The Queen's General

Humanity was driven close to extinction by the Locust who erupted from the beneath the ground and that day was called Emergence Day. The humans weak from constant fighting each other were overwhelmed and their defenses collapsed. In a desperate attempt to destroy the Locust, humanity destroyed their own cities in an attempt to destroy the enemy, but only delayed them as they survived by retreating back into their homes underground.

Humanity despite being outnumbered continued to fight back against the Locust Horde. The COG running low on soldiers turned to those who were in prisoned. It was here that Colonel Hoffman devised a plan to wipe out the Locust out once and for all. They had readied another Lightmass Bomb that was used against the Locust General Karn. Delta squad met with Alpha Squad but were ambushed by the Locust. It was here that General Raam had settled the score with Kim the one who almost killed him.

Delta squad then had escaped the Beserker that Raam had sent after them. Delta Squad succeeded in planting the resonator, but it didn't work so they made their way to Marcus father house. Unaware to them that General Raam who was in the Locust tunnel was listening to them from a COG soldier helmet while two Theron guards held the soldier. Raam once satisfied crushed the helmet in his hand tossed then simply tossed it the ground. He walked forwards grabbing the gear by the head before snapping his neck with one hand while the guards dropped the body as they joined the General who proceeded to exit.

It was the reason Raam was here now. Raam had his Locusts board the train that carried the bomb that could kill off their race. He predicted the humans getting the data though and sent his locusts there anyway to ambush them and hopefully kill them or at least slow them down to prepare their defenses on the train to ensure the humans only hope would be extinguished. Raam smiled with satisfaction as he hoped the pathetic humans survived his soldiers so he could have the pleasure of killing them himself.

Raam then turned his attention to the bomb he stood by. It was a strange thing that none of the Locusts had ever seen. As the train drove on back, passing through the plains that held sand, grass and even a few trees with boulders. Raam scoffed. The notion of these humans thinking they could win against the Locust.

"General." The Locust queen spoke through Raam mind.

"Yes, my queen?" Raam replied as he bowed down on one knee.

"The humans have made it past your defenses. They will be there soon."

Raam growled. He indeed felt the dying of his fellow Locusts through their telepathic link to all Locusts. Raam could feel them dying and their deaths had Raam clenching his left hand into a fist. The humans will pay for defying the Queen. They would pay with their lives and then the humanity will fall. After all, you cut the head off the snake then the body dies.

"Destroy them General! Ensure the humans do not activate that device!"

"It shall be done my Queen!" With that said Raam felt his queen disappear from his mind leaving him alone to his thoughts once more. The fighting was closer now causing Raam to turn towards the direction that the human could only take. The only thing standing before Raam to stop the humans were four Theron Guards, but he knew they had fallen when the gunfire had stopped. Raam growled as he saw the doors open and the humans ran, taking cover behind the wall. Raam couldn't hear what they were saying nor did he care, but he did saw something being handed to another human.

Raam growled as he reached down picking up his hand-held Troika that appeared to be based on the body of the Boomshot, the trigger group, and receiver have stayed the same but the large grenade launching barrel has been replaced by two Troika barrels. The cylinder magazine stayed the same also but was modified to hold Troika ammunition. Raam walked up towards the platform holding his weapon in his right hand as well calling the Kryll to him where they flew around him as he stared at the humans.

Raam raised his left hand towards the human growling out. "Serve the queen."

Raam turned his head towards the sound of one of the humans vehicles. Looking up he saw one human on something as well shouting "WHOO!"

Raam stared at them before then covered his eyes as a flash of light came on blinding his eyes. Raam could hear some Kryll dying from the light. When the light vanished, Raam stood up to his full weight growling. He placed his right foot on the bar then stepped onto it causing it to bend from all his weight. Raam feet slammed into the ground causing a loud thud sound. Ramm glared at the humans as he cocked his weapon. "Die."

