Back Into It

Caribou

Location - 700 metres north of Daine's Palace

            The sound of gunfire drowned out the sound of orders called out as an Armonian Marine was crushed by the shield of a massive abomination known as a Hunter, the other Hunter of the pair was doing its best to obliterate the rest of the squad, who were taking cover in a ruined café. As the Hunters drew closer, a black fog suddenly filled the street blocking off their ability to see, which was the least of their troubles as all of a sudden one of the beasts was sliced into pieces causing the remaining Hunter to go berserk but was also cut down in moments.

      The squad in the café looked out just as the fog faded to reveal Umbra standing among the pieces of hunters, her armour was splattered in Orange blood as she cleaned her Bastard sword on her loincloth before she's sheathing her blade and looked to the squad, whom were watching her as she gave them a thumbs up before she returned to Smitty, who exited a shop holding the damaged of their commander which caused both Smitty and Umbra to frown before a marine interrupted their moment.

       "Sir, Abigail reported that Captain Anthony's Datapad transponder is saying he is in Daine's Throne room" the Marine said as the two nodded before Smitty put the helmet in his bag and the team ran towards the Palace. After a few hundred metres, the radio marine stopped and held his hand over the headphone on his ear "Sir, the Plague Doctor is hit and her engine is crippled but she is will be taking down a scarab which is on route to the palace" he said as Smitty and Umbra nodded and continued with the few marines. Once they had reached the main street, they saw said Scarab on top of a building adjacent to the palace, charging it's focus cannon moments before a barrage of missiles slammed into it causing it to topple over onto the castle and detonate, destroying a chunk on its foundation and causing the structure to collapse. Umbra and Smitty could only watch as the castle was transformed into rubble, the pair didn't notice that all of the Covenant around them had mysteriously vanished, all they cared about was their friend.

Armonia

Location - Sanctuary, Ten days later

          All of the civilians of Armonia stood  in wait for the reported return of the soldiers who went to war, a radio transmission had stated that the army would be arriving around noon and it was half past noon when the crowd noticed the first several dozen pelicans in the distance, the soldiers that stayed at Sanctuary were confused at the lack of the Plague Doctor.

      When the pelicans touched down, the troops dismounted except most were injured or had grim looks as the now empty pelicans took flight to retrieve more troops, Lucy and Sweetheart attempted to talk to them but they were only greeted by silence as the troops went to their families. After several hours, the last of the troops arrived, even though the amount of soldiers that returned was less than half that went out to fight.

       Cadence and Chrysalis were becoming more and more nervous at the lack of their mate and friends until the last pelican landed and the bay door opened slowly to reveal the commanders, first to disembark was Inferno, who was missing his wings and had bandages over his right eye. As he stepped off the bay, he was immediately tackled by his younger sister Amber and hugged tightly.

      Following him was Eliza who was being carried out by Uric, Eliza had a massive bandaged wound on her chest as Amanda, Elise and Doctor Strip took her to the overcrowded hospital, meanwhile Uric walked over to Mayli, who was shocked at her Father's calm manner even though he had a chuckle of metal sticking out of his shoulder and his armour was me takes severely from plasma. The last off the pelican were Black Heart missing her left arm, Umbra and Smitty, whom was holding Anthony's  broken helmet in his left hand and Black Beak's in his right hand, the sight of helmets caused all of Tony's herd save from Cadence to tear up while Cadence looked to them confused as it hadn't registered yet.

      "Where is Tony?" She asked approaching Umbra and Smitty.

       "Cadence" Celestia tried to stop her.

        "Where is Tony?" She asked slightly louder as she got closer.

         "Dear please" Moon said as she teleported next to Cadence but was ignored as she stood in front of Smitty.

          "Where is my Tony?" She asked as tears began to form in her eyes causing Smitty to lower his gaze to the gravel before holding up the ODST's helmet. "W-why are you showing me this?" She asked as her voice began to crack.

