Equestria's Supreme Commander

I guess like with any story, I should start from the beginning. Okay, so for me, it all started a few years ago when I was at Comicon, dressed as the Armored Command Unit, or ACU for short, for the Cybran Nation from the game series, Supreme Commander. The reason why it was Cybran was multiple reasons. One, they look cool as hell, the units I mean. Second, out of all three factions from the original, I find them to have the most interesting backstory. To keep it short, they're humans with artificial intelligence implants, meaning they were part robot, which adds to the cool factor for me, that were enslaved by the Earth Empire, with a rogue group with the one who is the "father" of the Symbiotes, another name for the Cybrans, named Dr. Gustaf Brackman, fleeing to the furthest reaches of space, and, in the time period of the first game, are fighting to free those still enslaved. The others are basically a religious faction and a future United States, wanting to impress their ideals on others.

Okay, sorry there, I tend to get carried away with stuff I like. Anyway, it had taken a lot of time to make the outfit to the point it resembled the in-game model, but could be worn. A total pain in the ass. And I'm going off topic again. Sorry.

Anyway, I was walking around the main floor, going to different booths for stuff like Marvel Comics, my personal favorite comic company, by the way, when I saw a guy dressed like the aforementioned Doctor, the business suit, the white hair, the Hitler-esque mustache, I swear I am not kidding with that. Behind him was a table that on it a backpack resembling the part that's added to a Cybran ACU when you put a back mounted upgrade on, as well as the parts added to the right and left arms, respectively, with the upgrades for those arms. Those three parts are the only things i did not have time, or the skill, for that matter, to make.

I walked over to where the guy stood. "Ah, hello my boy," he said. Looks like he talks like the good doctor as well. "I see you are a Cybran fan as well."

"Well no shit," I said. "What did you think this was, a Fatboy?"

He chuckled. "No need to be hostile, my boy," he said. Now it is getting a little creepy. At least the in-game Brackman was allowed to do that, as the Cybran Nation wouldn't exist without him. "But I see you're missing some parts of it. Parts I just so happen to have. I'll sell them to you at a discount, ten dollars each."

Cheap, merchant, and something I would want? "Hell no," I said. "I know where this kind of shit goes. I buy something from you, and I get sent to a different world. Hell to the no."

"Why, I have no idea what you're talking about," he said. "How about this: I give them to you for ten dollars total, and throw in a bit of advice for the game?"

"Nope."

"You are the most stubborn cosplayer I have met," he said. "Look, I'm not trying to cause trouble unlike other merchants. The Equestria I was going to send you to is going to need help soon, and you are the only one here dressed as an ACU. Either you go, or they get utterly destroyed."

"And how do I know you aren't lying?"

"Because not every merchant is an asshole," he replied, crossing his arms. "Do you want to help Equestria, or not?"

"If I do," I said, "I want to remain my own person, the outfit becoming an actual ACU with schematics of every UEF, Cybran, and Aeon/Illuminate unit from the original to two, base game, no mods or DLC."

"If that will get you to go," he said. "I still need the ten dollars, though. I can't just conjure up money, and even some merchants need to eat."

"Fine," I say. "Back pocket. I doubt I'll be needing it where I'm going."

"My thanks," he said before using telekinesis, I am not kidding, to grab my wallet from the designated spot. I would have handed it to him, but this outfit did not leave much finger space. He then used said telekinesis to put the pieces of the soon to be ACU on. "Good luck. And that tip: Try not to piss off the royals."

Before I could reply, a portal opened under me, and I fell through, blacking out soon after.

I came to just as something shocked me. "What the hell," I exclaimed as my eyes opened quickly.

"Pilot conscious," a female voice said, one I recognized. Looks like the guy kept his word. "Retracting defibrillators." Why not.

I looked around as my eyes focused, and I saw I was sitting in a small compartment about the size of the interior for a tank, with multiple screens in my main view, or just to the side, and two finger pads that resembled. . . okay, I know what I want to say, I'm just not certain if you guys will get it. Basically, on both armrests for the chair I found myself in, there were five buttons arranged for the fingers, I imagine for weapon control and construction, as well as turning the upper body of the ACU, with foot pedals. I think it's obvious what those are for.

As my head cleared, memories came to me on how to operate an ACU, as well as giving orders to the units under my command. Well, at least I won't kill myself trying to make this thing walk. Thank god for that one. I sat back in the chair itself, which had red leather padding. Okay, so I know I'm in Equestria, but what was that threat the merchant was talking about. I wasn't able to think on that much, though, as the alarms in the cabin began to wail.

Alert:energy spike detected. Investigation recommended at range. One kilometer north.

