we were all called into active duty, I guess we were lucky that the special infected including the evolved but excluding the brawlers stayed in the NMZ. That's the New Manhattan Zero for those of you who don't know. I was at Yonkers, I was there when the American war machine failed to stop the infected. I watched from the safety of a Bradly as the majority of Zulu squad was devoured as the order to fallback was given, thats why i joined them.
But more importantly Right now Lamar or Prince Raptor is missing. We have no doubt that he will find his way back to Canterlot, but we are catching a lot of flack from the other Royal guard for not going after him. But we know better than to go after troops presumed behind enemy lines, not because of the enemy but because we would be putting them in more danger than they already are. But winter is here so I feel bad for anyone unfortunate enough to have to deal with the prince in a blizzard. On a more positive note the element bearers have returned to Ponyville and have returned to there various adventures receiving Blackwatch support only on there distant excursions. Any way this is Cassity Francis, designation Raptor two-two, Call-sign Cass. logging off."

seven days ago.

"I'll make my way home" Shaka said as he watched the VTOL take off before turning around to see five C.E.L.L trooper leveling there weapons at him.

"Its over Ass hole!" the leader of this small group said before Shaka leaped into the air towards them as they fired there weapons at him.

'Air stomp'

The ground cracked and cratered as he slammed his fist into the ground, the concussion of the blast killing one out right. Before he rose to his hooves snatching the Feline SMG from the closest trooper before kicking him into the rock Wolfpack was using as cover, and as his bones shattered Shaka turned and shot the third trooper in the chest, neck, and head. Before he ejecting the empty magazine catching it and throwing the empty piece of metal at the last trooper, embedding it in his skull. Looking to his right Shaka engaged one of the passive functions in his Nano-suit.

'maximum: power'

He could feel the suits muscle amplifiers attach themselves to what passed for his mussels and as they grew he pumped bio mass through out his body, before sprinting to a nearby CELL trooper picking him up and slamming him through the flimsy wooden wall of the building behind him, before stomping on the cripples head as he reloaded his weapon in a blur of motion. Upon hearing a noise he immediately spun dropping to a knee and kicking a CELL Marksman severing his lower leg. Before snatching the stallions sidearm as he fell clutching the stump where his right knee had once been.

"You stupid Fu..." he got out before Shaka stepped on his throat as he made his way to a near by window as he switched Power back to passive.

Shaka knelt as he made his way up a set of stares as he heard the sound of C.E.L.L Troops entering the building below him. SECOND highlighted the main support column of the building as he neared it passing a CELL ordnance cache.

'Cloak engaged'

The Cryfibril that made up his suits exterior began to crystallize as he turned invisible making his way passed two CELL squads. Before he placed the C4 charges he had taken from the cache on the column before disengaging his cloak, immediately coming under fire, dropping the Feline, and jumping out of a window before flying to a near by building and detonating the charge. Bringing the building crashing down on the heads of 15 CELL Soldiers burring them under rubble.

"Have you now you fucker." A CELL enforcer said leveling a black and yellow weapon before he had a hole punched through his chest before being consumed by the Nano-suit clad evolved.

"Nice." Shaka smirked under his helmet as he lifted the Typhoon reloading the weapon before slinging across his back. He paused taking this time to tag targets with tactical mode before sprinting down the hall pulling the pin on a grenade and tossing it down a hall with out breaking stride, before leaping out another window towards the street below.

'Air Stomp'

He landed in the middle of a squad of troopers who were knocked in every direction. Quickly he plucked a Grenadier from the air, holding him by his neck before pulling the grenade pins on his new 'friends' chest before throwing him into a nearby ammo cache.

"That was not my best plan." he said to himself as he leaned to the left dodging a missile that came from the cache before it blew up a building behind him, unknowingly killing a sniper.

'gosh,gosh,gush, CRASH' he heard as he turned to see a C.E.L.L A.S.T emerge from the building that he had brought down.

"Hey fat ass." Shaka greeted as he watched the A.S.T's operator level his right arms weapon a 50.CAL HMG as he himself un-slung the Typhoon from his back and leveling it at the operator.

'maximum: Armor'

'thud, thud, thud,crack!, CRACK!' he felt the first few rounds slam into his arm as he was foced to lean back lest he break his arm, before immediately re-leveling his weapon and unleashing a volley of 4mm ceaseless rounds at 500 sounds a second into the operators visor shattering, it forcing him to cover his face. And when he lowered his arm his target was no were to be seen before he suddenly felt his back burst open as the last thing he heard was the distinct sound of a Typhoon firing.

"Nano-suit beats A.S.T... Bitch." Shaka said confidently before reloading and re-slinging his Typhoon bending over and removing the HMG from the A.S.T hefting it with both hands before shifting his grip on the HMG (heavy machine Gun) to hold it like a comically large riffle.

"i love being an Evolved." he quipped before whipping around and kicking a carriage into the lone CELL survivor knocking them both through the wall of a building, spattering the pore fuck against a brick wall. Everyone in this aria was dead and to almost prove that point a building collapsed and caught fire like most of the other buildings thanks to that ammo cache.

"I wander what happened to the things we were fighting before C.E.L.L showed up? I mean that goo relay fucked with my Nano-suit." he said to himself before cloaking to avoid those 'C.E.L.L' drones and moving to the shaded aria he had saved Tick.

'Nano-vision enabeld'

He looked at the corpse of whatever it used to be because "Corpse" would be inaccurate, this was just chunks of meat and limbs. Upon further inspection he noticed that a left leg had survived his earlier onslaught of 50. caliber hollow-points. When he deactivated his Nano-vision and activated the actual night vision he noticed that the limb was Black in color and upon completing the "poke it with your gun test" he discovered that it possessed a hard exterior like an exoskeleton, he could also see that what ever it was had holes in its leg that appeared to be natural making him question the structural integrity of any creature that had naturally occurring holes in there limps. His suit picked up a faint pheromone trail matching the dead what ever it was heading into the nearby rain forest.

"Guess whatever they were bugged out when C.E.L.L showed up?" He questioned as he noticed even more pheromone trails heading into the woods.

"This is Cobalt section Survivors of sector three delta three, fallback to sector three delta five" the radio of the A.S.T crackled.

"Back to work." he said as he began jumped to a near by roof top and began running on the direction of sector three delta five leaving the fire to spread. He was almost at his destination when he felt a a violent impact that almost tore his right wing off.

'Maximum Armor'

Shaka rolled to a stop on the roof he was on before leaping to the left dodging the impact of something hitting the ground. Upon returning to his hooves and bring his new 'riffle' to bear he was met with the piercing, red eyes inside the glowing visor of a C.E.L.L Nano-suit.

"You must be the one who took out all of Tiger section." the other nano-suit soldier questioned confidently as he took out a weird device before a section of it flipped up making a bow before he drew and fired an arrow.

"woah!" Shaka yelled in surprise as he barely dodged the projectile before leveling the HMG and firing on the Spec-ops C.E.L.L only to hit nothing.

"This is not, Okay with me." he complained before he came under fire making his suit begin to short out. And as he turned firing he saw another Spec-ops C.E.L.L holding a K-volt.

He then felt an arrow hit his shoulder followed by the sound of a SCAR being fired. Great, three Spec-ops CELL. He quickly pulled the arrow out, cloaked and burst threw a nearby doorway.

'Nano-Vision enabled'

Shaka tried his damnedest to spot the three Nano-Suit wearing Mercs. However try as he might he just couldn't get see them, the most he would get were glimpses as one fired his K-volt before the other fired his SCAR Mod 3, The one with the bow however could fire the damn thing cloaked so try as he might he couldn't see him. Just as he was hit with that damn SCAR again he was getting fucking pissed off.

"What the fuck! No matter what i do i cant FUCKING find them!" he yelled as he sprinted into another building before falling to his knees and sliding into a washing machine as he clutched his head in pain.

"Stupid mistake." he heard as he looked up to see no one there. However for some reason the world had gained this wired orange hue as what looked like a ping of white appear before warping around something revealing a Spec-ops CELL highlighted in Red even though he was cloaked.

'i have... viral sonar? Bad ass.'

Shaka was quickly shot in the chest three times and once in the head his body going limp as the Spec-ops Trooper turned away from his kill.

"Tango neutralized." he said one hand to the side of his helmet as his right arm swing at his side holding the SCAR, as he began to walk away.

"Send a squad to collect this suit, so we can get back to killing those fucking bu'uugh'..." he began before the inside of he coughed up blood spattering the inside of his visor. He looked down to see a jagged triangular blade jutting threw his chest and upper stomach. His SCAR clattered falling to the floor as he clutched the blade that protruded from his chest.

"Your mistake." he heard in his ear as he was slowly lifted into the air with the blade as pain shot threw his body, but he was unable to scream as his lungs were filling with blood all he could muster was a low gurgling sound. Warning and other assorted messages were flashing across his suit as he looked to the sealing.

"Viper, Viper respond" His radio squawked and his world went dark, as the blade was brought up threw his left shoulder bisecting him.

"...This is Viper." He said as he picked up he scar. He clutched his head for a moment before shaking it off.

"Rattler, this is Viper I am Oscar mike." Viper said as he activated his cloak and proceeded out the door.

"what the hell took you so long?" the cloaked K-volt welding Spec-ops C.E.L.L questioned.

"Hey Rattler I've got a quick question." Viper asked as he neared his cloaked comrade.

"What is it?" He asked without turning around.

"Does this look infected to you?" Viper asked nearing his friend

"What? 'guugh'" Rattler said before he was impaled threw the stomach and lifted into the air making his suit de-cloak.

"This." Shaka stated as he reverted back into a Nano-suit clad alicorn before quickly consuming him, and crushing that damned K-volt. He then slung the SCAR across his back with his Typhoon.

He quickly sent out another Sonar pulse while having Tactical mode enabled and quickly found the dirty fucker with the bow who was actually on another rooftop, so he turned his arms back to normal tagged him, and jumped over to the roof.

'Air Stomp'

He landed right next to the Last Nano-suit trooper knocking him into a wall however he quickly recovered. He looked to see the Delta Nano-suit user so he quickly draw Vipers SCAR Mod 3 and shoulder it, so he acted in kind with his Predator Bow.

"Lets go bitch." Shaka challenged as the two Nano-suit Veterans Squared off.

'maximum power/armor'

Shaka sprinted at the other Nano-suit soldier whose call-sign was Cobra. When he was halfway to his target he dropped to his back and slid firing his SCAR into his chest, jumping just as Cobra fired an arrow at him. Cobra rolled to the left as Shaka brought his fist down embedding it into the thatched roof.

'Maximum armor/speed'

Cobra quickly switched to and fired an air-burst arrow at Shaka, then sprinted at his foe. The Cryfibril on Shaka's suits' exterior bunched together before going ridged, as the arrow exploded knocking him onto his back, he quickly stood and superman punched Cobra in the face as he exited the smoke.

'Maximum power/strength'

Shaka turned and delivered a savage punch straight down into Cobras chest sending him straight into the ground, cracking the already damaged roof and sending the two of them crashing into the room below. Cobra then quickly recovered and delivered a powerful kick into Shaka's stomach. Unfortunately Shaka saw this coming and took the kick catching the hoof.

'Maximum power/armor'

Cobra realized to late that he had made the terrible mistake of engaging Shaka in close quarters combat. He learned all to late as he watched the alicorn before him bring his fist down on his right leg. shattering the bone and shattering the knee joint of his suit, unfortunately his opponent didn't stop there as Shaka delivered a powerful kick to the crouch sending him to the floor. Shaka still had his leg in his hands as he stomped on Cobras chest watching chips of Cryfibril fly off as he stomped again. Only this time he ripped the lower leg from Cobras body before lifting his hoof and slamming it down separating his right arm at the elbow.

"wha-what are you?" Cobra pleaded as he witnessed the Nano-suit soldiers arms turn into jagged triangular blades.

"Evolved." Shaka said flatly as he stabbed and consumed Cobra.

"These guys didn't know anymore than I do about those weird things" he questioned as he retrieved HIS new Bow before folding it and continuing to sector three delta five.

'Time for some shock and awe.' he thought to himself smirking under his helmet.

"Serpent team had gone Dark!"

"ooah Fuck!"

"Look out!"

'Air Stomp'

They Began firing at the rapidly descending evolved, before he slammed into the ground sending three CELL into a nearby carriage dead. Quickly Shaka rose to his hooves grabbed a charging CELL enforcer by the head lifting him up and squeezing as his victims body went limp he felt the helmet be crushed as he moved the body to block incoming fire.

'cloak engaged'

Shaka dropped the body before sprinting into an ally, much to his shock he actually ran up the wall a bit before he jumped to the roof. A CELL Recon trooper turned to see his body and SCARAB fall to the ground before an armored hoof stepped on his head. Shaka then spun dropping to a knee firing an arrow into a CELL Marksman's stomach before turning around and firing another arrow into a troopers head, before storing his bow leaping to another roof top shifting to his left arm into a blade while he took out his Typhoon.

'maximum armor'

He could feel the bullets from the street below striking his armor. They hurt like a mother fucker but at the moment he was in the zone. As he neared the roof he rolled into a kneeling position unleashing a short burst from his typhoon mulching the pore shit, before quickly standing and bisecting a charging Jackal welding enforcer. He dodge rolled to the right as a thermobaric rocket struck the building slamming him into a wall. He could taste the blood as he slung his weapon before shakily standing back up and shifting his arm back to normal before sprinted to a near by radio tower. He ran up a section of the structure before grabbing a small beam, swung inside, and quickly vaulting off of the beam in front of him pushing himself up. He burst through the top of the tower in a shower of sparks and broken and bent metal, coming to rest on the top of the structure. And with a massive surge of biomass into his wings he launched himself into the sky.

'air stomp'

The CELL forces fired at him as he threw a smoke grenade into the ground before impact creating crater. They watched an arrow come sailing from the smoke and into there only A.S.T they had left and watched the arrow slam into him knocking him onto his back before he exploded. By this time a majority of the town was a blaze and as he rose his arms replaced with the blades the fires behind him making him resemble some kind of angel of death. He then quickly shot off impaling and lifting a CELL trooper with a JAW before stabbing him three more times before consuming him, taking the Launcher and firing it into a crowd of three CELL troopers.

To Shaka's surprise the projectile fired wasn't a missile at all instead it was flechette, and as the hundreds of small steel spikes shredded the CELL troopers he quickly spun and punched a hole through the cell recon trooper with a K-volt. As he began consuming him he leaped into the air running along the side of a nearby building before leaping off, and firing an Air-burst arrow into a crowd of CELL before landing on and impaling a particularly annoying CELL Recon trooper with a typhoon. He then spun extending the weapon that earned him the name Shaka and impaled the stupid fuck who tried to flank him, through the throat with his Assegai (four foot stabbing spear).