      "H-he died slaying Daine and..... I'm sorry" Umbra said as Cadence broke down while her knees buckled but before she hit the gravel Chrys teleported next to her and caught her before they teleported away.

      "That's one of two" Smitty said before heading off to inform Back Beak's daughter of his passing.

Outer Rim

Location - Reach's Redemption  (5 Years later)

       The team of Spartan IV's issued with recovering lost personnel or Intel were standing on the puts if of an Airlock on the brutally damaged Marathon Class cruiser that was dubbed 'Plague Doctor'. Jay was cutting a way through the airlock while the rest of the team waited next to the airlock only for a voice to scream through the radio.

      “Slipspace Rupture detected…. It's a Guardian!” the captain of the Reach’s Redemption said moments before a ripple of energy hit the group causing them to detach from the hull of the starship.

      “Shit, Shit, Shit” Jay cursed as he re she out and grabbed a handle whic most of his team did moments before their armour restarted.

        “Let's head back to the Reach’s Redemption” Leo said to their team leader who shook his head.

        “No we have a job to do and we will get it done” Chris said as Jay finished cutting open the door. “Okay Spartans let….. what the fuck?” Chris said as he watched dozens of gold and blue orbs form around a section of the Plauge Doctor before firing at the Massive ancient ship, and tI the Spartans surprise, it peirced it's shield before obliterating a chunk of the ship’s wing.

       “H-how did…. What?” Lucy asked.

       “I don't know but let's get onboard and find the gunner” Chris said as the super soldier entered the Cruiser

(Plague Doctor’s Bridge, a few moments earlier)

         “it seams the UNSC has finally found us, thank God” a golden entity said as she walked over to a control panel and placed her hand on it. “I best awaken him” She said smiling softly just as a ripple of energy passed through the bridge, frying majority of the systems. “An EMP? But who?” she asked looking out the large window at the front of the bridge to see a massive silver birdlike ship. “I see, well sucks to be you, i have Magic bitch” she said as her hands glowed, forming small barrier spells above a section of missile pods before firing a a large barrage of missiles through the spells, causing the missiles to be covered in magic.

      As the missiles flew, the strange ship made no attempt to stop them, even as the missiles, thanks to the magic, pierced it's shield and crippled one of it's wings. The entity smiled before remember her charge. “Shit I need to get life support back in for Tony” she said placing her hands on the consoles and pumped massive amounts of magic into it.

(Tony)

       Blaring Alarms, an uncomfortable throbbing of his skull, pins and needles and an ungodly hunger and thrust was what welcomed Anthony into the back of the living, he shifted slightly feeling a unknown resistance to his movements,  a strange warm sticky sensation covered his form. With all the energy he had, Tony forced himself free of the warm embrace only to be greeted by the cold, hard grated floor of the Cryo room making him grunt and shiver slightly all while the sound of the alarms were louder and more piercing. “Fuck” Tony muttered opening his eyes only to cough up bright green slime “The Fuck?” he asked looking around to see the Cryo pod that he was in had a large green cacoon of sorts inside it, but that's not what shocked him, he was holding his body off the floor with both arms except his prosthetic right arm was still in the cacoon resulting in the human looking to his right arm to see that it had regrown, resukting in the man having a small freak out before he ring a familiar voice.

      “Oh thank God Tony, you’re awake” Abigail’s Voice said as Tony pulled himself to his feet only to bring up more slime. “I see the metamorphosis was a success” She said.

        “meta what?” He asked as he stumbled over to where his pack sat and wiped off the thick layer of dust.

          “Well you remember how you recieved the power of two Alicorns and a Changeling?” she asked as stumble went through the ship.

            “Yea and What the fuck was that?” he asked pulling a pistol holster and Magnum from his bag and attached them to his pants before looking around for his top and boots, unfortunately not finding them.

