Nyx was outfitted with a modified N7 chest piece, and, thanks to some spray paint, put her cutie mark on the armor front. She was equiped with a Shurkien SMG, Katana shotgun, Predator Pistol, Avenger Rifle, and Mantis Rifle, which she was told how to use them properly. She was amazed at how the guns got smaller when they weren't in use. With such ingenuity, we could conceal weapons easily. Oh, how my uncle would have a field day with this stuff. And this armor: so much lighter than the standard armor I wear, but I'm certain that it is so much stronger. She then decided to inspect her allies. As such, the three called Shepard, Kaiden Alenko, and Jenkins, were all wearing N7 armor. Shepard had all the guns she had, while Jenkins had an Avenger and Predator, and Kaiden had a Avenger and Katana. The hanger door opened, revealing a lush world. With the sun nearly down, the sky was basked in a golden orange color.

"You coming, Nihlus?" Kaiden asked Nihlus, whom was wielding a Katana shotgun.

"I work better on my own." He said as he jumped out of the ship, which she was told was called the Normandy. Anderson then approached the four.

"The beacon was retrieved from the dig site, so all you need to do is find it, then radio the Normandy."

"What about survivors, sir?" Kaiden said.

"Consider them secondary. Securing that beacon is our top priority." Nyx narrowed her eyes at that. Not to me, it isn't! Nyx then pulled out a thin metal headband, three times thinner than the one she wore as a filly, and put it around her head. Igniting her horn, the headband with dropped a transparent, purple tinted glass around her eyes, and a metal casing was expanding, moving to her ears and covering them. A favorite technology she invented, the metal was slightly weaker than the standard Royal Guard armor, but it was as flexible as the alien armor she was wearing.

The four then jumped out of the ship, with the three humans somersaulting to soften their landing, and Nyx using her wings. The four advanced down towards a ridge, with Nyx putting Longclaw in her sheath, and pulling out her Avenger and Wolf's Howl. The four positioned behind some rocks at the ridge. Shepard motioned Jenkins to move forward, with Kaiden covering his left flank. Nyx was behind Shepard, on the right side. As Jenkins moved forward, the magical sensors built into her headgear indicated fast approaching objects in front of them... and Jenkins was out in the open. Throwing caution to the wind, she sprang out of cover, and sprinted for Jenkins.

"Watch out!" she screamed as two metallic hovering objects appeared form behind the rocks appeared. Aiming their guns at Jenkins, the drones unleashed a volley of laser fire at him. Nyx just barely got there in time to shield him for the gunshots. Surprising, her shield held very well against alien fire. She then fired at the drones, taking one of them down. Jenkins, after he recovered from the initial shock, shot down the other one

"Thanks!" he exclaimed as Shepard and Kaiden approached the two.

"No problem," she said, pointing to her cutie mark painting, "It's my job." Kaiden raised an eyebrow at that, but figured it wasn't the time or place to ask. They pushed forward and, after destroying several more drones, saw three more chasing a woman. She ducked down and spun around, shooting down the drones with her Predator. She saw two metallic soldiers placing a human on a small metal platform. Before she could do anything, a massive spire speared through the humans chest, killing him. She ran behind a boulder as the metal soldiers fired at the woman.

The four soldiers fired at the metal men, who were dropped before they knew what hit them.

"Thanks for the save, sir." the woman said.

"What's going on here, soldier?" Shepard ordered the soldier.

"Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams. We were patrolling the northern sector, when that ship came out of nowhere. Before we knew it, we were being hammered by Geth."

"The Geth haven't been seen outside the Veil in decades!" Kaiden exclaimed, "What are they doing here?"

Nyx felt that the name had some bad meaning, given how Alenko reacted.

"Don't know, but those things killed my entire squad."

"We'll make them pay, Williams." Shepard said, "Follow us."

"Yeah, no problem. Just, one question? What's with the horse?"

"I''m a pony," Nyx annoyingly responded, "thank you very much. I ended up on their ship by accident, and volunteered to help." Williams moved towards Nyx.