As the words spoke Raam fired at the two humans who were taking cover. Raam slowly began to advance towards them while also firing his weapon. Once it ran out of ammunition, Raam growled as he emptied the magazine to load another. The two humans broke from their cover and began firing at him. The bullets would have killed him if it wasn't for the fact the Kryll made a shield around him. Raam smiled with satisfaction as he reloaded his weapon. Then proceeded to fire at the two once again.

"Engage!" Raam looked towards the sound of the yell and saw the helicopter just as it turned on its light killing some of his Kryll and driving them away. Raam growled as he pointed his Troika towards them then fired. The bullets bounced off it while not killing anyone it drove them away.

"Get them!" Raam hissed through the hivemind link.

"Yes, General." Raam watched as reavers began appearing and attacked the humans causing their vehicle to pull back as reavers began to combat them. Raam watched it then began to feel bullets slam into him. Turning he saw the two popped from their cover as they fired at him. Raam growled as he raised his hand sending a telepathic link to the Kryll to attack the two. He watched as they dived at the human, but simply ducked into the light causing them to miss.

Raam growled even louder than before as he advanced towards the humans with his weapon raised in case they decided to try anything. Every step he took made a thud as his armored boot connected with the ground. As he approached he saw one of the humans pop up from his cover and fired at Raam who was protected by his Kryll. Raam aimed his weapon towards the human.

"Over here your fucker!" Raam tried to glance over towards the other human only to look down when he heard something being tossed down at his foot. He glanced down to see a grenade. Raam quickly jumped back as it exploded while also causing his Kryll to scatter. Raam stood up then quickly glanced over to his side seeing the human he shot at charging at him with his chainsaw. Raam raised his weapon only for the human to knock it out of his hand. The human raised his chainsaw and brought it down intending to cut through Raam.

Raam quickly raised his right hand catching it even as it tried to cut his hand. Raam growled as he brought his foot up and kicked the human in the chest causing him to slam into the cover he hid behind. "Marcus!" Raam quickly turned and slammed the weapon he held in his hand into the human face knocking him down. Raam threw the weapon down as he approached the human who spat blood on the ground. Raam reached down.

"Over here Fucker!"

Raam glanced over to see the human he kicked was standing and now holding a shotgun which was pointed at Raam. Raam heard the weapon go off and felt the blast slam into his chest. Raam growled as tried to step forward only to stumble backwards as another round slammed into him. Raam looked down at his chest as he saw his own blood began dripping down. Raam glanced back towards the human who began firing round after round which slammed into Raam causing him to stumble backwards with every hit. The last round slammed into his chest causing his chest to burst open sending his blood everywhere. Raam felt nothing but pain even as he slammed onto the ground with his back.

Raam layed still from the pain. He could feel his blood pouring out that had soon begun to make a puddle underneath him. Raam could see his vision was beginning to fade, but could still see the two humans had walked up towards him to stare at him before one of them ran past him. 'Probably activating the weapon.'

Raam closed his eyes as he could feel his strength fading even as he tried to keep them open. He could hear the humans shouting something. Raam opened his eyes as he sat up even with the pain in his chest. He slowly made it to his feet while his blood still poured out from him. He slowly stumbled towards the device. A few feet away he saw the humans as they flew off. Raam then saw the reason why. The track at the end was destroyed. He slowly approached the device reaching a hand towards it intending to rip out the data they placed in it..

Raam hand was within an inch when he saw he was suddenly falling as was the whole train down towards the imulsion. Raam watched with sadness as he fell into the stuff along with the weapon. Raam felt his body slowly sinking. He slowly glanced over towards the weapon just in time as it fired. Raam watched it until his eyes slowly closed as he faded into unconsciousness. He was unaware of the green glow that surrounded his body that began to glow brighter until there was a loud flash. Where Raam body once was had disappeared.