             “Well since your body was so damaged, the Changeling part of you cacooned you and healed you fully along meaning, no more scars, prosetics and also you should be faster, stronger, higher senses and the ability to use magic” She said. “Also we are being boarded by strange ancient aliens that want to kill us” She added as Tony stared blankly at the intercom.

         “Right” He said shaking his head before making his way slowly across the grated, ice cold titanium floor bare footed until he reached the blast door only for it to not open. “Abigail… help?” he asked.

           “Give me a sec….. come on…. Damn it, i can't open it, it must be damaged” Abigail stated. “Give me a moment to find you a way out” She said.

             “increased Strength?” he muttered before grabbing a hand hold on each part of the Blast door before he pulled them open two feet which was incredibly due to the magnetic lock on the door.

             “Okay so I found a way…. Oh you’re out” Abigail said.

             “Yea, i am… now which way to the ODST launch bay?” He asked.

               “Why? I need to get you to the hanger” She said.

                “Because I need the ODST armour to manage without oxygen and gravity” He said.

             “Understandable, head left” she said resulting in Tony making his way left down the dimly lit corrider, occasionally half collapsing against a wall and coughing up more green slime before continuing. The journey went like that until Tony reached the staircase to the ODST Launch Bay when he encountered seven metal dogs with glowing orange insides.

        “The fuck?” he asked before they began firing at making him duck into a door way to hunker down, once he was in cover, he drew his Magnum before briefly exposing himself and firing a burst of bullets, causing one of the group to implode before Tony hid back in cover. He attempted again and ended up emptying the clip into five of the six remaining, killing them but as he reached for another magazine, he was tackled to the ground by the dog which it's face opened up to reveal a glowing orange barrel, but as it was about to fire, Tony punched it in the head, causing it's head to shatter before the entire dog imploded. “Bad Dog” Tony said climbing to his feet before he reached to grab a magazine only to realize that he didn't have any. “Shit” he growled before holstering the Magnum as he walked a few metres only to see a large grey piece of metal that resembled a plasma pistol, so Tony grabbed it only for the piece of metal to break apart and reassemble in his hand.

        “Tony are you okay?” Abigail asked.

          “Yea, just killed some weird metal dogs and found a odd looking plasma pistol” He said.

            “The records from the other Cruiser next to the ‘Plague Doctor’ say that it is called a Bolt Shot, collect the ammunition from the floor” She said.

               “Wait other Cruiser?” Tony asked as he collected smaller pieces of metal that seamed to react when the Bolt Shot was near it.

                “There is a UNSC Super Heavy Cruiser here but currently all her weapon systems and engines are offline” Abigail informed Tony as he continued to move towards this objective.

          “So how are we getting off this rust bucket?” Tony asked as he reached the sealed door which he placed the Bolt Shot on the ground before forcing the door open.

             “Well I don't know” She said as Tony grabbed the Bolt Shot off the ground before entering the room only to come face to face with a woman made out of golden energy. “Good Morning” Abigail said smiling softly.

       “How?” Tony said walking over to her and gently placed his hand on her cheek but instantly pulled it back when his hand touched her.

       “That's simple really… during your metamorphosis, you were producing an extreme level of magic so I kind of siphoned the excess and managed to form a body of my own” She said as she took his free hand which made her smile. “you may have only known me for a few months but I have known your for nearly six years” she said smiling softly.

        “That long?” he asked which Abigail replied by nodding.

        “Yea… it was lonely” She said moments before Tony walked his hand free of her grasp before wrapping his arm around her and hugged her.

          “Not anymore” He said smiling just as a loud rumble was heard resulting in Abigail crying out in pain. “What’s Wrong?” He asked her concerned.

            “That Bastard destroyed my Hanger” She said before looking at Tony. “Suit up quickly” She said as Tony nodded before running into the small armoury. ‘i wonder if he will miss me?’ She thought as she watched her friend armour up before returning. “Okay get into a drop pod and I shall launch with you, i have managed to sort out how to use teleportation” She said resulting in Tony nodding and following her order except as soon as he locked into the drop pod Abigail took a deep breath before pressing a few keys on a console “Bye Tony” She said smiling, starting the drop sequence.