"Yeah, I don't buy it. A different species just happens to appear out of nowhere, and just volunteers to help with a random colony. Sounds more like the start of an inva~~"

Ashley never got to finish her sentence, as Nyx grabbed her torso, vaulted Ash over her body, and slammed her to the ground, bringing up her Longclaw.

"We don't have time to argue. Either you can get out of our way," she then raised a hoof to her, "or you can help us save this colony." Grunting, Ashley grabbed the pony's hoof, and was hoisted back up.

"Fine," she grumbled. The five proceeded to the dig site, where the relic was uncovered. Before they got to the colony, they were told it was moved to the spaceport. With that they advanced, and encountered several similar spires that had impaled humans. However, these were different. Their skins were covered in metal wires, and any traces of living tissue seemed decayed. Several geth were nearby, but Shepard and Ashley shot them down before they detected them.

Then, as if they noticed their presence, all of the spires started moving down.

"Oh my god!" Kaiden yelled, as the soldiers pulled out their guns, "They're still alive." Nyx knew better than that. Having fought an army of the dead once, she knows what a truly dead creature looks like. Nyx counted at least 30 of them, all advancing at an alarming rate.

"Shit!" Shepard said as he popped a clip out of his Avenger, "There's too many of them!" Nyx then looked at her shield, and got an idea.

"Everyone, get behind me!" Nyx yelled as she attached the shield to her left hoof, and raised it.

"That won't stop them!" Shepard exclaimed.

"Just DO IT!" The soldiers reluctantly complied, and got behind her. As the husks got close, she whispered one thing to her shield.

"Wolf," As she said that, a small white vortex began forming around the center, and slowly got brighter and larger. The husks were a mere two feet from her.

"Howl."

The vortex then exploded into a massive shockwave forward, ripping apart the husks directly in front of the shield, and blasting the rest of them, killing them instantly. During the whole thing, some of the soldiers were sure they heard a wolf howling. All of them, however, were thinking one thing.

"Okay," Ashley said, breaking the silence, "I'm impressed." Nyx couldn't resist chuckling.

"Shepard, I'm nearing the space port. Gonna scout it out." Nihlus exclaimed over the comm system. Luckily Anderson gave her an comm earpiece, that way she could her him.

"Roger that." Shepard replied. Nyx saw a steep hilltop nearby, overlooking the spaceport.

"Sir, permission to advance up that ridge, towards the spaceport, and rendezvous with Nihlus?"

"Permission granted, good luck." With that, Nyx flied up to the ridge, and got a perfect view of the spaceport. She pulled out her Mantis, and lied down into a sniper position.

Such a beautiful world. Too bad these 'geth' are destroying it. Now, where is Nihlus. Aw, there he is. Wait, that guy's armor is blue. Nihlus's is black and red.

Nihlus moved into the spaceport, and saw a blurred figure. He ducked behind a crate to get a better position. After he pulled out an Avenger, he moved out from behind the crate. He face was that of shock when he got a better look at the individual.

"Saren?" He saw that his old friend and mentor had several scars, some of which had to be replaced with cybernetic enhancements.

"Nihlus." Nihlus didn't like the looks of this. Saren was only sent when survivors weren't expected. Combine that with his personal dislike of humans, and this did not bod well for the colony.

"What are you doing here, Saren." He said, lowering his gun, "This is not your mission." Saren approached Nihlus, placing a hand on his shoulder as he walked by. Saren could feel the tension in Nihlus drop, thus lowering Nihlus's guard.

"The Council thought you could use help on this one." Nihlus then looked up at the massive squid-shaped ship.

"I never expected Geth to be here. The mission's gone out of control."

"Don't worry," Saren replied as he pulled out a Carnifex pistol, and aimed it at Nihlus's head, "I've got the situation under control."

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Author's Note

Part one of Nyx's first mission is complete. Tune in next time to see how Nyx will respond to seeing Saren.