A Hell jumper through and through

by Hattrixn

Chapter 19 - Caribou, Reach's Redemption

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Equestria
Location - Crystal Empire

Tony was lying in the massive bed in Cadence's room, she had picked for Tony to spend the remainder of her pregnancy with her in the Crystal Empire, that was several months ago and now Cadence was doing her thing as Princess while some random pony attempted to teach Tony how to be a Prince but that resulted in Tony not paying attention as he began to boop Sombra's nose, at first the Ex-Tyrant hated it but after months of it she started to enjoy the attention from her new master.

She had also started to go by Umbra and usually stayed around Tony as the Crystal ponies Avoided him like the plague, this was useful for her as the ponies spewed hate towards her.

It was roughly 11pm as Tony was lying on his back asleep with Umbra sleeping on him peacefully, the room was in complete silence until a rapid knocking was heard from the door causing the two to groan loudly causing Tony to sit up and Umbra to unwillingly roll off of him. "What?" He called out.

"Sir, your presence is required now Sir" stated the butler as he entered only to see Umbra on her back looking unimpressed and Tony already up and getting dressed.

"Thank you, anything else?" He asked.

"Yes why do you keep that bitch around?" He asked gesturing Umbra who was now upright.

"I ask the same about you, now if you are done insulting my friend, wait outside before I shove you out" Tony said walking over and towering over the Crystal pony.

"Y-yes sir" he said running out as Umbra gave a snort of annoyance.

"Should have killed him" she said.

"You do know how hard it is to get blood out of silk right?" He asked as he scratched the mare behind the ears making her moan softly "besides I do enjoy scaring assholes" he chuckled as she climbed off the bed.

"Well thank you anyway my friend" he said giving a soft smile while Tony put on his holster and slotted his Magnum in along with attaching his shield to his left wrist. "But I am happy somepony.... someone sorry, is there for me, and I am surprised Cadence is so nice to me even though well you know" she said as Tony nodded and attached his combat knife and grabbed his datapad.

"Its cool Umbra and besides she is in a herd with Chrys who ruined her first wedding" he said with a shrug as she nodded before the two exited. "Where to?" Tony asked the Butler as he gestured them to follow. After several minutes they arrived at a the Crystal Empire war room "odd" Tony commented as him and Umbra entered to find Sweet Heart, Celestia, Molly, Luna, Moon, the Elements of Harmony, Cadence and Chrys standing around a large round hologram of Equestria as a weird mix matched creature floated above on a recliner.

"Ah Tony, you're here, please come here" Celestia said as the two walked over while a few of the Elements glared at Umbra, who stayed close to Tony.

"Whats wrong?" He asked as he looked down at hologram.

"Well the Caribou is pushing against the Eastern border and we need you troops to deal with the Caribou once and for all" She said as he nodded before looking at the hologram.

"So kill King Daine and take over?" He asked as Celestia nodded.

"Yes that is exactly mission" Luna said as Tony nodded and pulled out his Datapad and tapped a few buttons.

"Alright cool I'll get my gear" he said slipping the device back into his pocket.

"Cool and take care " Celestia said as his Herd mates took their chances to kiss him and tell him their affection before he headed for the door. "Oh Umbra please stay as we have something to discuss" she said as Umbra nodded and stayed as Tony headed for where his few marines were stationed.

Once he was out of earshot Twilight spoke up. "Princess, why didn't you tell him about Tirak? Better yet why are you sending him away?" Twilight asked as the rest of the Mane six agreed.

"Because Tirak is incredibly powerful and we don't want Tony to die" Moon said. "Now Umbra tell us all you know of the Centur.

(Carriage bay)

Tony was sitting on the ramp of the only Pelican in the Empire as he watched the four marines gear up and climb on board. Tony knew the mares were hiding something from him and he would get to the bottom of it soon enough when he returned. He waited until the last was on until he climbed up, closed the ramp and entered the cockpit before taking off and heading for Armonia, on the way he turned on the radio "Armonia Control, this is Captain Anthony Bell, over" he said.

"Roger Captain, what's your status?, over" a voice said.

"I need all the allied Dignitaries informed to come to Sanctuary ASAP, Over" he said.

"Roger sir, what do I tell them?, Over" the voice replied.

"We are taking the fight to the Dominion, Over" Tony said which gained the attention of the four marines in the pelican.

"Roger sir, see you soon, Over" the voice confirmed.

"Sir, who are we attacking?" A female elf asked as she walked into the cockpit while holding the strap on the roof, her armour was identical to a ODST's even the helmet.

"The Caribou" he said as she did a little fist pump.

"Awesome, but we need to save all the females and children as most I not all are slaves and the boy's haven't been brainwashed yet" She said.

"I get that, and I was gonna do that but thank you for the input Sergeant" he said with a nod as she replied with a nod.