Three years. Three long years. That’s how long it has been since Queen Chrysalis of the Changeling Empire first attacked Equestria since her initial defeat at the hooves of Princess Cadence and Shining Armor. After her forces were expelled, Chrysalis immediately began formulating a new plan to conquer Equestria. She had several teams of Changelings infiltrate nearly every major city in the land of the ponies. Then, she gave the signal, and all Tartarus broke loose. The infiltration caught the Equestrian military by surprise, and they suffered defeat after defeat. But quickly rallied and pushed the Changelings out of the cities and all the way back to the Changeling Empire.

So Equestria’s soldiers marched on, scoring victories at every confrontation. The Changelings outnumbered the ponies, but they lacked organization and morale. Every day, the Changelings lost thousands of troops and failed to put so much as a dent in the Equestrian forces. As her forces were being pushed back, Chrysalis sat upon her throne in silence.

The Queen had seen better days. The stress of waging war, particularly the aspect of losing it, had taken its toll on her mind and appearance. Her deep blue mane was rough and tangled. Her once-glistening emerald eyes had faded, and slight wrinkles now gathered under them. Chrysalis hung her head and covered her face with her hands. She knew she had lost, but she refused to accept this as a fact. No. She would do everything in her power to save her homeland and its inhabitants. Everything…and anything…

She needed a wild card. Something the Equestrians didn’t have, something that would give her the edge that she desperately needed. But she couldn’t think of anything. The Queen shook her head in frustration. The painful reality of her situation was burrowing into her psyche. Nothing in the world could save her Empire now…wait…nothing in the world…nothing in this world…

Just when she had all but given up hope, and idea burst into Chrysalis’ mind. She sat straight up and grinned deviously. If nothing in her world could save her Empire, she would find something in another world to do it. Yes…this was exactly what needed to be done. The idea came to her just in time. If this didn’t work…well…all would be lost.

Chrysalis gathered all of her guards and sages in the grand atrium of the capital’s castle. The sages had created a large, dark green symbol on the black-tiled floor using a powdery substance. This would be where the target of the Queen’s magic would appear. The guards stood a fair distance away from the symbol in a circular formation. Clad in obsidian chainmail, holding swords, shields and spears. They would be ready for anything if the target turned out to be hostile. With time wasting away, Chrysalis approached the symbol.

“So, it has all come down to this…” Chrysalis muttered as she raised her hand towards the symbol while her horn glowed atop her head.

“Mother…if you can hear me…give me strength in this dire time…I will not let my Empire die like a whisper in the wind…” she whispered to herself.

Seconds after she finished speaking, a blast of energy shot from her hand and set the symbol ablaze with brilliant neon-green flame. Chrysalis grunted as she focused every ounce of her power and magic on the symbol. It was agonizing; her wrinkles grew worse and her eyes dimmed further. The flames grew massive in size and threatened to lick at the ceiling of her gigantic castle. The green light flickered and glowed, reflecting off the faces of the guards, who had slowly backed away in fear.

“Just…a little…MORE!” Chrysalis screamed.

With one final burst of energy, everyone in the atrium was sent flying backwards and tumbling, including Chrysalis herself. Several sages and guards hurried to her side.

“Are you alright, My Queen? Do you need help?” they all asked nervously.

“Away from me, fools!” she shouted as she gathered herself and struggled to stand up.

She felt weaker than ever; her vision was blurry but slowly correcting itself.

“Did it work? Well, did it?!” her angry voice boomed and echoed throughout the vast hallways and corridors.

There, in the center of the symbol, laying on the ground was a strange creature. The thing if it was standing upright would easily tower over her and possibly any other race out there. She saw it had no hair, but she did see it's sharp teeth possibly signaling it as a carnivore type creature. It wore strange armor that covered its body. She was also able to see it carried a strange knife on its back hip. She also saw it appeared to be fatally wounded as blood was pouring out of its chest that was staining the ground red and making a puddle.

Chrysalis shook her head then turned to her changelings. "Heal this creature immediately!"

Though they looked scared they did as their queen ordered as they flew over towards the creature. "Make sure you take his weapon as well!"

Chrysalis watched as they picked up the creature to take it to be healed. The thought on her mind was what this creature could do to help her win this war. No matter what.