"bitch." Shaka insulted before dropping his Assegai, spinning and firing his last arrow into one of the few remaining CELL in this entire town. He then picked up his Assegai collapsing the handle making it just look like a large 'knife' and sliding it back into the sheath on his lower right leg. He then immediately began going out and destroying those fucking "C.E.L.L" drones that had been following him around.

'The hunt is on... I love my job.' he thought to himself as he flipped out his Newly acquired, very bloody predator bow finally getting a chance to admire the surprisingly VERY lethal weapon. He then retrieved the arrows in the immediate vicinity before, he dropped into a crouch upon seeing a lone CELL trooper walking out in the open like a tard, so he fired an arrow into his head.

'this thing is bad ass. I feel a bow-centric monologue coming on.' he thought to himself as he stood up and stretched his wings before retrieving his arrow.

"no matter what man tells himself self, in his heart resides the spirit of the hunter. He can build cities, erect monuments to his greatness. But at his core he can not escape his own nature." He said out loud thinking he sounded cool as he tore the arrow out of this losers head.

"The Bow and arrow, Beautiful in its simplicity. Is it coincidence that every culture on earth developed it independent of one another? Or is it something else, something in our blood... something, primal that allowed us to manifest it?" he continued before hearing the sound of a weapon cocking and flying to a near by roof top.

'Bro, you are the bravest man i have ever seen.' he thought to himself almost feeling bad about having to kill the dude... Almost. I mean honestly thought he had a chance with that shittly little pistol.

"Of course the trickiest part about hunting, is making sure your the hunter... and not the hunted." he said with a smirk under his helmet before he pinned the dumb fuck to the ground with an arrow before he jumped down before yanking out the arrow.

"Are you the hunter? Or the hunted?" he asked himself before spinning around and firing an arrow into the fucking Drone he walked up standing over it bow in hand as he looked into the lens.

"I know for Damn sure which one i am." he said confidently and coldly before taking the arrow and walking off.

Canterlot (grand galloping Galla)

"That was Bad ass!" was the collective statement from the Blackwatch troopers. However their enthusiasm wasn't shared with the present company who eather through up, passed out, or stood there in shock and fear.

"That was... tha-that was..." Celestia

"Yes he is back!" Starnes yelled in excitement.

"What do you mean by that my dear pony?" Celestia asked regaining her barrings.

"When i first joined Zulu team he was just like this. Then we started loosing people and he turned into a puss." Starnes laughed.

"Any way, Shining armor do you see why we aren't going after him? He can take care of him self." Connor said

"What i am worried about were those Spec-ops. I didn't even know C.E.L.L had Nano-suits." Cass commented.

"They do, but they're rare." a new voice said and when the group turned they saw a Large earthpony with strange armor standing in the hologram. He stood the same size as Luna the his brown fur and closely cut slightly graying mane contrasted heavenly with the black and Blue armor. In one of his large hands which could easily palm one of their heads was a large black tube with five smaller tubes with glowing slits on the front of the device, which as a hole was more than half his size, but he was holding it like some of the blackwatch troopers sometimes lazily hold one of there rifles, and n his back was a large boxy rifle easily his size. But back to his armor it looked like it was struggling to hide his bulging muscle despite the armor plates. In fact on his right chest plate he had a stranger symbol it resembled a circle that had an A in the middle with two lines on the left and right and a smaller one coming from the top.

"And who might you be?" Cadence asked for everypony.

"Blackwatch Agent Orion. And yes that was bad ass as fuck."

The road ahead

"Audio recording, personal log, classified time, classified location."

"Classified, classified, Blackwatch intelligence, call-sign Agent Orion. I Cant say much about my previous life, but what i can say is Agency, Orion super soldier everything else, you guest it is Classified.
I will tell you that I work intelligence and long range recon for Prince Raptor not blackwatch. Raptor saved by life from a EQ revolutionary breeding camp. I ow him my life and when he came to me and asked me if i wanted to join blackwatch I agreed under the condition that i work for him not the princesses. This is Agent Orion signing off."

Shaka walked through the burning town, executing any C.E.L.L survivors that remained. He continued like this for hours before he finally came to the house where it all started. The corpses of the dead CELL troopers were being eaten by timber wolves.

"Alright. lets try this again." he said to himself as he dropped the 50. he salvaged from the destroyed A.S.T earlier, before he drew his SCAR and kicked the door into the house. He quickly and quietly cleared the entire first floor before entering the second level. However as he neared something from the room at the end of the hall, he braced himself against the wall before attempting to kick the door down only to be knocked on his ass as the door glowed green.

"Ow! well then." he stated, he knew he should have paid more attention to Twilight when she tried to teach him magic.

"Ok, lets try this again." he said before he punched it making it ripple.

"FUCK!" he tired waving his hands around before thinking and coming to the conclusion that he needed a new approach.

"Who ever's in there can you open the door pleas, so i don't sit out here making myself look like a fucking asshole." then all of a sudden the door pulsed green before slowly opening. Quickly he leveled his SCAR before entering the room to find the windows boarded up, a desk, a bed, and a closet but pretty spartan aside from the mare huddled in the corner of the room dressed in a tight wight shirt that complemented her pink coat and jeans.

"Wait a minute, Nymph?" he questioned lowering his SCAR as she looked into his visor.

"Raptor? what are you doing here?" she asked standing up before looking over his now outfit.

"I was about to ask you the same thing." he stated leaning out of the door and checking down the hall, clear.

"I was here visiting my family while Carapace stayed back in Canterlot to watch the house and attend the Galla, before these guys with weird armor showed up. I have been in here for two days" she explained crossing her arms under her chest and watching him with a very stern/quizzical and if you asked Shaka 'cute' look.

"I am here to figure out why the town is empty, guess CELL took everypony, the rest probably fled into that rain forest." he explained as she continued to watch him move around the room with that strange weapon of his as he came to rest by the window.

"Well i have to get back to Canterlot Carapace is expecting me back so is there anyway you could take me?" she asked curiously as she observed that he was looking out of the window before he took a small rectangle from his weapon check it for something, then slapped it back in.

"My ride had to beat feet. So it looks like we are walking, there is no other way back to Canterlot and its a two hundred mile walk." he stated before pushing himself off of the wall.

"What! Im not going out there with those guys still here..." she was about to continue before she was cut off.

"Look if you want to stick around here and wait for a rescue that's never coming, that's your business. But I am leaving in five minutes." he said before she watched him pull something on his weapon back before letting it go, making the weapon produce a 'Click, chick' sound. And Just like that the stallion who had saved her before just left to search her and her sisters house.

"...Hey wait up!"

(five minutes later)

'This house sucked, Not even a god damn ammo cache.' Shaka thought as he neared the main entrance having 'changed' into his Blackwatch uniform. As he neared the door he saw Nymph standing in the stare case with a white mid thy length yellow skirt and black polo while she held the straps to a pink back pack with a sleeping bag tucked under one arm.

"Deiced to come along huh?" he said removing his goggles and gas mask and lowering his hood. Not that he needed them, his nano-suit was part of his body.

"I- of course i did." she responded this was the first time she had seen his face. After all he did were a mask all the time he could have looked like any thing. But she was presently surprised instead of an ugly or old face she was met with the face of a stallion who appeared to be in his early 20's, somepony that could have been a model but decided to be what he is today instead.

"What? have i got something on my face." he asked coldly.

"Stay close to me, and you'll be alright." Raptor said before she watched him walk passed her and out of the door before hesitating to pick something up that was beside the door.

"Do i smell smoke?" she asked as she reached the botom of the stares.

"Yes." was the only response she received as she exited her and her sisters home for the first time in two days the magical ward she had placed on her room had blocked out any outside sounds aside from people she knew.

It was then when her eyes finally refocus allowing her to see the degree of the destruction. The entire town was on fire with random explosions rocking the landscape. Buildings collapsed as there frames or supports scummed to the flames, with broken bodies lying in the streets. Nymph then watched Raptor casually walk up to a stallion who was actually trying to drag himself away. So thinking Raptor was going to help him she was about to rush to his aide before Raptor reached down grabbed his long knife and stabbed him in the neck before turning to her as he put the knife back into the scabbard on his leg.

'Multiple contacts closing. Calculating alternate route'

"Suns coming up... Let's, Go" Raptor said before clicking the safety off on his scar and making sure she herd him before beginning to walk slowly towards the rain forest.

"So whats your family like?" he asked as he stepped over the first root of the forest trying to keep his companions spirits up.

"My mother is nice she adopted Carapace and I when we were just foals, we never knew our birth mother. My aunt is a little weird though she claims to own this forest." she answered before smacking a mosquito as she then looked up as she to stepped over the root. She noticed jealously that the insects of the forest seamed to be actively avoiding him, even the annoying mosquito's outright refused to go anywhere near him let alone bite him.

"That,s good to hear... hang on." he stated before dropped his large weapon and fired an arrow into the forest. Nymph was about to question why he did that before he lifted a bush to reveal one of those strangely armored stallions impaled to a tree.

"Ya sorry about that." she heard him say as he yanked the arrow out of the stallions heart. she was in utter shock no pony killed with such heartless efficiency. She saw the body erupt into orange fire as they walked away going unnoticed by her escort. Two continued for about three hours before another instead happened they found a very attractive mare just dancing in the forest.

"MA'am!...Ma'am!...I don't have time for this." Raptor said before hefting the HMG in the mares general direction 'chlick, chlick'. Almost immediately Nymph recognized the mare and tired to get her to move but it was no use because as it turned out she was out of ear shot.

"Wait. Let me try." Nymph pleaded. The two of them looked at one another for what felt like hours before he sighed.

"Your lucky I like you Nymph." Raptor said as he lowered his large weapon actually making her blush before he turned around lifting the weapon and began sweeping it over the area.

"What is this shit?" Shaka asked himself as he walked off, over to a pile of rank smelling purple goo and poked it with a stick.

' squish, squish' "Gross"

"Raptor?" he heard and when he turned around he saw Nymph in front of him. But something was off and he quickly found out why because he saw the Tag she had placed on her but back where he had left her.

"Rapto..'gugh'" he quickly grabbed and lifted the impostor by the throat before SECOND scanned her for any traces of the Mercer virus finding none.

'No viral catalysts detected. recommend immediate termination.'

"Nice try." 'squelch' he quipped before impaling the impostor through the stomach. But what he didn't expect was for the body to quickly ignite with green flames making him drop the corps immediately.

"...I didn't expect that." he stated genuinely confused. But he had to admit that this thing looked fucking cool. He then decided to poke it with his typhoon for about 15 minutes before getting bored picking it up and walking off.

"Thanks for understanding this means alot to me..." Nymph said.

"We drones live to serve mistress." the mare said with a bow.

"Now go tell the others drones not to.."

"Hey Hymph! Have you ever seen one of these things they are cool as shi..." the two heard before turning around to see Raptor walking out from behind a bush dragging a dead drone behind him by the horn.

"Well then? this is new." he said holding his Typhoon across his chest. The two creatures in front of him looked almost exactly like the one he had just killed. however while the one he killed had green parts, he could easily Nymph identify by the dress and backpack despite her black exoskeleton and the pail yellow parts to her body, she kept her silver mane only now it had the ever so slightest hint of platinum blond that brought out her green and pink slitted eyes, that were accented by her transparent yellow insect like wings. She stood the taller then the other one who looked kind of gender neutral but more like a mare sort of who had orange/yellow parts to her body?

"Feel free to yell, and shun my like the others." Nymph said strongly crossing her arms with her wings fluttering a bit with a slight chittering sound.

"I don't care." he said with an emotionless face.

"Do you see now? We can never form relationships outside of out hives. Non changelings are to fearful, to scared of what they don't understand to accept something like us." the changeling to next to her said.

"I said i don't care. your different I understand." he said slinging his weapon it was going to be dark in two hours and his suits visor was going crazy with blue static before he shook it off.

"What makes you different, pony? what makes you think you are worthy of me? What makes you thing you can understand me?" Nymph asked defensively yet arrogantly. Before she and the drone beside her actually recoiled slightly as his body was covered in a mass of writhing black and red tendrils as his body shifted. When they receded Raptor was replaced with an average sized earthpony in the same armor as some of the dead stallions from back in the town.

"This." he said in different voice with a smirk under his glowing red downward facing triangle shaped visor.

"you are dismissed speak of this to nopony." she was actually surprised she had never heard of a race that could change forms besides Changelings.

"Yes mistress." the changeling said before flying off.

"Well i guess we all have our secrets don't we, Raptor. Now shall we continue onward?" Nymph said with a kind of smirk that Lamar couldn't place.

"sure. I like this you by the way." he said as shifted back to his original form before took out his SCAR.

"Lead the way." she responded with a small smile. Before her escort began trudging through the forest as she followed close behind. The two walked in relative silence collecting firewood along the way.

(two hours later)

"Come on. We'll stay in here for the night." Shaka offered climbing onto a rock and set down the HMG before kneeling down holding his left out a hand to help which was promptly slapped away.

"I appreciate the sentiment Raptor, but I can take care of my self." Nymph stated climbing onto the rock swaying her hips as she walked into the cave ahead of him.

"im sure you can" He stated as he continued staring into the forest tracing left and right with his riffle. As he attached a scope he could hear his companion setting things up for the night.

"will you tell me something?"Nymph asked as she opened her sleeping bag.

"anything." he responded as he aimed down the sight of the scope at something that caught his interest.

'sonar engaged...Cell detected. recommend immediate termination'

"Why don't you return to your natural form?"she asked as tried to start a fire with the wood they had collected. She watched him lower his riffle was it, before raising it again.

"this is my natural form." he said looking over his shoulder before attaching a silencer to his SCAR.

"Whelp." he continued to say as he fired a round into a distant Cell troopers head. Before standing up and walking over to where Nymph was struggling to start a fire much to his amusement.

"Need some help there shape shifter?" shaka asked before placing the HMG against the wall and pulling out a flare and tossing it into the makeshift fire pit.

"Man im beat." he said exasperated as he sat down across from Nymph and shifting into his Nano-suit before placing his SCAR in front of him before proceeding to clean the weapon.

"Raptor?"

"Hm?"

"What was your family like?" Nymph questioned before she watched him pick up his weapon and took out the barrel.

"I dont remember." he said as he watched his charge get into her sleeping bag, before dawning the nanosuits mask and reassembling his SCAR.

"Lets get some sleep." he continued before punting out the small fire.