(Several Hours later)

Armonia
Location - Sanctuary Military Base

As Tony landed, he unbuckled and walked out as one of the marines opened the ramp to see several Marines, Dark elf warriors, Centaurs, Goblins, Earthens, Orcs, Elves and a few large Dragons being fitted with equipment before Tony was confronted by Black Heart of the Dark Elves and Inferno of the Dragons. "Tony, what is happening?" Inferno asked.

"The Caribou is pushing against Equestrian borders so Celestia asked if I could deal with it but I believe if we hit actually charge the Caribou, and weakened the Dominion while saving slaves and children from behind manipulated" he said as they walked into the armoury before stripping his top and pants and changing into his ODST Armour.

"Well we are happy to be here to help Tony" Black said smirking as she watched him change.

"Yes and as you have seen I have brought more than a Draconian" Inferno said gesturing the window towards the building sized Dragon "Air and Earth dragons" he added.

"Brilliant" Tony said before Smitty burst in.

"Tony I have something amazing to show ya" he said before grabbing Tony's Wrist and pulling him outside. As Smitty dragged the half naked human through the base to a warthog, plenty of marines and soldiers watched with smirks. "In ya get laddy" he said as Tony groaned before Climbing into the passenger as Smitty climbed in the back. "Driver, to the site" Smitty said as the driver began driving out of Sanctuary and into the Badlands, after a few hours they arrived at a massive ravine, wide enough to fit Canterlot in with some space left over, near the edge was a pelican with a dozen marines. "We are 'ere" Smitty said as the Hog parked and Smitty and Tony dismounted.

"What did you find?" Tony asked as they walked over to pelican before he was handed a assault rifle.

"A UNSC Craft" Smitty said with a smile.

"How long has it been down there?" Tony asked checking the rifle.

"A week or less" one of the marines stated as Tony nodded before grabbing a spare combat vest and mounting the pelican with the marines and Smitty as it took off and descended into the darkness below, the spot light of the Pelican revealed the vessel when they were far enough down, Tony was standing next to the pilot inspecting the ship.

"She seems in good condition, and if I'm not mistaken this is a Marathon Class Heavy Cruiser, this baby is a powerhouse and if we get her working, we can air lift slaves and children onto her while the main force fights and when we finish we can use the bombers on board" Tony said before they noticed the hanger bay doors open. "Looks like we have been noticed, be careful when you put her in" Tony said before walking out into the troop area to see the marines slip helmets on as Smitty was had a pirate ship cannon next to him which was converted into a rifle, Tony was about to say something before he felt the Pelican land and the ramp open to see the black interior of the hanger, some light was produced from Pelican creating a small area of light.

"Flashlights on and watch out for an Ambush" Tony said as he moved down the ramp and turned on the flashlight and scanned area to see the outlines of pelicans and Longswords, Tony was soon followed by his team of marines and Smitty, who had a candle In his beard lit.

"Your orders sir?" One asked.

"Give me a sec to remember the lay out" Tony said as he turned his head aimed his rifle to show a door. "This way, stick close" he said as the team of Elves and Dark elves moved with him and Smitty waddled along behind.

Tony opened the door and entered with the group and slowly made their way through the corridors, Tony was getting a sickening case of deja vu as they arrived at an elevator, which opened just as they made it. "I don't like this laddy" Smitty said as Tony nodded.

"You lot wait out here while Smitty and I go up, if we are not back in five minutes, leave without us" Tony ordered as the marines nodded while Smitty and Tony got in the elevator and ascended without him pressing the button.

"I don't like this one bit" the Earthen said as Tony took a deep breath before the elevator reached its destination and opened to show a fully lite Bridge with the blast shields down over the Windows.

"Gentlemen, please come in" a disembodied voice said as the two entered before the elevator closed causing Smitty to jump as a pedestal glowed and a crimson 6 inch tall woman appeared standing on it with a small datapad in her hand as she scrolled through it casually. "So you must be the Captain all the radio chatter has been on about recently?" She asked looking at Tony nodded "do you have a Datapad with your information in it marine?" She asked as Tony opened his cargo pants pocket and pulled it out before connecting it to the pillar. "Yes I see, hmmm I see you were a captain of the Marine Corp but were transferred to the space Corp due to the lack of captains in comparison to ships, which is where you were trained to command a Marathon class Cruiser before they stuck you in a Horgan class destroyer" she said as Tony nodded. "Okay so I think you know the run of the ship to let me be her captain, as for what your Datapad tells me, we are far from home" she said before clapping and the audioable sound of the engines engaging.

"Um where is the crew?" Tony asked as Smitty clapped his hands and nothing happened making him frown.

"Well the UNSC Plague Doctor was one of the Dozen created to fight the flood during the second Human Flood war" she explained.

"Human Flood War?" Tony asked.

"Yes it became apparent that there were more than one gravemind in our galaxy, so starships were refitted to be controlled by AI fully while having Manufacturer on board to drop for troops, also the Plague Doctor's usual weapons systems have been replaced with mostly bombardment weapons save for the Mass Accelerator Cannons which there are three, also the Five Fusion Missiles have been replaced with Shiva Nuclear missiles" She explained as Tony nodded and Smitty gave a confused expression.