       “Abigail what the fuck are you doing?” Tony asked over his radio.

        “Sending you home” Abigail stated as she closed her eyes and concentrated on the SlipSpace drive and set it to overload.

         “What do you mean?” Tony asked, little did he notice that his entire pod was covered in a Blue and Gold aura.

         “For the last five years I have been working in the SlipSpace drive so it would send the ship back to Equis except it required the drive to detonate” She said.

          “Wait but that will kill us!” He shouted.

            “That is why I am protecting your pod, unfortunately I wanted us to get on a long sword so we both could go together… but they are all destroyed and I can't automatically launch the pod due to a malfunction when Caribou artillery got a lucky shot… and I didn't think we would need it.” She said taking a deep breath before launching the pod.  “Say hey to everyone for me” Abigail said as Tony launched moments before the SlipSpace detonated, pulling everything in range into Slipspace.

(Canterlot’s Castle Gate)

       A loud siren was blaring as white armoured unicorns released vollies of magic into the Pegasi infested sky, wounding or killing gold armoured guards who were battling armoured Griffins and white armoured Pegasi,  at the gate, attempting to breach it was dozens of white armoured Earth Ponies, armoured Orges and Gnomes which tried to break through the heavily enchanted gate. A few hundred metres away from the sieging Unicorn stood several Alicorns, the first was a deep crimson colour with a black burning mane, along his back and on his wings were small white spines, his form was clad in white spiked plate armour, covering all but his mane, tail, wings and eyes. To his left was a black Alicorn with a jet black mane that resembled smoke, the tips of her black wings were blood red along with several tiger stripes on her body, her body was covered in a mix of light grey chainmail and plate which protected her body and neck. And lastly to the Crimson Stallion’s Right was a white Alicorn with an Electric blue mane, she was also covered in silver armour that had a light purple trim to her body.

       “The siege is going well” the Red Stallion commented.

        “Yes It is WarSong, those pathetic excuses for Alicorns don't have a very powerful army.” the Black Mare laughed.

          “Yes but we better be careful not to allow a single Pegasus to escape or else we will be dealing with the full force of Armonia, Shadow” the White Mare said.

            “Calm yourself Glimmer, there is no pony on this world that can stop two ancient Alicorns” Warsong laughed. “and besides those ponies don't dare attack as long as we have the Dragonling as a hostage” He said looking over his shoulder at the unconscious purple and green Dragon known as Spike.

      “Yea… you’re right, Nothing could possibly go wrong” Glimmer chuckled resulting in a gasp from Shadow and WarSong. “What?”.

        “Don't mock the Multiverse or else…” Shadow was saying before a loud explosion was heard resulting in all the people fighting to stop and look up at the sky to see large chunks of metal fall in from the Sky. “Faust Damn it Glimmer” Shadow Said stomping her hoof.

           “How was i supposed to know?” She said as the three Alicorns blasted the chunks of metal, disintegrating them save for a small piece, which was covered in a gold aura. “Oh no” Glimmer said.

            “What's wrong?” WarSong asked.

             “That is a Drop pod… last time one of them landed, the creature inside defeated the Caribou and claimed the No Man’s land as Armonia” She said causing WarSong to smirk.

               “I Smell an opportunity” He said picking up Spike in his magic. “Come on” He said.

       “Wait” Glimmer said moments before they were teleported by Shadow to where the Drop pod landed, which was inside the Throne room of Canterlot castle. Once inside, Shadow and Warsong used the I magic to force the guards back.

          “Glimmer Shield!” Shouted a pink Alicorn mare with a mane consisting of several different colours, Next to her was five other Alicorns, two of whom were bipedal and a Bipedal black and red armoured Unicorn mare.