"Where are you going to sleep?" Nymph asked shifting further into her bag and watching him shift about. Despite the lack of ambient light being a changeling has its advantages such as night vision. She continued to look at him as he seemed to be just sitting there silently staring at her, however truth be told she couldn't really tell thanks to that visor. She then heard something behind her and saw Raptor shoot up with his weapon before walking up and stepping over her.

He just stood there for what felt like hours, before finally lowing his weapon and retaking his spot across from her, and the staring contest continued before she saw his head dip before his body slightly relaxed.

"Good night to you too." She quipped before falling asleep.

'ZAP'

'WARNING Unknown shutdown. All systems impaired. switching to, core function mode, Life support priority'

Author's Note

Hey let me know what you thought.

Also how do you think i am incorporating the Nano-suit and the evolved powers together, as well as separately?

Caves suck

"audio recording, Personal log, two days ago"

"This is Lewis young, Call-sign SWAT, I was a on a navy seal Nano-suit team, then i became a cop and everyone died, Now im in blackwatch... what the fuck. Well what ever um Lamar is still missing shocker, Agent Orion is out looking for him and once he finds something we have Razorback one-one on stand by. it has been boring as nuts around here we let twilight and her friend go off on there stupid adventures and sometimes we will run into a cell patrol in the everfree but is is nothing we cant handle. Any way there isnt much to say so this is Lewis Young, Call-sign SWAT signing off."

'WARNING Unknown shutdown. All systems impaired. switching to, core function mode, Life support priority'

'WARNING Unknown shutdown. All systems impaired. switching to core function mode, Life support priority'

‘warning, deep layer protocols engaging.’

‘Re-routing systems’

'we are all dead men walking'

“Who is this guy anyway?” a voice in the darkness said.

“I dont know it must be the new prince, you know the last male alicorn.” another voice said as it faded away.

"Ya what ever that's a bunch of hay."

‘systems recovering.’

“What is the matter he hasn't moved since we brought him here. here we are the pod. a new voice said. Still nothing just black emptiness.

‘systems recovered. Activate defibrillator’

thunk..!

thunk!

‘Wake up Prince, this is no time for dying. Get your ass back in the fight!’

"ghaaaasp" The world suddenly came into view. Lamar was inside of a dark cavern illuminated with fires on the walls only the fires were green. He then looked himself over seeing that he only had some relay shitty pants on and was completely "unarmed". He then noticed that he was inside of some kind of cell, but his vision hadn't completely cleared. He then felt pressure on his horn and upon moving his hand to inspect it he felt what felt like a ring on his horn. He had learned about these from twilight they were magical suppressors.

“Ug fuck.” Lamar said as he rose to his hooves as his eyes cleared and he could see other cells and strange organic pods around him with other pony's inside. The fact that there were some large organic looking cocoons on the wall that reminded him of a certain quadrilogy directed by Ridley Scott.

“..... IM GONE.” he yelled before running to the cell wall and tried to break it down only to be promptly stooped dead by a previously invisible green magical shield.

“FUCK!” he continued to yell before taking a few steps back and sitting down since he wasn't going anywhere for a while.

"Hey let me the fuck out of here!"

"Hey shut up." a voice behind him said where he saw an obscenely bulky and gnarly looking dog thing. For some reason however everything went all black and white before he spoke.

"You must be out of your mind."

'Viral trace detected'

'I wander what the others are doing?' Lamar thought to himself as he absorbed the dog thing after crushing his head against the cell for about five minutes . Lamar then fell to his knees clutching his head and passed out before waking up some time later.

'Compatibility registration complete, New viral strain stored in deep layers.'

"Oh I bet these can do some damage'' he said chucking.

(Canterlot)

"I the great and powerful Tri...." 'BANG'

"no magical fighting in the market." Starnes said as he re-holstered his sidearm and quickly dispersing the gathered crowd.

'My god this is so incredibly dull.' he thought as he discretely consumed the corps of the blue unicorn he had dragged behind a dumpster.

"I just want something to happen." Cass commented as she sat at a marble bench spinning a bullet like a top.

"you think this is bad? try kicking a fucking trees for hours, Or god help you if you go on one of twilight and her friends stupid adventures. Did you know they don't even know what we do?" Starnes replied as he sat across from her, as they watched Lewis beat the shit out of an apple thief.

"He's a cop right? im pretty sure thats police brutality." Connor said as he to sat down but broke the bench he was sitting on.

"He's blackwatch now." cass said

"Remember when we used to be covert about this stuff?"

"When were we ever covert? We'd kick in your door shoot, you, your nabor, and dog and then blow up your building, we were never covert." Starnes said with a chuckle as he lit up a cigarette.

"Remember when those weird dog things kidnapped Rarity. So we went in got her and bombed the area."cass added

"Oh my god i had forgotten about that. could you imagine if Lamar had been here? He would have gone ape shit." Connor laughed

"Or the dragon that made all that smoke. so when Fluttershy and her friends made it back to Ponyville the 332nd shot that fat fucker out of the sky." Lewis added as he finally walked over and sat down.

"Have you found anything my little ponys?" A very familiar voice asked from behind them. The four troopers then bowed before answering.

"No ma'am nothing ye..."

"Nevermind. Get your sister, your niece, the elements, and whatever. lets go." Starnes said before they proceeded to the ship.

(Zelienopel)

"grid two-delta-one clear. moving to last none location sector four-alpha-two and beginning sweep." a large stallion said as he lifted his weapon his .75 caliber, fully automatic, 30 round clip, 600 round a minute, Armor-piercing, high explosive round "SMG" (its about the size of an assault rifle). However the Prince calls it a "Bolter?" for some reason stating that the weapon was ripped off, right out of warhammer what ever that was. He then loaded a TNG into his TAC gun before He proceeded to leap into the air arching towards a rather large forest.

"Now what do we have here? A changeling?" He said to himself as he knelt down and flipped over the corpse of a changeling. 'snap'

"fuck no." he said before turning to face a bush before taking out his "bolter" and firing into the underbrush. (Use your imagination as to what you think this would sound like.)

The Stallion then began climing a rock formation following the signal.

(Cave)

It was time, the second official meeting of the changeling hives. 'gush'

Queen ambrosia had had agreed to have it held in one of the vast caves in her forest. and this would act as neutral ground where they would settle border disputes, a queen would discuss upcoming plans, and other issues. Today the queens present were Queen Chrysalis who was currently discussing her plans on an assault on canterlot. Queen Ambrosia who was playing with some bugs that hovered around the table they were sat at, Queen Miasma who was acting like she had better things to do and currently tapping her hoof bored and impatient with the lack of proceedings, Queen myxine who was going over documents, an read out of the resorces and numbers of each hive, and Queen Calliphora was currently conversing with Chrysalis. 'gush'

"Ok everypony now that we are all together we most discuss the Serious Issue posed by those strange ponys with CELL on there armor...'gush'" Chrysalis started before she was cut off

"What in Fausts name is that Banging noise!" she yelled.

"I have no idea but it is very annoying, and giving me a head ache." Ambrosia said holding her hand to her head with her eyes closed.

"Myxine didn't you send somepony to check it out?" Chrysalis asked

"Yes but they haven't returned..." she replied before two changelings entered the chamber one with blue detailing and one with green.

"The Prisoner from last night that we captured is awake, and is banging on the bars of his cell." the blue one said followed by the other reporting that princess Nymph had awoken.

"The prisoner? oh yes the stallion we captured with your niece Ambrosia." Myxine said as she stood and walked to the door as the other queens did the same. After a short walk they met up with Princess Nymph who hugged her aunt Ambosia and her adoptive mother Chrysalis. They then walked threw several rows of there guards and passed the behemoth guarding the door to the harvesting pod chambers, where the banging was joined by what sounded like the faint sound of a male singing. 'GUSH' That last bang didn't sound to healthy.

"Aaagh! FUCK! MY FUCKING ARM IS BROKEN!Fuck,fuck fuck!" they heard the male's voice echo threw out the cavern followed by a rather welcome pause.

"there we go." they heard as they rounded a a pod and one of the only Cells in the chamber came into view, After all these cells were only meant to act as holding until more harvesting pods were ether constructed or became available.

"Raptor!" Nymph yelled as she ran ahead of the five queens only to be stopped by the magical grip of her adoptive mother. The Changeling queens and Princess looked gazed into the Cell and what they saw was simply astounding. there in the cell was an honest to goodness Male alicorn, the queens were to put it simply shocked the last male alicorn they had heard of died from the plauge two thousand years ago. Yet here one was and what a specimen, he had the build, figure, and bullying swagger of a soldier. Yet he was short by alicorn standards only being the same height as Carapace meaning that he was still young and growing. At first it was difficult to see him do to his black coat, but once they got closer they could actually make out some noticeable details on his person. First of all was the cutie mark on his flank which was visible do to the ragged pants that were provided by the centurions that must have brought him here. The mark itself was quite strange it consisted of a yellow star and a pare of blocky yellow wings on ether side.

As they walked closer they could see that he was just standing there thinking to himself and they could see other markings on his body. One such marking was on his left shoulder which appeared to be the head of a snarling white dragon.
Below that on the side of his arm ending above his elbow he had the phrase "Into the fires of battle, Unto the anvil of war", And below that on his forearm he had another phrase which looked like gibberish to them "In'jamba a'guaga ne'ura' en'gey". They then saw him abruptly turn his head in there direction before turning to face them as they neared they then saw on his chest above his heart he had another marking worked around three circular holes (scares form bullet wounds) forming a downward facing triangle.

"What?" Raptor demanded crossing his arms but upon noticing Nymph let his arms fall to his side.

"Hey Nymph hows it going?" he asked as he looked passed the changeling princes to the five larger changelings behind her.

"Nymph who the fuck are they?" he finished, yep not your regular regal alicorn.

"Well My handsome stallion i am..." Miasma began before she was promptly cut off.

"I didn't fuck'n ask you!" the stallion yelled as they finally reached the bars.

"How dare you address me in such a way I am Queen Miasma, Queen of the second largest changeling hive in all of Equestria! I could destroy you without a second thought, you insolent worm." she stated proudly and angrily placing a hand on her chest for dramatic effect.

"well you smell funny." Raptor answers with a cocky smile.

"'ahem' Any way starting the introductions you have already met Queen Miasma. So this here is Queen Myxine, next to her is Queen Calliphora shes kind of creepy, next is my aunt Queen Ambrosia whos taritory we are in and queen of the third largest hive, And last is my mother Queen the largest and most aggressive hive queen Chrysalis." Nymph stated with pride.

"I am Prince Raptor Equenus. It is a pleasure to meet most of you." he replied.

"what happened to the other prisoner?" Ambrosia asked genuinely trying figure out the location of her newly acquired plaything.

"Um was it a weird dog look'n thing?" he asked her.

"Yes he was a diamond dog, that I captured a few days ago." she answered looking around the cell frying to find the beast is it was hiding.

"oh hes dead." Raptor replied nonchalantly

"how, and why!?" Calliphoria who had remained silent until now asked.

"I smashed his face against the cell for about five minutes. And i didn't like the way he was looking at me."

"Raptor was it? If that's true then where is his body?" Miasma asked doing a complete 180 from her earlier bitchy attitude getting a chuckle from him.

"uughuu" he replied shrugging his shoulders gesturing to the bloodstain on the ground near by.

"Any way. What were you doing with my Daughter last night?" Chrysalis asked crossing her arms.

"well after i killed all the cell soldiers in that shit ass town I found Nymph in a house and started my walk back to Canerlot, she just happened to tag along." he answered before they watched what looked like a line of black and red tendrils go from the tip of his horn to the bottom of his hooves as he rolled his shoulders and the next thing they knew he was in different clothes. (A sleeveless version of the blackwatch uniform. only with no collar,no bayonet, or right shoulder pad)

"How did you do that? You are wearing a Magic suppressor." Myxine asked actually tugging on the fabric of his vest to see if it was real and not some illusion, it was.

"It's none of your fuck'n business." he replied as he stretched his wings before giving them a few flaps before folding them back up. Raptor began kicking loos rocks into the barrier, or just crushing them with his armored "boot?" as Nymph explained what had happened after they had entered the forest the night before. The five queens then nodded to one another before addressing the alicorn again.

"Well Prince Raptor. In light of this new information we think you would be the perfect candidate to help us with a little issue." Chrysalis said as she deactivated the barrier.

"Well that depends on what it is?" he replied as he exited the cell. They then heard a loud bang from outside that shook the ceiling. And Raptor go stiff a second before he looked to them and pushed Nymph sending her into her aunt.

"GET DOWN!" he yelled as he tackle dove Chrysalis to the ground as a large rock smashed into the position she had once been. A Behemoth immediately lumbered into the chamber as a section of the roof collapsed. It then charged the Young alicorn who was awkwardly straddling Chrysalis before a figure emerged from the small dust cloud created by the rubble.

"Get some!" A male voice called as a Very large and tall stallion jump punched (super man punched) the behemoth. This stallion was absolutely massive standing about nine feet tall with bulging mussels. Much to there horror the massive stallion then proceeded to shoulder charge the behemoth knocking it to his level before kneeing it in the face and then ripping its lower jaw off, and proceing to pummel the beast.

"Bitch" he grunted as he tossed the jaw at the dying changeling before walking over and grabbed Raptor by the back of his neck with his massive left hand and lifted him off of the ground and back to his hooves. They then watched as ropes fell from the hole in the ceiling and four ponys three stallions and one mare lower them selves with the ropes, followed by the Royal princesses, six mares, and some royal knights. However the strangely armored earthpony stallion lost his grip and fell on his face, resulting on the other three strangely armed ponys laughing at his folly.

"...Jesus Christ, starnes." Raptor sighed.

Author's Note

Sorry for the wait, and the quality of this chapter Im not very good at character development when it comes to non military people. And i had some serious writers block.

But the Regularly scheduled and general incompetence of blackwatch should continue soon.
Pleas let me know what you thought, and what you think i can do to better my character development and anything in general.