"Looks like I know where my first destination is," I said before settling in to the seat to get full functionality going, and getting this thing moving.

Fortunately, my ACU moved pretty quickly, but I still had enough time to see what upgrades I had. "Okay, Quantum teleporter, liquid nitrogen coolant system, and microwave laser. I can work with that," I said. I quickly made my way to the top of a small mountain that overlooked the area the AI in my ACU had designated, weapons down by the sides. "Looks like I came in during season four finale," I said, seeing a large ass red and black Centaur destroy the landscape. But what surprised me, though, was that there was a shrinking Rainbow orb, with Tirek getting bigger. Talk about timing. I arrived just in time to save the ponies from Tirek. Well, time to get to work.

I made my way down the mountain, which was close to where Tirek was. "Hey," I yelled over the external speaker, getting his attention as I raised the ACU's main cannon on the right arm. "Step away from the ponies!"

"And what are you," Tirek asked, an evil grin on his face. "Actually, it doesn't matter. I have all the magic in Equestria!"

"Guess how many shits I give," I say. "Now, either you return all the magic you took willingly, or I shoot you in the face until you do."

"You can't harm me," he announced. Oh dear god. I hate these villains. The ones who think they are, to quote my favorite video game boss fucking invincible simply because they have all the power in a single country. "I have the magic of four alicorns and the Tree of Harmony!"

"And I am powered by a nuclear reactor that will kill you if you kill me," I say in a deadpan. "Don't believe me, try to kill me with out getting your ass roasted." I swear if he says-

"And why should I fear you?"

Fuck it, I'm kicking his ass. I pressed the button under my right index finger down, firing my main cannon, which, though it didn't kill him, it did injure him. "Any other smartass remarks?"

He snarled. "You'll pay for harming Lord Tirek!" With that, he tried to bull rush me. I'm not kidding, he lowered his head, and charged at me. Okay, ACU is not that agile. I need to improvise. I pressed down the buttons under my middle and ring fingers on the left and right, causing the top to spin out at speeds that probably would have killed me if not for inertial dampers inside keeping me from getting pancaked against my seat. "YIPEE-KI-FUCKING-YAY," I yelled as the top spun around like it was part of a tornado, with enough force that Tirek was sent flying as he hit the arm. Can't believe it worked.

Anyway, he was sent into the mountain I had come down from. "I'm not done with you yet," I yelled, turning the ACU around and walking in his direction, both arms raised. I fired my main cannon, with overcharge going. When I got to where he was visible, I stopped. "Now, how about you give the ponies back their magic?"

Tirek, whose body was bloody, scarred, burnt, and missing a few patches of skin even, said, "No."

"More fun for me, then," I said, firing a few more shots. After three, I said, "Do so, and I will stop harming you."

"Al-alright," he croaked out before a large stream of magic left his horns. When it was finished, he was back to his weak form.

"Now I keep my promise," I say before firing one last overcharge blast at him, and, with his weakened body, he was vaporized. I should probably start charging the teleporter, seeing as how, in the ponies' minds, I went back on my word. I didn't. I said I would stop harming him, and I didn't harm him. His death was quick. Thus, I did not go back on my word. Okay, now how do I charge the damned teleporter?

Twilight-1st- a few minutes ago

Me and the others were, for lack of a better term of our condition, were scared. I had given my own magic to have Tirek to free Applejack, Rainbow, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Spike, and Discord, with Discord having given me an amulet for it to show that he regretted what he did, which gave me my key to the box from the Tree. We quickly made our way there, with my friends and I opening the box. We were given new manes and our cutie marks were out all over our body, something that, in retrospect, I find a little too flashy. Anyway, the six of us hovered out of the chasm the Tree was in, certain it would defeat Tirek, who had drained all the magic in Equestria. It looked to work at first, but nothing changed, and he drained it after the first stream of magic hit him.

That's the situation we were in when that. . . thing arrived. Tirek was boasting that now he could take over the entire world when we heard, "Hey," from the mountains, and we saw a large thing raising its right arm. "Step away from the ponies!"

"And what are you," Tirek asked as he turned to look at the new arrival. "Actually, it doesn't matter. I have all the magic in Equestria!"

"Guess how many shits I give," the arrival said. "Now, either you return all the magic you took willingly, or I shoot you in the face until you do."

"You can't harm me," Tirek announced. "I have the magic of four alicorns and the Tree of Harmony!" Unfortunately, he was right. Even if I still had my magic, and Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Cadence were here, just Tirek having the Tree's power meant magic couldn't stop him.

"And I am powered by a nuclear reactor that will kill you if you kill me," the thing say in a deadpan. "Don't believe me, try to kill me with out getting your ass roasted."