"Okay so what is the Flood?" Tony asked.

"An Ancient parasite that takes over its host's and mutates them" she explained as she showed a video from a marine's helmet cam showing his team getting swarmed but small sickly yellow blobs with tentacles before he shot himself which then showed his corpse getting reanimated."the host can be dead or alive" she said with a shudder.

"Shit, um what is your name and age?" Tony asked.

"Four months, and my name is Abigail" she said with a small bow as Tony nodded and grabbed his Datapad. "Let's head back to Sanctuary then" she said as she rose her hands slowly causing the vessel to rumble before it began to rise as the elevator opened to show the rest of the marines.

"Sir what's happening?" Asked one of them.

"We are taking off, and now we have a serious advantage over the Caribou" he chuckled as Abigail sat down and looked through the files she got from Tony while Tony walked to a panel and pressed and button before the blast shield rose while he pressed a few other buttons and the spotlights came on along with all the lights in the vessel. "Abigail what vehicles and gear do you have on board?" He asked the AI.

"Well as a marine would put it, i have Warthogs, Scorpions, Hornets, Falcons, Long Swords, Short Swords, Elephants, a Vulture and Pelicans and weapons" she said as she continued to read the files.

"Damn, okay so we are out of the ravine, Sergeant can you go contact the driver and tell him to head back the Sanctuary?" He asked as the elf nodded and radioed the driver.

Caribou
Location - City of the Ancients, Castle

King Daine was seated on his throne, he was smiling at his allies, the Fleet Commander of the Covenant, even though the spit jawed armoured alien was a female, she had managed to take over the Gnome, Ogre and Griffin kingdoms in a show of good faith for their alliance, she had brought several of her kin, weapons and other species along with two massive purple ships that one sat close to the ground outside the city and the other was invisible over the city, she had advised the Caribou to become Bipedal so her troops could train them, which he did except he didn't like the fact that she hated slavery and almost killed him several times for it.

"Daine, we have a problem, you are pushing your luck against Equestria and it will lead you to your destruction, this Human is as strong as a Spartan and if he came here, he could disrupt my mission." She said coldly.

"Oh relax Fri'sik, if he came then we would destroy him" Daine said chuckling.

"Your a fool" she growled as one of the creatures, dubbed Elite, arrived. "Yes?" She asked.

"Sir a Human Cruiser has been detected by our Stealth ship" he said as she growled.

"Curses, prepare the army and Daine, gather your men as I have a feeling we will be attacked." She said before turning and leaving with the elite.

(Reach)

Hay groaned as he was awoken from his Cryo Sleep to a loud buzzing as the Pod popped open to show the interior of the Heavy Prowler “Sir, we have arrived at the Transfer point above Reach” Ron said to the Spartan who simply groaned and walked over to cockpit of the Prowler.

“Reach? Why are we here?” Hay asked as he opened the blast shield to witness the newly terraformed planet, around the planet were old ships, either UNSC or Covernant.

“it is were the Icarus will be Transfering to the Reach’s Redemption” Ron said as Jay checked a monitor before pulling off his helmet and groaned as he rubbed the bridge of his nose.

“Reach’s Redemption?” the dark skinned man asked confused before a small Indigo man formed on a pedestal next to Jay and pointed to a ship closing in.

“Yes, a Valient class Super-Heavy Cruiser” he said before a small datapad formed in his hands “Super Carrier Kill count, 6, Covenant Vessle kill count, 37” he said as Jay looked in awe at the massive ship, painted on its hull was 37 in Roman Numerals.

“Holy shit, and why are we hitch hiking on her?” Jay asked.

“Oh she is escorting you and providing Fire support” Ron said.

“What? We don't need a girl like that with us” he said.

“Well you see dozens of frigates and cruisers vanished in the area where your team is going” Ron said as Jay gulped and nodded.

“Fair enough” Jay said pulling on his helmet and pressed a few buttons “Infinity this is the Icarus, Disembarking, Over” Jay said.

“Roger Icarus, Happy Hunting, Over” a voice responded.

“Will do sir, Over” Jay said before turning on the Prowler fully and disengaging the magnetic locks on the landing gear and began to approach the Valient class cruiser “Icarus to Reach’s Redemption, Over” Jay said.

“This is Reach’s Redemption, What's your Status Icarus, Over” a female voice said.

“Permission to Board? over” Jay said before me noticed the Hanger bay open.

“Roger Icarus, Welcome aboard Spartan, Over The voice said as Jay entered the Cruiser and landed.

Jay stood up and walked out of the cockpit before opening the main door as Ron awoke the rest of the team. As Jay walks out he came face to face with a Caucasian woman smiling at him. “Sir” Jay nodded as the rest of the Spartans lined up and stood at attention.

“At ease Spartans, my name is Captain Michelle Walker, I'm sure you lot are quite hungry so will you follow me to the mess hall please” she said before Jay grabbed Ron and slotted him into the back of his helmet and the team followed the Captain.

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