Pre-op gitters

"Audio recording, personal log, seven hours ago"

"Just talk into this thing... (Luna your mics on backwards!) Okay then Raptor. We are Princess Celestia and Luna giving our report as per Raptors request. Ok we are going to get this out of the way right now; Raptors Blackwatch is the most Disorganized, Aggravating, Infuriating, Unprofessional, and Incompetent group of ponys we have ever, had, to, deal, with! The Fact that this group of thugs is still alive is nothing short of mind boggling!? Shining Armor the captin of our sisters Solar guard, has expressed his borderline hatred of this group stating that they are quote 'poster image for what a guard should not be.' (Shining Armors a Bitch! [Buck you!] Woah there space man you need calm down, whats with all the swearing!) And the fact that some how Cadence gets along with Raptor is nothing short of a miracle. While our kind and soothing Cadence completely abhors death in any form Raptor on the otherhoof is the polar opposite. While we won't speak for our sister we by no means hate Raptor, He is a superb stallion and we will openly admit that some of the things his ponys have done have helped Equestria and our subjects, But he has some serious issues. (You can say that again! [I will punch you in the face!]) Much like my sister Luna I by no means hate Raptor in fact i see the value of having him around unlike my short sited Guard Captain. Ever since he and Blackwatch have gone mostly public crime has drooped in canterlot and ponyville by a whole 50 percent partly do to the threat of what the Blackwatch guards call 'The trifecta', and partly do the fact that the hardened criminals that were on the street are part of blackwatch now. *sigh* Unfortunately this means that the most technologically advanced fighting force in the country now consists of thirty five; 'classified elements' as Raptor and I put it, Hardened criminals with in moral standing, and privately hired mercenaries. All of these things normally add up to total collapse But somehow they haven't and probably never will and as such i don't want to see what they will be like in 15 years time.

But Raptor is a great colt once you get to know him, he is very rough around the edges, he is actually quite the gentelcolt IF you make a good first impression. (I will punch you in the FACE!) Shining Armor obviously hasn't made a good first impression. Now what a mare like Rarity sees in him is lost to us. But anyway Raptor believe it or not has somehow orchestrated a very temporary truce between equestria and the changeling hives to eliminate a rather large C.E.L.L was it? (Ya CELL) A rather large CELL complex. They have agreed under the condition that we go with the guards what we have brought with us. Unfortunatly Raptor has be given as he calls it 'on scene command' of our group *withering sigh* Foust help us. Well we have to go now my my little ponys. signing off."

(Razorback drop-ship transport call-sign Gipsy Danger)

The hold for this particular transport was filld with noise but not the noise you would expect form a military operation, no this was the sound of 'Diplomatic talks' "Talks". While the Knights and changeling centurions were at work maintaining there various bladed weapons (swords and or various other hand weapons) the Princesses and the elements were talking with the Changeling Queens and Princes about various elements of eachothers culture, before they broke for a while.

"I-i-i dont understand why cant we just talk to CELL? Im sure they just want to be friends but nopony will give them a chance to change." Fluttershy asked her friends.

"Because CELL are a bunch of pricks." one of the five un-named Blackwatch troopers said. These troopers unlike there counterparts had red Blackwach stars instead of the blue, white, pink, or black of others signing them as 'high risk' ex-cons.

"Who are you guys? i have never seen you before?" Cass asked as she checked her unusual piece of kit, you see unlike other blackwatch troopers she along with pilots and some commanders wore a 'revolutionary' piece of equipment known as a helmet, not a mask, a full on helmet; you see it provided more protection than a Kevlar hood.

"Where the.."

"'cough' Red shirt 'cough, cough' my bad boys, just stay far away from me. I dont want to be blown up by a grenade." she cut them off as she hopped a little shifting her EXO, and shifting her vest so it was more comfortable for obvious female reasons. After all it was a tight ass vest and keeping them cramped up all day really hurt.

"'Hee' You alright there cass?"

"F-fuck you s-scrub!" she blurted out im embarrassment.

"Oh my god! Cass whats your last name!?" everypony in the hold heard the prince yell

"Frances."

"I mean your actual last name." he demanded.

"Zale. pronounced Zayl" she lamented

"OH my god! IS there a Valencio among us!?" Raptor asked as he demanded as the large the Large stallion raised his hand.

"Thats fucking copy right. Your basically a god damn space marine, you walk around with a god damn Bolter, and your last names Valencio ya fuck off I don't want to get sued, Brohan." the Prince stated a smile apparent in his voice. The two stallions and mare then began discussing things amunged them selves while some of the others who hadn't been around them as long as other ponys had looked on wandering what they were even talking about. And what was a space marine?

(POV change non former humans. [Trial run])

"Raptor sir, can you at least explain to me why there is even a military force like blackwatch? At what point did you decide to give criminals and mercenaries weapons and unleash them upon the enemy. We have heard everypony else s, Whats your story?" Shining armor asked everypony in the hold who knew how the two got along was absolutely shocked at the sudden civility the captain of the Solar guard captain toward his superior.

There was a silence in the air, so quiet that the only sound was the din of the engines, the silent shifting of blackwatch equipment, and the occasional chittering of a changelings wings. All eyes turned to the Prince, he looked down and took hold of one of the loops on the ceiling. He took a long breath before answering, like he had been prepared for this moment for a long time.

"It is a undeniable and may I say Fundamental quality of life that when faced with extinction... Every alternative is preferable." he said as he looked down.

"I guess that makes scene. But what could have gotten so bad as to make our race face extinction." Shining responded. Raptor looked to Celestia who nodded for a moment before he appeared to be in deep thought before answering.

"It goes by many names. The infection, The walking blight, The surge i like that one, you might know it from your history as the Plauge, the red death, or as the eternal waking nightmare. But to us the unit whose job it was to contain the threat, it was simply known by its real name... Blacklight." he paused to let it sink in, Twilight ever the scholar asked the question.

"You make it sound like it isn't from what history claims it to be. It is stated that Before even The princesses the Red death was the result of an ancient alicorn tampering with black magic. But was tainted by a sickness from the depths of Tarterus it self. Isn't that true?"

"If it was it would be more fitting. To answer your question no Blacklight isn't a sickness from the depths of Tarterus, it's a weapon pure and simple. created by one man Alex J Mercer." Raptor answered

"But i dont understand. If it was your job to make sure the plague didn't spread how did you let it get so bad?" Rainbow dash asked.

"We were able to contain the first out break in hope Idaho. where we found Elisabeth green code-named mother, and her son code-named pariah. Now what happened to them i dont know. But there was one thing, After the operation all body's were accounted for, all but one the reports say that they found a scorch mark and a strange glowing black crack in the ground where the infected person had been." he responded.

"What happened after that?" she asked holding a notepad that she had gotten from god knows where.

"I don't fucken know. The pore fuck who was messing with magic must have summoned up an infected." He replied as he checked his bow. Undenounced to them he was formulating a way to tell them with out reveling to much.

"But back to the whole faced with extinction thing. we were able to contain the threat to a large island named New york again, during the second out break but after the threat of the CEPH emerged at Lingshan we bombed the city with a multi megaton nuclear weapon, Then in 2047 Prophet ended the CEPH threat. But the threat of the infection was getting worse and worse and so blackwatch was called in again, straight from the war with the CEPH and CELL and put in the place where the source of the third outbreak, New manhatten Zero. Blackwatch was dangerously low on men so the stipulations for joining were adorably low and this lowering of standards gave birth to what blackwatch is today, a far cry from the pole up the ass frigid mother fuckers of the original blackwatch." he finished.

"Nymph you asked me what my family was like and i kind of just blew you off. Well I had an adopted brother his name was Quann Barnes he was older than me. And believe it or not he actually would have been put in charge of Raptor squad." he said looking at the changeling princess.

"What happened to him?" Ambrosia asked.

"He died." he said as he slapped a "Magazine" into his rifle. The lights then inside of the ship then turned off before a strip of red lights activated on the ceiling making the Blackwatch troopers even more intimidating.

'15 minutes!' a voice over the intercom said.

"A Speech as we go to battle." Starnes yelled the others in the hold wandered why he was talking in such a way.

"What is your life?" Raptor askes as he began walking up to each of his squad asking them questions loud enough for everypony to hear.

"My honor is my life." cass answered

"What is your fate?"

"my duty is my fate." Lewis who had been taught the traditions of the squad by the others responded

"What is your fear?"

"My fear is to fail." the massive stallion Valencio answered

"What is your Reward?"

"My salvation is my reward." Reaper answered

"What is your craft?"

"My craft is Death." Starnes answered

"What is our pledge!?" he demanded loud and clear.

"Our pledge is to eternal service!" zulu squad responded. He then walked to the front of the group in the hold. He then began a chant that was earaly similer to the royal guard chant. The ponys all knew the chant of the guard it was something that had guided them through hard times, But this Warped version brought nothing but shame to those words. The Blackwatch troopers dawned there maskes/helmet before speaking.

"Our armor is contempt (kindness), Our shield is disgust (tolerance), our sword is hatred (Love). In the emperors (their) name, let none survive (Friendship be magic)." Raptor finished as the door opened.

"ave imperator."

"ave imperator!" the other zulus replied

"Ok so here is the plan." he started as red hologram appeared in the middle of the hold it showed a large building of some kind.

"There will be three teams. Team one will consist of myself, Raider, and Reaper, we will go in from the roof. Team two which will consist of Celestia, Miasma, Cadence, Snining Armor, Gamma squad, Cass, Myxine,and SWAT under Cass's command; fire team two will go in from the main entrance and start clearing the building from the bottom. And fire Team three which will consist of Chrysalis, Ambrosia, Calliphoria, Nymph, Luna, the elements as reserve and Valencio under Chrysalis's command, Team three will enter from the Garage and work there way up. fire teams will meat in the middle of the tower having hopefully cleared the building and move to extraction." Raptor said as he began pointing to parts of the holographic building.

'two minutes'

"Stand by!" Cass yelled as she and the other members of Zulu squad held there weapons to there chests. The other Troopers then stood at attention, the others in the hold then followed suit forming a line just big enough for Raptor to walk down.

"This is for you new people..." He started as he slowly walked down the path.

"I only have, one rule." he said as he taped Celestia's breastplate locking eyes with her at the end.

"Every one fights. No one quits." he continued looking at as many of them in the eye as possible.

"If you dont do your job, ill shoot you. Do you get me?"

"We, get, you, sir!" A majority of the hold replied.

"Welcome to Blackwatch."

"Rap-tors Black-watch!" Starnes yelled

"Hoah!"

Author's Note

I decided to give you all a bit of back story here. And again tell me what you thought. And any predictions for the future?

Crynet. Enforcement. and Local. logistics

"This sucks. Its cold as fuck. and its snowing" a CELL trooper said as he walked patrol.

"You know who doesn't have patrol in the middle of the night, in the first snow of the year? carloce" another trooper said.

"Right? Fuck that dude."

"Hey bob? hey bob where are you at?" 'crack'

"roof secure." Lamar said as starnes uncloaked and Connor climbed over the edge.

'team one in position, Entrence secure.' they heard Cass say over the raido.

"Ok. Connor Activating your AST. Ponys, stay with team two. Changelings Team three, Comence operation on my mark. synk (synk, synk) mark." he ordered. They waited thirty seconds for team two to draw some of the attention before Lamar activated Connors AST.

"Connor, your on point. Move out."

(POV TEAM TWO [Celestial knight #2])

I have to admit this is a much better plan than I thought it would be. And this Rifle thing that i was told to pick up is a lot more useful then my sword against CELL. My fellow knight Sword dancer is already dead because she tried to stab a one of these ponys with her sword only to be shot in the chest. So now the non unicorns such as myself have picked up weapons and are pretty much just copying blackwatch and picking up a new weapon when ours makes that clicking noise. The Unicorns on the other hoof are firing offensive spells or raising shields like its going out of style. The Princesses had actually taken a decent chunk out of there numbers.

(Regular [team two])

"Gamma team i want you to flank right an... Or you can run out, do whatever you want and get killed, ready break good job guys." appear before the ponys and griphions down hall start glowing green before falling over.

"sector one secure." Cass said over the privet comm as she watched the bodies of the five Blackwatch troopers vaporize.

"Celestia look out!" she yelled before sprinting passed her and delivering a viscous left hook to a cell troopers helmet before kicking him in the leg and throwing him against the wall and shooting him. Cass and Orion then took Position on both the left and right of the hall way and advanced before they came to a small foyer. Where Celestia believe it or not immediately set a squad of CELL troopers on fire as they raised there weapons to Miasma. And the Blackwatch mare took this advantage to close the distance to negate the use of the Long barreled weapons used by these CELL troopers. They then watched as Lewis appear from nowhere and gun down five Cell Enforcers that were on a balcony before jumping down to meet up with them. They saw that Lewis didn't have his blackwatch uniform on.

"Did ya mis me?" he asked as he reloaded his shotgun.

(Sceen change Team 3)

"Aunty Behind you!" Nymph yelled as she fired a beam of magic at a CELL enforcer blowing him into a wall.

"INSOLENT FOAL!" Luna yelled as she engulfed a CELL trooper with smoke choking him to death. This armor was new she had just had it made by one of the best blacksmiths in equestria and now it was damaged and dirty.

"I shall make my penance on the Battlefield, For the Prince is with me and i shall not fear!" Valencio yelled as he fired his "Bolter/Bolt gun" from the hip.

"Maintain attack formation." he yelled as he reloaded his weapon before switching to his TAC gun.

"Cover Him!" Chrysalis yelled as she and the others began sending lances of magical energy towards the CELL troops. The CELL troopers had never Actually delt with changelings before sure there current employer wanted them taken care of and sure they were looking in that fucking forest but they had never Actualy fought them or seen them before. There men were dropping like flies most of them weren't even dead just covered in different colors of goo. They then saw a CELL trooper that stood out from the others Nymph pointed out that it looked slimier to a suit of armor Raptor had. However his armor was black and white while his visor was triangular.

(CELL POV)

"Jackknife get on the MG!" The leader yelled from behind a jersey barrier as he fired his Morita into the crowd of hostels.

"YES SIR!" a griphion yelled as he and his mate started to fly over to the Mounted machine gun. However Jackknife never made it, His whole upper body exploded just as he reached the gun. His body tumbled in the air and his mate was snatched up by these red maned changelings.

"SIR! Sector one has been completely over run!" His Radio operator said.

"Sector 25 isn't responding... Hang on I've got visual. Shit Its Blackwatch."

"FUCK! Fall back by squads to the secondary defensive positions." the leader yelled before pointing to two CELL enforcers, one with a Grendel and the other with a typhoon.

"You two with me!" they nodded and dove into cover with him just as the group of troopers they were with got overrun. Him and the two other squads fell back.

"Get delta company. We have to protect the... MIIIKE! Close the door, Close the DOOR!" he yelled as the now one legged LMG gunner came crawled into through the door. The leader snatched the LMG from the cripple before kicking him back through before slamming the sliding door shut and locking it as a mirage started to rise form the ground.

"Get me Delta now." he said as he walked off.

"Im not having this shit."

(Normal POV

"This was a shitty idea next time i come up with the plan." Starnes said as he and Lamar took cover behind support beams while Connor was firing down the hallway with his AST. The three of them then watched the Cell troopers start falling back just as Connor's ammunition ran out forceing him to reload.