"And why should I fear you," Tirek said.

The reply was the giant being firing something from its raised arm that looked like a blast of magic, but wasn't, seeing as how Tirek was hurt by it. "Any other smartass remarks?" Rainbow chuckled here.

"Jeez, who ever this thing is, he sure is a badflank. I mean, he just hit Tirek with something and simply asked if he had anything else to say!" I sighed.

"Rainbow, for all we know," I said, turning to face the pegasus, "he could be another escaped prisoner of Tartarus who's just trying to remove the competition." Before she could retort, Tirek snarled.

"You'll pay for harming Lord Tirek," he yelled before lowering his head and charging at the being, whose upper began to spin.

"YIPPE-KI-FUCKING-YAY," the thing yelled as it spun.No question, that thing is not natural, and it has to be from Tartarus. Still we were surprised when Tirek was thrown into a mountain by the spinning of the torso. As the thing followed Tirek to where he had landed in the mountain, saying, "I'm not done with you yet," the six of us looked at one another as it fired its weapon.

"Uh, Twi," Applejack asked. "Y'all got any idea what that thing is?"

"No idea, Applejack," I replied.

"Well, whatever it is, it looks absolutely atrocious," Rarity said. "It looks like a demon. And not the handsome kind either."

"And how'd you know that, Rarity," Rainbow asked, to which Rarity blushed and tried to hide her face.

"I have my reasons." Rainbow chuckled at this.

"Yeah, sure," she said before we all heard a loud sound at the mountain, and saw a column of smoke coming from it, as well as multiple wisps of magic, six coming towards us.

The streams matched one of our skin colors, which is to say the streams went into those who matched their color. "What do you think he did, guys," Rainbow said.

"I think he killed Tirek," I said, getting looks of disgust and horror from the others.

"Whta makes you say that, Twilight," Pinkie asked.

"He looks like he's from Tartarus," I said. "And Tirek came from there. I don't think it's much of a stretch to think he is, either, especially with how he looks."

"I guess you have a point," Rarity said.

"But what can we do," Fluttershy asked softly.

"We can use the powers the Tree gave us," I exclaimed. "That thing practically gave us the way to beat it and send it back to Tartarus."

"Ya sure that's a good idea, Twi," Applejack said. "Ah mean, he beat Tirek with ease, and Tirek had every bit a magic in Equestria."

Before I could reply, the ground began to shake. We all turned in the direction of the mountain to see the demon, as that's what I'm calling it for now, coming towards us. Each of us, except Fluttershy, that is, put on a brave face, but barely. We were brave, not suicidal. It stopped a few feet away, probably a single step for it, and looked down at us. Far as I could tell, it was a few stories high, maybe three Ponyville town halls stacked on each other. That's just a rough guess, though. "I assume you think me a monster for killing him?"

We were surprised that he asked us a question with an obvious answer, but i replied, "Yeah. Nopony should be murdered!"

"I did not murder him," the being said. "I was simply defending you from any future plots because of him. If he got out of his prison once, he may have done so again. I ensured he did not."

"We'll send you back to Tartarus," Rainbow yelled.

"You will not be sending me 'back' there," it said. "I've never been there. Now, if you six will excuse, it's time I run for my life before the three other princesses get here." With that, a ripple appeared around the figure before he disappeared with a bang, indicating he had teleported.

It was a few seconds later a second teleport was heard, this one being for Princesses Celestia and Luna, both wearing gowns thta matched their skin color, as well as Cadence, wearing a pink and white gown. "Hello, my faithful student," Celestia said. "Hello, my little ponies," she said to the others. "I am glad to see you six were able to defeat Tirek."

"Um, actually, Princess," I said, rubbing the back of my head. "We didn't beat him. He beat us."

"But he is not here," Luna said. "How can that be?"

"Honestly," I said, "we aren't entirely certain."

"Can you at least tell us what you know, Twilight," Celestia said with a warm smile. I am not going to like this, am I?

Josh-1st

Okay, then. I teleported quicker than I had thought. Maybe the magic in the atmosphere, I don't know. Okay, time to get oriented. I looked at my screens, and saw I was in the desert, which meant I'm in southern Equestria. Okay, that means I may be close to Las Pegasus or Appleloosa. May need to get a base online, but what should I use. Cybran, Aeon, or UEF structures? Ah, you know what, fuck it, I'm going with a mix. Here's hoping Celestia and Luna won't be able to find me. If it's changelings, though, and they attack me, they had best be prepared to get utterly fucked. Well, time to get to work.

But, first, I need to find a mass deposit or two. Joy.