             “WarSong, Let's get out of here” Glimmer begged as she ignored her ex wife and charges and focused on the Drop pod, which had torn through the roof.

              “Enough Glimmer, Celestia, i recommend you surrender before we turn this creature against you” Warsong Sao gesturing the Pod with his hoof which at the moment released several brief torrents of air before the door shot off, barking missing Shadow. WarSong took a step forward only for something that he didn't expect to happen occur, Large amounts of magic were sucked into the pod moments before a fully armoured, black cyclops emerged from the Drop pod and looked around, which its gaze stopped on the princesses and Queen.

      “Beast!” Shadow exclaimed gaining the attention of the Cyclops’ attention. “ You shall serve us” she exclaimed as the Cyclops flipped her off causing her to spit at him in disgust.

       “Sorry about her, she has poor pony skills, How about this, Side with Shadow Storm, Glimmer Shield and myself in dispatching those poor excuse for ponies and you shall be rewarded.” Warsong offered.

          “Glimmer Shield?” it asked in a deep robotic voice, the voice itself caused Glimmer’s eyes to widen as she start moving backwards in fear.

            “N-no you’re dead… you are bucking dead” She said.

             “What are you talking about Glimmer?” Shadow asked.

              “Him… the one that killed Daine, Conquered the No-Man’s land, General of the Armonian Army, King of the Crystal empire” She said resulting In a chuckle from the cyclops as he pointed his hand at the three, resulting in a weapon constructing in his grip.

          “i didn't know I had so many titles bitch” He Chuckled as Shadow blasted a beam of grey beam of magic at the Cyclops. Except said attack was suddenly blocked by a Dark green magical barrier. “That's new” he said looking at his free hand which had the same shade of green around it.

         “What? You have Magic now?!” Glimmer shouted in fear. “I'm out” she said before teleporting away.

          “Coward, it doesn't matter, will you help us or not?” WarSong demanded as he stopped his hoof.

            “Fuck no” Tony said firing at the Alicorn, who managed to dodge most of the projectiles, save for a few that sliced through his back leg, left wing and cheek causing the Stallion to cry out as the side of his face was torn open, his wing was severed along with his back leg.

       “You'll pay for that you bastard” WarSong growled as he charged his horn, at the same time Tony held down the trigger of the weapon causing four sections of the weapon to open up and glow.

         “The hell? “ Tony asked only for the gun to automatically fired, firing a burst of energy projectiles into Warsong’s face, resulting in the Alicorn to cry out before desintergrating. “Holy Shit” Tony said shocked.

          “No!!!!” Shadow screamed. “You shall pay for this you bastard!” Shadow growled moments before the main door was kicked in to reveal several dozen Armonian Marines and a Changeling Queen known as Chrysilis. “This isn't over” She growled before teleporting away.

        “That was easy” Tony chuckled moments before he was tackled by a large pink blur, pinning him down on his stomach. He soon realised who it was when his helmet was pulled off him and he came face to face with Cadence, who was on top of him, her eyes welling up with tears as she glared at home with a gaze that scared the shit out of him. “Hey Candy” he said smiling sheepishly resulting in her horn glowing before the two teleported away.

        “Marines, go round up the wound and take them to the hospital” Chrysilis ordered which the marines nodded and went to work before Chrys teleported in front of the remaining ponies. “Shall we?” Chrys asked.

          “Yes lets” Luna said before all but Twilight teleported to where Cadence was.

(Sanctuary)

            As Umbra, Luna, Molestia, Nightmare Moon, Celestia and Chrysilis appeared where Cadence had teleported, they discovered said Alicorn sitting in the lap of Tony, balling her eyes out as her face was buried in her neck, his arms were around her, holding her tightly as he whispers softly to her. “So how come you’re not dead?” Molly asked.

         “And if you I've a stupid reason, i will kill you myself” Chrys growled.

           “Okay… let me start from the top” he said as the mares sat on the couch also.