'team three garauge secure.' they heard Chrysalis say

The three evolved then continued down the hallway eventualy they reached a walkway and when they looked down they saw teams two and three meeting up on the middle floor walkway. However just as the three passed what looked like two large light fixtures alarms started baring through out the complex.

'BWWWEEEE!'

"WARNING BLACKLIGHT PRESENCE DETECTED IN SECTOR 25-BRAVO-NINE. ACTIVATING incendiary Charges." NAX CELLS Security A.I said over the Intercom.

'boop boop boop, beep'

"Shit, Scatter!" Lamar yelled

The ponys and changelings along with the other members of Zulu watched a one of the walkways above them expload showering them with debris and fire as they saw three figures leap form the platform landing on other walkways. The prince landed on the catwalk one floor above and to the right of them, Raider landed on the walkway to there right and Reaper landed above and to the left of them. This was not good Team one was completely scattered and everyone could here the sounds of advancing CELL soldiers.

"Alert, Intruders Located, DELTA COMPANY REPORT TO SECTOR ONE-DELTA-FOUR. ALL ADVANCEING UNITS BE ADVISED, HIGH MAGICAL READINGS DETECTED IN SECTOR ONE-DELTA-FOUR PROCEDE WITH CAUTION. PRIORITY THREAT WARNING: ORION SUPER SOLDIER DETECTED IN SECTOR ONE-DELTA-FOUR, TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE. PRIORITY THREAT WARNING: ALICORNS DETECTED IN SECTORS ONE-DELTA-FOUR AND FIVE-TANGO-SIX TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE. PRIORITY THREAT WARNING: CHANGELING QUEENS DETECTED IN SECTOR ONE-DELTA-FOUR TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE. WARNING HOSTILE NANO-SUIT USERS DETECTED IN SECTORS ONE-DELTA-FOUR, ONE-DELTA-NINE- AND FIVE-TANGO-SIX TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE. ANALYSIS OF INFECTED INDIVIDUALS COMPLETE... ATTENTION ALL UNITS, MAXIMUM THREAT WARNING; REPEAT MAXIMUM THREAT WARNING: EVOLVED LOCATED IN SECTORS FIVE-TANGO-SIX, FOUR-ALPHA-THREE, AND ONE-DELTA-NINE. ANTI-EVOLVED TERMINATION TEAM DEPLOYED; ALL UNITS BE ADVESIED AVOID TERMINATION TEAM AT ALL COSTS. ALL REMAINING UNITS ENGAGE INTRUDERS AT WILL." the monotone female voice said over the intercom. Collectivly everyone said one thing reguardless of there social status.

"...fuck/buck."

Author's Note

cliff hanger!!

The stage is set

To team twos advantage small barriers rose from the walk way as CELL troopers started arriving on other walkways.

"GET TO COVER!" Shining armor yelled taking the term from blackwatch. Team two began returning fire with whatever they had left.

(Take me down to the river beend...)

Myxine looked and drew some of the others attention to a door at the end of a hallway. When they looked they saw a unicorn, Pegasus, and two earth ponys sprinting towards them. However they noticed when they got closer these stallions were absolutely massive the same height and size of Agent Orion and had grotesque glowing green and orange tendrils sprouting from there necks to there shoulders. When they reached the end of the hall they leaped into the air and as the massive stallions neared them they noticed a strange translucent green and red trail coming from there body's.

The Stallions ground pounded the platform as they landed blowing them back. Now that they were closer they could see that they each had a symbol on there armor that resembled a CO in side of a triangle. Each of there arms were bare and the Princesses noticed the marking given only to the ponys put into maximum security Breeding camps.

"Orion's." Valencio said as he shouldered his weapon, and curling his fingers as he raised his fists.

"Phase three, Volenters for project orion." the white armored earthpony said as he slammed his fists together before he too raised his fists. Just as he did that the door at the end of team two's walkway exploded outward revealing two stallions in bulky white mechanical suits, And in between them was the stallion Team three had seen in the garage. He lowered his weapon as his helmet then began to fold in on itself revealing a grey unicorn stallion with green eyes and white mane.

(Take me down till the fighting eee-ends...)

"Dark sword." Celestia gasped in shock.

"You know him Celestia?" Chrysalis asked cautiously not entirely trusting that she knew this stallion.

"He used to be my best student before Twilight and Eventually became Solar guard captain before shining armor."

"What happens?" shing asked raising his crossbow.

"He became fed up with the way the males were treated at the time, But when he asked for my help I refused and he disappeared."

"Princess, because of what we used to have i will give you one chance to surrender. I suggest you take it." He said with a heavy baritone voice.

"You know i cant do that Dark sword." The solar princess said with sadness in her voice. Her most promising student had cirtenly fallen from grace.

(Wash the poison from off my skiiin)

"vary well celi, She's mine, gunnfodder you take Luna, Shock jock you take cadence, Duglas take the queens, Sam take the Orion. Cut'em down boys." he said before his helmet returned to normal and armor and horn started glowing yellow and he sprinted at the solar princess before starting to teleport towards her avoiding incoming fire from the other balcony's. The two others thrust there right arms to there sides prompting cylinders to extend from behind there bicep and passed there arm as they grabbed a handle and lifted the weapons in there direction and began firing.

"Sup bitch!" he taunted as he appeared slightly above the solar princess and throwing a punch at her which she gracefully but naroly avoided.

In return Celestia charged and fired a spell at her former "star pupil" only for him to teleport and grab one of lunas Knights from behind and use her as a shield before snapping the burning mares neck and lifting his Typhoon and firing a bust in her direction. To this the solar Princess raised a shield taking the hit before firing a beam of concentrated magic at him just as his armor started glowing blue blowing him on his back with a smokeing chest.

'Maximum: Armor'

(Show me how to be hole agaaain...)

"You've gotten soft princess." he said before flipping himself back onto his hooves. The Princess then spread her wings and soared into the air fireing a mixture of fire based spells. Her ex/former student dodged afew before she watched two small flaps on his back extend before he launched himself at her tackeling her onto another walkway.

(Gunnfodder)

"SISTER! WE ARE COMEING!" Luna yelled and just as she began to lift off of a massive fist sent her crashing back to the metal floor. Just as she put her arms out to stop her self from hitting the floor she felt herself be kneed in the stomach before she was grabbed by the back of her head and slammed muzzle first into the floor.

"Naah Bitch. Im'a buck you up." the pegasus said before he raised his massive hoof to stomp her head in only for her to turn to smoke as his hoof got stuck in the floor. He was then blasted by a wave of blue magic and blasted through the floor.

"HOW DARE THIE! WE ARE LUNA PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT!" she yelled in the royal canterlot voice as she stood over the hole triumphantly.

"Fret NOT SISTER! WE ARE COMING TO HEL...!?" she was cut off as a massive arm reached up from the hole grabbed her face and dragged her down the hole.

(Fly me up on a silver wiiing)

"PRINCESS!?" Rarity yelled as she watched Luna be pulled down by an enemy she thought had been vanquished.

"GET DOWN!" Cass yelled as she dive tackled Calestias student taking them both behind a barrier as AST fire tore through the air where they had once been.

"Do your job Rarity! focus" she yelled as she raised reached a hand in her direction.

"s-sure." the frightened unicorn replied before her horn glowed and another magazine appeared in Cass's hand. It turned out as a seamstress she was able to do the duplication spell with ease.

"captan on your right!" Lewis yelled before shotgunning a CELL trooper who had gotten to close to shing armor, and blowing his head off.

(Duglas)

(Past the black where the silent siii-iing...)

"COME ON PO...!" one of the changelings was cut off as its upperbody exploaded.

"hiiiiiiisssssss!" five changelings from different hives screeched/hissed before they charged the shooter only to be ripped to peaces by the two Stallions at the end of the walkway.

"NO!" the five queens yelled before charging spells to fire at the two, however just as they were ready to fire the massive unicorn slammed into the ground in front of them ruining their concentration. The six changeling royals then squared off with the so called "Super Soldier", they were about to show him he wasn't so super.

(Warm me up in a nerves glooow)

"Come sisters lets show this foul what he has done." Chrysalis said coldly as the horns of the six changeling royals started to glow. The Orion responded with the green and orange glow of the tendrils on his back increasing. He then cracked his knuckles before letting out a war cry and charging the queens and Nymph.

(Shock Jock)

"your mine." a new voice said as they watched the "Orion" unicorn "superman" punch Cadence before catching her by the front of her head and slamming her into the cold steel of the floor.

He stood from his crouch to come under fire form a mixture of crossbow bolts and magical energy from Shining armor. he responded by turning around taking out his sidearm out in the process and returning fire. The royal guard captain took a round blowing his horn off, he fell to his knees in pain clutching the fragmented stump of where his horn had once been. Shining then scrambled for a weapon his vision blurry from pain, then heard something clatter in front of him before feeling something and when he looked he saw it was one of the blackwatch rifle a SCAR if he remembered correctly and next to it was what blackwatch had called a Typhoon, as the unicorn looked around he saw that the all of the blackwatch troopers still had there weapons but when he flipped himself onto his back he saw Raptor leaning over the railing of the balcony he was only his bow. The two looked at each other for a moment before the two finally nodded to one another in mutual understanding and respect.

(And drop me down to the dream beloow....)

"D-d-don't you dare, turn your back on me!" Shing yelled as he tucked the stocks of both weapons under his arms and leveled them at the Orion who was about to attack his fiance before unleashing a storm of led at the massive stallion. The stallion recoiled from the shock and pain before punching the floor and tearing out a peice of paneling before throwing it at shing armor. Who without the ability to make a shield to protect himself was sliced in two. He looked down at where his lower half used to be as his inerds began to spill on the floor in a pool of blood. Shing armor glanced to cadence before looking up to Raptor who had seen the whole thing before muttering.

(Cause i'm oonly a craaack...)

"Take care of her." as he closed his eyes he felt the darkness take him.

"SHINING!" both twilight and Cadence screamed. However twilight was immediately knocked out cold with a devastating punch to the side of the head. However before the Orion could punch the Pink alicorn his fist was stopped by a magical shield.

(In this caastle of glaaass)

"HOW DARE YOU!" Cadence screamed as the shield rapped itself around the orions hand before lifting him up and slamming him back down several times before slamming him against the walls a few times before an incoming missile forced her to dodge and release her grip. She responded to the guy with the JAW by snatching him from his perch on the 25th floor and letting him fall to the ground. She turned back to her opponent who had just cracked his neck before popping his dislocated arm back into place before raising his hands.

"I-will-kill-you." Cadence said coldly a way similar to how Raptor spoke when upset.

(Sam)

(Hardly aaany thing left, for you to seeee...)

"Lets go, Fanatic." the phase three orion yelled as he started running towards Valencio who braced him self after shouldering his "bolt gun".

"I will suffer not the existence of the traitor." the phase one orion said as the two supers soldiers collided with the force of two MAC trucks colliding head on. Valencio then pushed with all his might, forcing his large adversary back until he had enough room to superman punch him. Before elbow dropping his chest and lifting him over his head and throwing him over the side before following after him.

"Not now, 'Crash!' not ever." valencio said coldly as he raised his 'Bolter'.

"EAT BOLT GUN!" 'dudududududu...'

(For you to see...)

(Starnes)

"Don't worry Princess Luna i'm coming!" Starnes yelled

'Warning incoming threat.' Second said prompting starnes to jump backwards and avoid a strange whip like device. He quickly slung his rifle and shifted his arms into his blades. when he looked to where they had come from he saw a stallion with a strange aproatis on above a SPEC-OPS CELL uniform. The whip then retracted before it started to glow orange and started to emit heat lines. The two then squared off as starnes shifted his armor to a mixture of the nano suit and blackwatch armor with out the helmet or goggles/mask.

(Bring me home in a blinding dreeaam...)

"Alright Evolved, lest see lets see if you stand up to phase four." the now identified Phase four Orion taunted as he extended his whip before his left arm erupted in black, green, yellow, and orange tendrils and a blade similar to his replaced it.

"A'ight bitch, lets see what you've got." Teshan said as his armor started to glow yellow.

'Maximum: Speed'

(Threw the secrets that i have see-een...)

(Connor)

"Whats the matter Boy?" Conner heard as he was thrown into the wall by a phase four with a a CELL AST. The AST operator as a female Batpony who was absolutely kicking his ass.

"GET SOME, GET SOME, GET SOME, GET SOME!" He yelled as he fired his hurricane as the white armored mare, who in turn moved her armored arm infront of her as a shield unfolded itself from compartments in the side.

The evolved continued firing as the mare began advancing on his position while she moved her left arm around and began returning fire before the secondary weapon of her AST emerged from behind her shoulders they were two weapons he had never seen before ther resembled a series of tubes connected and began firing forcing him to leap from the platform and land on another. But not before he destroyed her right arm mounted weapon a type 2 tornado.

(Wash the sorrow from off my skiiin...)

'CRASH!, CRUNCH'

He landed on a platform with five Griphions and landed on the sixth before tearing them to peaces with his hurricane. Connor let out a chuckle as he watched there blood and guts spill onto the floor before the tornado he had destroyed landed on a survivor who had gone unnoticed. When he looked up he watched the AST operator on the platform above him reach behind her and take hold of something before jumping down and crushing a steam pipe below her. As the mare's silhouette rose in the steam an orange line appeared and when she stepped out Cooper could see that the object she was holding was a sword. Well to be more precise a helicopter blade with a handle attached to one end with a red hot edge.

"well shit." Conner said as his Hurricane began firing before his grenade launcher exploded after being shot by one of her shoulder weapons. She took a burst from his hurricane before raising her shield and began walking sideways toward him dragging her sword behind her.

(And show me how to be hole agaaain...)

(Jameson)

(Cause im only a craack..)

'eyes up Delta'

(in..)

'Warning hostile nanosuit detected' Second warned

(This...)

'CARSH!'

(Castle of glaaass...)

Lamar leaped to his hooves bringing his Bow to bear drawing an arrow in the process. When he turned he saw a Spec-ops Cell complete with nano suit but what got him was that he was completely unarmed.

(Hardly any thing leeft)

"Lets skip the pleasantries." the Spec-ops Cell said as his arms shifted into a mass of black and red tendrils and were replaced blade on his right and a large arm that looked like it was made of spiked rocks. The two evolved then squared off as Lamars shifted into his sleeveless helmetles blackwatch uniform before his arms erupted into a mass of tendrils and when they receded his hands consisted of three red and black stubby claws no longer than three inches.

(For you to see..)

"AAUGH!" a griphon yelled as he charged passed the Orion only to be punched by Lamar and be ripped to peaces. to be more precise after lamar moved his arm to punch it extended to where the griphion was and the end of his arm bunched up and split apart, when that made contact with the griphion his body exploded as black and red glowing tendrils attached themselves to the floor and walls of the large room as his body was ripped apart. Bits of the body were in different locations, his leg was on one end of the tendril while his right arm was on the left underside of the tendril.

(For you to seeeee.)

"Lets go..." lamar said as he rook out his bow and drew an arrow. After all he could finally use a weapon with one of the evolved powers.

(Cause-im-ooonly a craaack-in-this caaastle of glaaass-hardly-aaany-thing-eeelse-I-need-to-beeee-eee. Cause i'm oooonly a crack in this caaastle of glaaass hardly aaany thing leeeft for you to seeee. For you to seeeeeeee... for you to seeeee!)

"Quann"

Author's Note

Here we go people.

battle lines are drawn

"Alright mother fucker lets go." Lamar said coldly as he put away his bow before he and his adopted brother lowered themselves as both of there armor began to glow red.

'Maximum: power'

When there blades collided they showered all below with a rain of sparks. Barnes then thrust forward before dropping to the ground and sweeping Lamars leg. The alicorn moved his non blade arm and pushed off the deck before his brother could bring his own blade around to decapitate him. Quann watched his brother turn himself around in the air before landing and thrusting his tendril arm at him, jumping to the right to avoid the tendril he pumped biomass into his legs to close the gap.

Lamar was to slow to avoid the attack so he paired the incoming impalement before pushing his brother behind him before pushing him with the tendrils. Black and orange tendrils erupted form quanns body and attached them selves to the wall effectively pinning him to the spot, so he was forced to watch as both of Lamars arms were replaced with the three fingered arms as he punched the ground in ahead of him before backing up stretching his arms in the process. The alicorn evolved then released his grip launching himself toward Quan and blew the both of them off of the platform.

'Maximum: Armor'

(All partys)

All activity stopped as they heard and watched the platform give off a dull moan before watching two glowing blue forms fly off of one side. They watched the two crash into a wall cratering it in before starting to fall, they noticed one as an alicron as he thrust one arm toward a "Vacant" walk way on the 15 floor and a mass of tendrils extend and attach themselves before he did the same to the other falling pony. The other pony was entangled as he was bunged before his fall turned into a throw and he was slammed into a wall before shooting back up and blowing threw the walkway.

They watched the Ponys flying towards the walkway on the 16 floor before stabbing his arms into the under side stopping himself dead with a shower of sparks and a metal slicing sound. He then flipped himself upside down in time to avoid a thrown Griphion who splatted on impact. His left arm then shifted into a large rock like arm before he kicked him self off turning his other arm to match. They all felt the shock wave and saw the walkway visibly shake before they watched what looked like black and red tendrils start weaving them selves under the platform as they heard the death screams of the occupants of the walkway before they watched the other take flight avoiding a massive black and glowing red spike.

They then watched the other slam into the flying alicron before slamming him into a wall before grabbing onto the wall and turning around and doing it again before throwing him down and dive bombing after him. At the 5 floor they watched the alicorn flair his wings and stop himself before taking out his bow and drawing an arrow, The arrow exploded in front of the other pony sending him threw a wall. And with that the Alicorn righted himself and flew after his counterpart before everything broke loose in the atrium.

(Cadence)

The pink alicorn dodged a punch before firing an ice spike at the Massive stallion before her. Shockjock leaped into the air to avoid the attack only to be grabbed with magic and be slammed into the floor repeatedly. Cadence then felt something wiz by her ear, the then turned, identified, and snapped the neck of the would be sniper with her magic. She watched what remained of Shinging armors body explode as a result of the round impacting before igniting.

"Aaaaaaaaaaagh!" she screamed out as her mane began to in an invisible wind before becoming translucent and crystalline. For the second time in her life she drew on the true power of the alicorn race. In an instant the CELL troopers shooting at her from the balcony's watched a pulse of blue magic seep from her horn like a liquid before they were all gripped her magic and ether crushed out right, repeatedly slammed into walls until they were paste, or thrown into the open gap in the center of the room and fall 25 CELL soldiers met there end from these ways.

'holy shit' Shockjock thought before taking this chance to rush and superman punch the princes he then grabbed her by the leg lifted and slammed her on the ground multiple times before turning, throwing her and drawing his weapon. Cadence recovered quickly before raising a shield wall in front of her as a round impacted, she had the thought and threw the wall back at her opponent. She then remembered another spell a spell that Raptor had thought of but was unable to do thanks to his non existent knowledge of magic, she would have to fix that at some point. All she had to do now was get him to do what she wanted use those weapons on his back.

(Luna)

"BE GONE FOUL!" Luna yelled as she shoot at Gunnfodder with pure magic before drawing and slashing at him with her scythe. Gunnfodder dodged the magic and raised his arms as small bucklers unfolded themselves from his gauntlets. He then flipped his arm around and grabbed her scythe by the handle before grabbing Luna by the front of her breast plate and pulling her into a devastating series headbutts. Once she was dazed enough by his standards he brought a massive armored hooves up and kicked the princess in the stomach while pulling with his arms. Luna flew backwards from the kick and impacted a box, she coughed up blood before lifting herself to her knees before noticing her breastplate was missing along with her scythe. she noticed that her favorite weapon was in the hands of the Orion she was fighting as was her breastplate which he looked at before crushing it and dropping it to the floor. Gunnfodder shifted his grip on the Lunar princes's weapon before throwing it like a javelin at Luna. She turned to smoke to avoid the incoming projectile that shattered the enchanted weapon upon impact. She watched a fragment sail threw her smoke and impact the Orion's in the head. The princess of the night then noticed a flicker in the Orion's helmets eye piece and watched him tear it off and throw it to the ground.

'there' she thought as saw her opening. Before turning to smoke and flying into her opponents lungs. Gunnfodder fell to his knees clawing at his throat gasping for air and drawing blood as he tore at his neck. The Orion rolled on the ground before his eyes rolled back before his body went limp, as Luna exited her victims body she avoided a stray "Bolter" round. She saw that Agent Orion was in a bad way so she covered her front with cloth before summoning another scythe from her personal armory from canterlot and flying to help Raptors personal guard.

(Valencio AKA Agent Orion)

"Burn Traitor!!" The black and blue armored Orion super soldier yelled as knelt and fired his Orion SMG's custom under mount flamethrower. Sam rolled behind a box before firing a burst form his 'SMG' the burst went wide and bounced off of Valencios shoulder pad but he did succeed in stopping the torrent of flame. He quickie reached behind him and drew his CELL orion close combat weapon and charged the Phase one orion.

Valencio saw this coming and leapt into the air to the walkway above them. he turned and tore off the hand rail before leaping back down and smashing it against the head of the phase three and sending him into a wall.

"Well that's spent." he commented as he tossed the bent peace of metal aside to find something more effective. However when he turned to look he was kicked into the motor pool where upon crashing into something large he found what he was looking for.

Sam looked to the right to aid Gunnfodder with the Lunar princess in time to see blue smoke come from his now dead coworker. He had seen that the idiot had taken off his helmet despite that they were distinctly told not to.

(third person first floor.)

Princess Luna readied herself to face this obviously more experienced opponent. She saw him lower his serrated sword before drawing a pistol if she remembered right and aim it at her. The lunar princess then watched in confusion as he twisted his wrist holding the gun sideways and tilted to the floor.

'tchew'

'What is. Gaaaah!" she screamed as a object flew from the top of his wrist and attached itself to her horn before electrocuting her. She fell to her knees and slightly recoiled in fear as the orion pulled a trigger on the handle, before the jagged teeth on the phase three orions sword began to move with a rour like that of a chain saw.

However as she her executioner took his first step the wall beside her exploded. And when they both turned in the fire of the hole in the wall they saw Agent Orion dragging the barrel of a tank behind him with his right arm like a back ally brawler. (pacific rim style)

"Get up princess." Valencio said as he stared threw one broken eye peace and growled from behind half a broken mask. He then shifted his gripp before spun the armored barrel above his head with one arm to gain momentum before smashing the phase three in the head with the improvised weapon.

"Fuuuuuuuu" Sam yelled as he was sent sailing before smashing into the wall. He received in time to see both the Lunar princess and phase one orion walking toward him. Shaking the stars from his eyes he stood to his massive armored hooves before looking at both as his arms and weapons hung at his sides.

"Alright then whose first." he taunted as he rose the sword to face luna while pointed his pistol at Valencio as his back tendrils started to glow even brighter. Then with out warning he sprinted towards Valencio firing his Pistol sword raised as his vision turned Black and white with the only colors present being red.

Valencio narrowly avoided the first swing before raising his 'weapon' and blocking the sword in a shower of sparks. The CELL Orion close combat weapon was meant for lightly armored targets not to cut threw tank armor. It was almost impossible for the carbon titanium teeth to cut threw even with the enhanced strength of the Orions. Sam raised his pistol to fire a shot point blank into the phase ones neck but as he pulled the trigger his weapon glowed blue before falling apart n his hand. And with commendable four thought Sam thrust forward with his sword pushing Valencio back before moving the sword behind him blocking the enchanted scythe.

(Team two)

"FRAG OUT!" Lewis yelled as he switched firing positions.

"Hey have you ever thought we miss out on all the cool shit?" Cass asked as she fired over the barrier.

"MAG!? Nah this is plenty for me." The nano suit wearing unicorn yelled as Cass Tossed him a magazine. they then noticed the Two AST operators pause there fire before hearing the sound they had been waiting for.

"Attack pattern delta, go now." Cass yelled as both Lewis and herself threw themselves over the barriers they were behind and sprinting at the two AST's

"Shotgun!" cas yelled as she dodged a rocket. Lewis shot a CELL trooper in the face before cocking and throwing the weapon who jumped and cough it just as she reached the AST she was heading towards. She then knee slid under a punch before raising the shotgun and blasting the operators arm. Before spinning around and blasting the lessly armored back of the AST killing the operator.

"Mother fucker." she quipped before turning to see Lewis's armor glow red before reaching down and literally ripping the screening operator from his suit.

"You have the right to shut the fuck up." Lewis said before handcuffing the guy.

"Anything you say or do will lead to your execution." he added before kicking him over and stomping on the poor guys head. they both shared a laugh as the other members of team two stared in amazement.

'BOOM'

"...... Were inside right?" lewis asked

"Ya"

"Is um that a tank?"

"Not for long"

(Duglas)

Chrysalis had just dodged a jab from Douglas before he grabbed her and used her as a shield to block an attack from myxine. Chrysalis was forced to raise a shield or be killed and as the attack struck the shield she was forced face first into the deck. The Orion lept into the air firing his 'SMG' causing the quenns to scatter before firing spells back at him.

"Now!" ambrosia yelled as they watched him land while reloading his weapon. They fired there spells wich were stopped by a shield, they watched the Orion sprint into Ambrosia before superman punching her.

"Now i have you!" Miasma yelled triumphantly only for her horn to be grabbed and thrown into a wall but not before she flung some goo onto his helmets eyes.

"FUCK!" Duglas yelled before he felt himself be lifted and be thrown into a wall. He wiped his helmet off as he shook off the daze before reaching behind him and retrieving his weapon.

The queens watched the phase three pull out an 'SMG' with serrated teeth as a stentorian form Calliphoria's hive flew at the phase three only to be punched down to the deck. they watched in horror and anger as the Massive stallion brought the front of the weapon down onto the changeling as it was getting on its knees. The changeling watched the weapon tear threw its chest and watched the teeth assent before its head was bisected.

"Heh heh heh" Duglas laughed as his visor was covered in pink blood. Before his back tendrils started to glow and he sprinted at the queens and princess who all raised shields and overlapped them as he began firing his weapon.

They watched as he neared the shield he reached to his belt and tossed a 'Small' cylinder at the shields which rolled thru and electrocuted them all. They all fell to there knees from the pain as the Orion brought his bayonet down the weapon was basted from his hands and be pushed back by Valencio before he tore the railing from the walkway and jumped back to the first floor.

"NOW!" they each yelled but all having a different plan as each of them grabbed a body part with there magic and effectively ripped him apart.

"Ok that works to." Nymph commented before the queens regrouped with team two just as they saw the M2 Rooks (2067 M1 Abrams) come smashing threw the wall.

(first floor)

Luna nodded to Valencio as she lowered herself twirling the Scythe around herself to break the momentum from the teeth of the phase three orions sword. As turned around to swing his sword she twirled her weapon like a windmill to deflect the attack before smashing the bottom of the handle into his chin before flapping her wings and rose slightly into the air and spun the blade severing the Orions sword arm at the joint. Upon landing she watched Valencio shoulder ram the 'disarmed' super soldier knocking him a few yards back.

"DIE SCUM!" Agent Orion ran to at the phase three reaching behind him and drawing his "Bolter" before hearing Luna yell to him and when he spared a glance back he saw her dive at, role and catapult the Chainsaw like sword to him. Luna watched him pluck the sword from the air before raising it above his head teeth raring while he raised his 'SMG' before Screaming.

"THIS IS THE JUDGEMENT OF THE RICHUS...!" The phase one yelled as he shot Sam in the chest and as the round exploded inside his armor he fell to his knees all he could do was scream as he was bisected with his own sword.

"SCUM" he finished as he kicked the body from his new sword.

"Come Valencio others may require our aid." luna said earning a nod from her temporary battle buddy before the massive stallion and the lunar princess shot into the air.

(cadence)

Shockjock was furious and threw his side arm to the side as it clicked empty before dogging to the left and reaching behind him and drawing two Orion SMGs before firing the "Bolters" at the princess. Cadence smirked darkly as her spell finished and her fiances murderer pulled the triggers. The explosive rounds stopped dead as they came into contact with a blue circular shield the orion emptied the clips before he had noticed his folly. Cadence then focused before repelling the vortex shield and sending the sixty high explosive rounds back at their shooter like a shotgun blast.

"fu..." 'BOOM' was all the Orion got out before the wall of rounds hit him. Cadence then landed in a crouch before raising to her full hight before spitting blood onto the remains of the Orion.

"Bitch." she said coldly before going to twilight's side.

(Team two)

"Grenade!?" Cass yelled as Lewis threw her a grenade which she threw down the barrel of the tank.

The now mostly reassembled team two watched as the two Blackwatch soldiers worked together to destroy the armored carriage (Tank). They heard a dull boom from inside before they all heard the screams from inside before the hatch on the top opened, and they watched a screening stallion come falling out on fire before he reached for his side arm and shot himself in the head.

"There!" Twilight yelled as she awoke drawing team twos attention to the battles raging above them.

(Dark sword/ Celestia)

'Maximum: armor'

Dark Sword dodged as he was hit with the radius of a Fire spell before activating his jet pack. The magic in the air condensed before being funneled from the two small thruster flaps in his Nano-suits back.

Celestia leveled her rapier as her former student cocked a fist back before tilting his hand down and prompting a one foot telescoping spike to extend from his armored gauntlets. she paired the spiked punch before moving to stab which Dark Sword paired himself. Before firing a beam of magic point blank into his chest which knocked him back.

The former Teacher and Student stared each other down before closing the gap and exchanging a series of thrusts, parries, deflections, magical beams, spells, punches, and kicks. Celestia then flew back and unleashed a torrent of white hot flames only for a shield of blue fire to surround Dark Sword and leather absorb the attack or redirect it.

'Maximum: speed'

Celestia watched her former students armor begin glowing yellow and remembering what had happened during the video back at the galla when this happened she closed her eyes and focused on the emotions she had felt fighting Luna a thousand years ago. And in an instant the millennium of peace washed away and she reached out and grabbed her former student by the neck before tossing her rapier to the side and summoning a flaming serrated broad sword. However no matter how you put it even hundreds of years of experience is just no match for plain old dirty fighting.

'Maximum strength'

seeing the odds were against him Dark sword unfolded his helmet and spit into the solar princess's eyes before kicking Celestia in the chest before grabbing his former teachers arm as his armor began glowing red. Dark sword preceded to squeeze until he felt bone crunch before tearing himself from Celestias grip and stabbing the solar princess in the arm then kicking her horn. The white alicorn fell back as she felt and saw her student stomp on her wight wing crushing the bone under hoof before kicking her in the face. He then reached down and tore off the necks her mother had given her thousands of years ago and crushing it leaving nothing but the jem which he threw. she watched him look up before following the sounds of multiple impacts on the partially molten walkway.

"Later Celi." he said as he tossed a cylinder resulting in multiple screams of agony as he activated his mag pack before flying off followed by what remained of the regular CELL troops.

"Is everypony ok?" Cadence asked as Cas ran past her and began work on Celestia.

"We'll live." Valencio said placing his sword on his back and holding his 'OSMG' in his hands.

"Cadence I see you have awakened your alicorn power." Celestia said as she stood.

'ALERT EVOLVED STILL PRESENT IN SECTORS ONE-DELTA-NINE, TWO-DELTA-EIGHT, and...' the AI was then silenced.

'Boom, Clang!'

The mares and two remaining stalions of team two looked see Starnes engaged with a seemingly normal Cell trooper before they watched him take a swipe swipe at Starnes with a glowing hot whip. Starnes then shifted his arms into blades and lowered himself while his opponent cracked the whip. It still unnerved the not blackwatch present that beings like this could even exist. They then watched Connor in a mostly destroyed AST hefting his Huricane and firing at a mare wielding a large sword with a red hot edge.

"We have to help them." Rainbow dash yelled

"We are in no condition to help them. Look they aren't even tired. All we can do now is avenge them if they fall." Celestia said sadly as starnes was swiped acros the chest. They then watched the two Blackwatch troopers leap off of their destroyed walkways and both land on a much larger one on the middle floor followed by there opponents who landed apposite of them.

'BOOM'

Team two and the others looked up to see the ceiling explode showering them in debris. They saw the prince and his opponent crash threw a damaged walkway before the pony he was fighting punched him back. Lamar righted himself as as he hit the deck in font of Starnes and Connor at the same time Quan landed in front of his team. The two groups stared at one another before the lights on the Blackwatch troopers armor began glowing red with black vaines growing from the lights.

"This is about to get ugly." dash commented.

"This is it. Zulu againsed Requiem. Brother against Brother, Blackwatch versus CELL." Valencio said

And a prince will rise

(silence, we have, sworn)

The zulus were the first to move, Starnes and connor sprinted at requiem team as Lamar drew and fired two arrows. The CELL AST operator raised her sword to strike Connor only to receive an arrow to the chest stopping her swing as currents of electricity flooded her system. Connor punched her in the head caving in the Armor protecting it, before bring both of his arms back and slamming both hands into ether side of her head.

(The othe, protect the earth, the sun, and moon)

Starnes slid under a whip strike watching an arrow fly over his head and strike the Whiplash want a be. The Former mercenary jumped up kneeing the CELL phase four in the chin. Dropping to a knee Starnes moved to impale the artificial evolved only to be punched and slammed down onto the deck by Lamars brother.

(My precious Friends united we stand Until The End)

Lamar moved in bringing his blade down and showering the aria in sparks as the blade of his brother met his. Acting quickly Lamar thrust his arm to the side blocking a slash from the phase four directed at Starns's back, before taking the momentum and kicking his brother in the face. Connor then moved in front of his squad mates blocking them from the Elite AST's shoulder weapons.

(Our Rebirth, the just demand)

Connor punched Quann's arm as he brought down a hammerfist warping the floor from the shock. He then thrust his arm froward grabbing Lamars brother by the neck as the piston spike locked into place while he brought his arm back to punch. He then surged his arm forward and drove the piston into Quanns chest caving it in but unfortunately shattering the piston on the glowing blue armor.

(Has been written in the palm of our hands)

Taking this chance Starnes switched to fighting the Elite AST. Rolled under a swing from the sword before closing the gap and stabbed into the sword arm of the machine. before the free arm grabbed the back of his head and threw him to the ground.

(When we charge)

"Look out." quann yelled as he thrust his three fingered arm forward extending it and punching the AST as it brought its leg down to stomp Starnes. Tendrills sprouted from the Exoskeleton holding it in place as they attached themselves to the wall.

(The storm clouds a mass)

'whish!'

Starnes and Lamar rolled to the left and right narrowly avoiding a whip strike. The two nodded to each other as the whip was retracted and heated for another strike. Lamar flew at the Phase four Orion while Starnes sprinted catching the Orion off guard and forcing him to bring his own blade arm up to block an attack from Starnes. However as Lamar neared a round hit him in the back and upon turning he saw that the Elite AST had fired her secondary weapons at him. And in his distraction he felt searing pain as the whip warped itself around his leg and slammed him into the deck.

(cause the ace, of, swords)

Connor delivered another AST punch to Lamars brother who staggered back before lifting his arms and punching the deck sending a mass of spikes in his direction. Quickly he dodged to the left before leveling his hurricane and unleashing a burst.

(We lead- oon this glorious day)

Starnes pushed off before side kicking the phase four into the railing making him drop lamar in the process. Before

(Hold your heads high)

Lamar sprinted at the Elite AST as she pulled herself free before screaming in pain as Lamar fired an electrical arrow into her chest before jumping up and attempting to cut her head off only for to miss and cut off her back weapons.

(Reach for the sky)

Connor recoiled back as he received a superman punch from Lamars brother who he had discovered had the call-sign Jaguar a reference to the Aztec people.

(Never surender)

"SWITCH!" Lamar yelled as he dodged another swing from the Elite AST who's call-sign was Paladin

(WE WONT BACK DOWN)

Lamar leaped into the air landing in front Connor of and blocking a hammerfist strike from jaguar. he then shoulder checked his brother into a railing before being punched in the head and sent flying back into another railing.

(The power with in)

Connor barley blocked a swing from Paladin before tucking her sword arm under his arm and punching her in the face before letting go and delivering a devastating kick knocking her on her back.

(Our remedies for sin)

'whis, whush, guiz, zwiscks'

Starnes continually dodged whip swings from Alpha meaning beginning before jumping back. he dodged another strike watching the whip partially cut threw the solid metal railing.

(The true life defenders!)

"Alright round two." Lamar said as he got ready to attack again.

(WE WONT BACK DOWN!)

=====================================

(Weald the screams)

"Lets do this Lamar." jaguar said as he lowered himself before dropping to an arm and sweeping his brother leg and flipping him self over straddling his chest, as he repeatedly lamar in the face before he was kicked off.

(from down below)

Paladin blocked a punch from Reaper as she pushed it aside before bringing her sword down slicing a gash into his back before moving her sword to block a tendril punch from Lamar who then spun around and blocked a cross arm slash from jaguar.

(The trial the Raven the demons and wizard believe)

Alpha blocked a stab from Raider before slamming him in the face with the flat of his blade arm and back slashing at his head which he dodged. he then moved to bring his arm around to do a tornado slash and as he watched the Blackwatch dog move his arms up to block he brought his whip around and wrapped it around the troopers arm however before he could sever it he was hit with a burst from Reapers hurricane.

(wield the dark)

jaguar blocked a devastating strike from his brother throwing a punch of his own only for it to be caught. He smirked behind his mask as he focused on a spell and fired it at point blank into his brothers face sending him back.

(Fear the fire, harnis the flames)

"Bitch." Lamar said as he shook his head to get the stars from his eyes, before being superman punched by his brother. Quann grabbed his brothers leg as he tried to fly up and slammed him back to the ground. He raised his hoof to curb stomp his brother before he had to duck a slash from Alphas thermal whip.

(The hammer is pounding and feeling its gaze)

Seeing her opening The Elite AST smacked Reaper with the flat of her sword before rearing back and kicking him in the chest sending him onto his back. Quickly the veteran crashed up and delivered a devastating kick to her opponents stomach. before raising her lag and bringing it down on Reapers stomach.

(Bind the recluse in his gra-ave)

'Maximum Armor' 'thunnng'

An arrow struck jaguars armor before he closed the gap and he punched the bow from his brothers hands. Before deflecting a blade arm and tucking it under his arm as he drew his sidearm and emptying the clip into Lamars chest dragging his brothers power reserves. before rearing back and axe handing his brothers head into his knee.

(Born out of wedlock the spirit is lost)

Alpha rolled to the left before wrapping the thermal whip around Raiders chest drawing him in before delivering a devastating punch to the face. before kneeing the Sniper in the stomach and swinging him into a railing.

(Ordeal of ingestion the weight of the cross)

Paladin tilted her head ack to avoid a Burst from Reapers Huricane, before smashing her leg down harder as he tried to push it off. she laughed as she brought her sword down and severd the Blackwatch AST's left leg.

(OH ITS TAINTED METAL)

"Aaaaaaaaagh!" Reapers screams were music to her ears as she brought the weapon down onto his chest watching the disgusting virus Struggle to heal the damage.

(Tainted metal)

============================================+=

(Battles... we- have- won)

Acting quickly Connor pulled the eject on his AST making the armor jettison off of his body and making Paladin loose her footing and fall off taking the sword with her as she fell on her back. Connor struggled to his knee before flapping his wings and going into a hover before he was grabbed by the throat. He was then thrown down onto the deck denting the metal floor and being impaled on a piece of re-bar causing his vision to go black and white before blacking out.

(We've bled)

"Fuck connors down." Starnes said dodging and slashing alpha.

(but never once we've fallen down.)

"Starnes Jump now!" Lamar yells as he and his friend dodged a series of ground spikes.

(From dusk till dawn)

Lamar hit the deck rolling and fired one of his few remaining arrows into Alpha before dodge rolling drawing another in the process. His brother was almost on him as he fired his second to last electrical arrows into him. As he fell to his knees his arms turned to normal as lamar sprinted up in a trail of translucent red and kicking him in the head.

(Standing with our mighty swords drawn)

"Oh fuck." he said before he felt his leg be caught with Alphas Thermal whip.

"Look out!" Lamar yelled as he narrowly avoided Team two as he crashed into their platform. He landed on his hooves skidding to a stop by slamming a blade into the deck. He stood up feeling something clatter against his hoof and upon inspection it was his Typhoon. Picking it up and reloading it he slung his bow and transformed his left arm into a blade and the right into the tendril arm.

"Alright lets go." the alicorn said as he jumped back.

(The future)

Starnes dodge rolled a swipe from the thermal whip before getting hit with a hammerfist to the ribs sending him to the other side of the walkway. He smirked as before pulling his sniper rifle, lined up a shot and pulled the trigger.

(Lies straight ahead)

His shot hit its mark striking jaguar in the upper left chest where his heart would be. However he had forgotten to take into account that his target was evolved so instead of killing him the round only succeeded in blowing jaguars left arm off.

(our dreams with in reach, not mislead)

"Well i guess that works." he said as he reloaded before seeing his target covered in black and red tendrils before the arm reappeared.

(We are here to warn your soul in line)

"maybe not. how about this." he said before firing.

(Forever we'll be)

'wiiiissssss gush'

(The- sun- in- the- tall- deck- of- cards)

"THAT'S WHAT I'M TALK'EN 'BOUT!" he yelled The bullet hit its mark and blew jaguars head off sending his body to the ground in a heap. His rifle was then sliced in half by the whip. Starnes avoided a slash as he blocked the blade form the whip welding phase four Orion.

(Hold your heads high)

'ppffffhhhhhhh!'

A burst of Typhoon rounds impacted jaguar as Lamar came and crashed into the deck.

(Reach for the sky)

Connor awoke in time to see Lamar and Starnes fighting the whiplash wannabe. Lamar was then kicked into a railing before Starnes was slashed in the stomach. He stepped back in shock watching the Phase four take a step in his direction.

(Never sure-nder)

'bap,bap,bap!'

(We wont back down)

They saw Connor shoot jaguar with his sidearm before struggling to his knee.

"Hey lamar?"

"Ya?" the alicorn responded

"I'm pretty fucked up man. you two can take these guys right?"

"Ya man. go do what you've got to do." the prince responded before turning and firing a bow at Alpha interrupting a swing he was taking at Starnes.

(The powers with in)

The young sergeant looked to fluttershy before pumping what biomass he had left into his wings and shooting himself at Paladin who was just regaining her footing. He avoided a wild swing of her sword and slammed into her midsection. turning his left arm into a blade he began repeatedly stabbing her in the stomach the blade easily piercing the gaps in her armor. He then felt what he was waiting for, the searing pain of her sword piercing his side. Connor spared one look at his friends and impaled her with his arm before pushing off with his one pumping biomass into his wings and leg pushing them both high into the air.

(Our remedies for sin)

"Trying to get me away from your friends nice try idiot." paladin said as mag jets came from her back. The sudden burst of speed made a loose strap on Connors vest come loose as he reached in. And in that moment she saw what she feared the most on his chest six canisters all linked together and saying one word.

THERMITE 6

"CONNOT NO!"

"Fuck you!" Seargent Cooper Connor yelled as he pulled out a detonator and hit the switch.

'BOOM!'

The entire aria was showered in sparks and bit of slag forcing everyone to take cover or raise a shield. The sword Paladin was using flew thru the air before impeding itself in the deck. Lamar fell to his knees

(The true life defenders)

the Lights went out leaving the fires and flickering red emergency lights as the only lighting in the hole room. the occupants in the room then heard a noise and watched in shock as jaguar stood back up before cracking his neck. some of the only things that stood out from the fight were the glowing parts of the combatants body's. But they could see the rage coming from Raptor as he was covered in tendrils before he wore only his nano-suit.

'nano-suit online'

(WE WONT BACK DOWN!)

(Noooo return)

"Now i'm pissed." Quann said as he reached behind him and drew his cryfibril machete. He charged his brother who dodged the blade before slinging his Typhoon and drawing and extending his Cryfibril Asagi.

(No where to go)

"els'rago sim'ripe viv'e." jaguar said as he finally faced his brother.

"In'jamba a'guaga ne'ura' en'gey." Shaka said as he shifted his left arm into a blade.

'Maximum: power'

And with that the Battle between one of the last of zulu squad and one of the last of Aztec squad began. both of there Nano-suits glowed red as the two brothers brought there blades together in a shower of sparks. Shaka drew back and swiped Jaguar across the mask before flying up before pumping biomass into his arm, and throwing the spear at his brother who dodged the throw.

'air stomp'

'crunch/crash'

Shaka came crashing into the ground before grabbing his Asagi and thrusting at his brother. Jaguar pushed himself backwards as they both looked at there energy readings.

50%

'Maximum: Power'

Jaguar flipped over kicking Shakas Asagi out of his hand only to be tackled before he could regain his footing. Shaka immediately straddled his brother and began punching Jaguar in the face. The alicorn quickly stood from his mount and stomped on the his chest before flying up and thrusting him self back down.

'Air stomp'

Jaguar rolled to his hooves as his brother started coming back down, he changed his arms into the hammer fists before clasping his rocky hands together. As Shaka drew closer his brother spun around and backhanded his brother in the chest stopping him dead. He quickly grabbed Shakas leg and slammed him into the ground, before leaping into the air.

(the wand on the wizard, the demon defectors they hide)

'Air stomp'

Jaguar came down hard on his brother blasting him threw the deck and watched him go threw the other walkways until he impacted the first floor. Shaka's vision was a blur of black and white. He crawled his way out of the remains of a crate. Before he heard his nanosuit talking as he laied in what felt like soft mulch.

'New viral strain detected. synchronizing viral mutation. Highlighting mutation catalysts. Consume biomass to achieve full mutation.'

'Get up Shaka, Get up!'

(Broken souls)

Alpha wrapped Starnes in the whip before slamming him into a potted plant that had somehow gone un harmed untill now. He then retracted his whip impaling starnes with his blade.

"To easy" he said as he lifted starnes with the blade while retracting the whip to be re-heated.

Alpha tossed starnes up and brought his whip down to cut Starnes in two.

(Face the fire)

"Light'em up!"

'du,du,du,du,du,du/tchdthdtchdtchdtchdtchd/zaap.' Alpha and Jaguar came under fire from the other occupants of the room before starnes was cut in half. The whip welding unicorn dropped starnes and moved to avoid the incoming fire.

'Maximum Armor'

"This was a bad idea!" cass yelled as they all watched Alpha turn and hunker down behind Jaguar who armor glowed blue. jaguar pointed to a corner and they all watched Alpha extend his whip in that direction before pulling back a screaming griphion who was the last of the cell troopers to leave.

(Defiling the steal)

Jaguar grabbed the Griphions LMG from the air as it passed him. Alpha nodded to Jaguar before throwing the body back at the natives and three blackwatch troopers after pulling the grenade pins on the griphions jacket.

(The blood of the heathens the guts and the gore)

"Shield now!" Valencio yelled

'Booom!'

When the smoke cleared Twilight was puled back to avoid being macheted.

'maximum armor'

Jaguar landed missing his target before flipping his Machete around and blocking a stroke from Lunas scythe. he then quickly lept into the air sheathed his machete and turned his arms into the hammer fists.

'Air stomp'

when he landed his targets had moved out of range but he was able to impale a few of the knights. quickly he dove to the side to avoid a salvo of magical beams before tackling a changeling and using it as a shield to advance. prompting them to stop firing so when he stopped he rolled over the changeling's back and kicked Myxine they were caught off guard.

(Legions assaulting the core)

He was about to finish her when a green beam slammed into his head blowing him back. He caught himself and flipped back to his hooves. They looked at his face to see that one side of his suits goggles where broken and a single glowing red slitted eye glared at them.

"Fuck." he said as he tore his mask off.

"a changeling?!" They yelled as they watched him take a deap breath as Alpha landed next to him.

"HOAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooooo!!"

'Boom,boom,boom'

'Only three?' Jaguar and Alpha thought to them selves they could have srown it was supposed to be four.

They watched in horror as three grotesque animals landed next to the two. The animals had on hare at all and stood on all fours standing as tall as calestia at seven foot, there fore legs were massive and ended in four gruesome claws and there hind legs were while not stubby were small in comparison to the rest of there body. there heads were dog like, ending in a short muzzle with large rayzor sharp teeth and had glowing red eyes. There flesh colored body's had many spots that glowed red while others had black splotches.

(Born out of wedlock the future came, fast)

"END THIS!" Jaguar Ordered causing the beasts to charge them.

"Brawlers. Blackwatch Take'em down!" the equestirans heard and watched the three blackwatch troops with them quickly form a firing line with Valencio in the center wielding his "Bolter"

(Trial by fire, i can outlast)

"Aaaugh!" Valencio screamed as they watched him gun down one of the so called brawlers only to have his arm removed at the shoulder by a whip swipe.

(Oh its tain-ted metal)

'Maximum: speed'

A brawler leaped over the now weakened firing line and prepared to pounce Only to be stopped in mid air by a glowing yellow blur. When the two fell before them the equestrians watched Stanres literally rip the brawlers arm off before slicing its head off as tendrils sprouted from his body and began breaking it down.

(Tainted metal)

"Hell ya." Starnes said as he flexed his new claws.

(Always tainted metal)

'BOOM!' all activity stopped as the last brawler was downed by Cass. and they watched walk was next to starnes explode.

(tainted metal)

they breathed a sigh of relief as Shaka stood at his full height next to his friend. however they ALL noticed his arms had changed. they resembled the hammer fists that Jaguar was using only the figures were thinner ending in nasty looking claws like, and the entire forearm looked like it was made of thick spiked rocks that extended passed the hand like a gauntlet.

"Move."

(Blackens the blood on the steel)

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(With the ace of swords)

'Maximum: power'

Shaka and Jaguar charged one another the latter having changed to hammerfists. Shaka grabbed a punch thrown by Jaguar and Jaguar did the same with a punch thrown by his little brother.

'BOOM...BOOM' The concussive waves from the two attacks knocked the non-evolved over.

(We lead on this glorious day)

'Maximum:speed'

Starnes vaulted using Shaka as a stepping stone and pounced at Alpha who barely avoided the attack. Seeing his opening the nano-suit evolved shot forward and severed the arm holding the thermal whip.

(Hold your heads high)

'Maximum: Power/armor'

Shaka head butted his brother before kicking him back before turning to look at Alpha pumping biomass into his arm and punched the ground. sending a wave of spikes at the former whip user while Starnes leaped over the first few spikes and slashed Jaguar across the chest leaving large gashes before he was back handed by the changeling evolved.

'GUSH!'

(Reach for the sky)

'flap,flap'

Shaka shot into the air catching starnes by the leg, spinning him once over his head before throwing him at Alpha. before turning back to Jaguar and angled his decent.

'Air stomp'

(Never surrender)

He slammed into the ground before punching his brothers arm out of the way and back handed him.

(WE WONT BACK DOWN)

The alicorn took his chance to reach behind his back draw his Typhoon and fire a burst before kneeing his brother in the chin before punching his head down into the metal floor of the walkway.

(The power with in)

Starnes blocked a horizontal slash from Alpha before grabbing the phase four's blade arm and severed it at the shoulder.

(Our remedies for sin)

starnes pushed the Armeless orion to Shaka who proceeded to close line the fuck. The two then grabbed one part of the Orion.

(The true life defen-ders!)

And with one mighty pull they ripped the Phase four in half and proceeded to consume there half's.

(WE WONT BACK DOWN!)

(Born out of wedlock)

"No you don't!" Shaka yelled as she grabbed Jaguar who was trying to get away and threw him back to his partner.

(Ordeal of ingestion)

"Fuck." Starnes said as he missed the grab and was punched in the face. Jaguar flipped him self over the blackwatch topper however before he could impale him with a blade he was levitated and slammed into the ground by a golden magical aura.

(Ordeal of the cross)

'Maximum: power. Energy critical'

pumping what biomass he had left into his mussels Jaguar was barely able to free himself from Celestias grip as he spotted his ticket a light grey purple maned unicorn.

(Oh its tainted metal)

"Un hand m..." the dress maker started as she was grabbed by the throat.

(Tainted metal)

'tchzz!'

Before anybody could do anything to help her a blood red beam of magic struck the evolved blowing him back and severing the arm that had Rarity. and when they looked at the source of the blast they saw the Prince with out his nano suit wearing instead his BDU pants and only a blue bullet proof vest on his upper body. They saw his mane and tail were flowing wispy clouds of grey cryfibril with black and red tendrils would flow to the surface of the mist before submerging.

(Tainted metal)

They watched him thrust his arms to his sides as they erupted with tendrils and were replaced with hammerclaws for his right. they saw for the first time the roots of the grotesque arm weapons seamlessly sprouting from his body.

"You Fucked Up." Starnes said quickly steeping back as they watched Lamars eyes glowed pink and his mane and tail glow flash through red, blue and clear before turning black and back to normal.

'Unknown energy sorce detected.' second said as Lamar's HUD turned blue.

'Maximum: Power'

Lamar launched himself at his brother in a translucent red and white trail.

(Blackens the power of steal)

'Maximum: Armor'

Just as Lamars fist was about to make contact he activated armor mode efectively hitting his brother with a compleatly solid mass. He grabbed his brother by the hooves before he was out of range from the punch and slammed him onto the ground.

"Fucking DIE!" He yelled as he planted a hoof on his brothers chest and proceded to tear his brothers legs off. He then tossed the legs into a nearby fire before starting to pound him into mulch.

(Oooh)

"How FUCKING DARE YOU!" Boom, BOom, Boom, guch,guch,crunch,crunch, crack,crack, squish,squish.

(Its)

He continued to punch Jaguar until he was satisfied that he wasn't getting back up then proceeded to palm the Cell Evolved's head and tore it off his Hammerclaw easily allowing him to wrap his entire hand around the head as he stood up over the body.

(Tainted)

"Bitch." 'bitch' he grunted and second said as they watched him crush the head in his hand.

(Metal.)

(We- wont- back- down...)

"Valencio, you space marine ass mother fucker, give me your bolter" Lamar said only to be hit in the head with the thirty pound weaon.

'thud'

"COCK!" the prince yelled as he held his face with one hand and the weapon in the other as he stepped off of the "body" and proceeded to burn the "Corpse" with the under-mount flame thrower.

(We-Are-part-ners-in-crime)

"Did you guys see that? I'm a fucking badass." the prince said his mane and tail going back to normal as he tossed the Bolter back to Valencio who's severed arm was concertized to stop the bleeding.

"Lamar your an asshole" Lewis said voicing the unspoken thoughts of some of the others as they watched Lamar's clothes turn back to the Blackwatch BDU.

"Woah! Listen here space man! there is no need for that kind of language." lamar said as he gestured with his arms for dramatic effect before checking his wrist.

"Oh shit. we need to leave, like now." he said as he began walking away followed by the others.

"What about Reaper?" fluttershy asked her usual stutter gone for now.

"What about him?" Starnes asked throwing Lamar his SCAR.

"Arent you going to you know bury him?" rainbow dash asked

"Dash i am going to answer that question with another question. How the fuck would we even get his body?" Starnes asked as they neared the hall.

"Well duh you get whats left."

"There is nothing left. the fool kept thermite 6 attached to his body. How that didn't explode earlier i will never know." Lamar said as they entered the hall.

"What is thermite six?"

" It burns metal at 20 thousand degrees Fahrenheit, the shits hotter than like parts of the sun. It was meant to be used against Ceph vehicles, but since that war ended before it could be deployed. Blackwatch used it against Tanks, bunkers, Tanks inside of bunkers, ...Mountains, people, the infected mainly. so he is Gone bro, like vapor, like secede to exist. We cant go back and get something that isn't there anymore. " Lamar explained as they ran towards a window which Lamar shot out.

The 15 boarded the Rayzorback and began to fly off with the 332nd in escort formation. They watched the last of the escape shuttles taking off, Dark Sword of course being long gone by now.

"So what now?" Nymph asked.

"Well the operation was a success. So Peace treaty?" Lamar asked earning nods from the queens and princesses.

"There is still CELL to deal with. remember this was just one base. And I am worried with them working for the griphions It is only a matter of time before something happens." Starnes said standing up.

"I agree the vermin will certainly try something sooner or later. but we do seem to have unwittingly stalled there plans." Valencio said

"I guess all we can do is prepare and hope we are ready when it comes." Lewis added.

"Ya but i don't think they understand the one rule." Lamar said

"What is the one rule?" Luna asked.

"Do not, Fuck with Blackwatch." the blackwatch troopers said simultaneously earning chuckles from the other occupants.

the Equestrians and Changelings watched the five blackwatch troopers joking around and punching each other while Valencio held Starns'es sniper riffle above his head. While the evolved tried to hop up and get it knowing full well that he could actually take it if he wanted to. They smiled In the time they had known these soldiers they had learned that not all guards had to be professional and not all battles are fought because of parasitism. They learned that there is more to being a guard than wearing a uniform or carrying a weapon. It is about fighting for those at yous side and never giving up even if the situation looks grim. A squad is more than just a group of soldiers given a name and number and told to go fight, its a family maybe not the best family but a family of people who understand each other and respect each other. And would die for each other as Lamar held up Connors dog tags which had somehow survived the explosion that had killed him. And they were grateful that in the coming storm this particular family would be at the head of an even large extended family that made up blackwatch. After all they were friends until the bitter end and nothing would change that.

(We-are- true- life- def-end-ers- on- earth.)

"Shaka are you gonna do the thing?" Cass asked as they flew back towards canterlot making the equestrians and changelings wander what 'The thing' was. Lamar looked to his wrist before holding up a hand with a smile on his face.

"three...Two...One." he said before clenching his fist.

"Boom."

'BOOM!!'

To be continued...

Author's Note

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and be ready for the Sequel soon.

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