I had taken off the suit for a few reasons, first and foremost being that I wanted to see my new body. It was actually fortunate that I had been wearing a white sleeveless shirt and a pair of boxers. Yes, I stripped down to my underwear to put on the suit. Though, now that I think about it, how did the suit give those enhancements while I wore clothes underneath the suit?

The suit was actually pretty easy to take off. The first time I put it on was like trying to put on that tuxedo you used in your wedding ten years ago, in other words, it was tight as hell trying to put it on.

Anyways, ever since I started wearing the suit, I've grown more and more dependent on the Semiautonomous Enhanced Combat Ops: Neuro-integration Delivery AI or SECOND for short. Now since I'm out of action for God knows how long, I might as well be myself without the armor.

I placed the armor next to my weapons before stretching my limbs. As I did so, I heard a few satisfying pops before letting out a sigh of satisfaction. That done, I looked down at myself, seeing a well toned body. It's good to know that I didn't lose any muscle because my god, it was hell to gain them in the first place.

I walked up to the sleeping mare on the opposite side of the cave, sleeping with the her back against the wall of the cave. I walked up to her and checked her temperature while seeing if she was injured. Once I was finished checking her for harm, my stomach started rumbling.

I groaned before walking back to the Nanosuit and grabbed the vest on the chest of the suit. Reaching inside one of the many pockets, I pulled out two MRE's. I sat directly in front of, and across from, the mare, staying vigilant while I ate. I yawned after taking the last bite, it was almost midnight judging by the moon at least. I sighed before closing my eyes. A few minutes of rest couldn't harm anyone, right?

Memory Sequence

Suddenly, a memory occurs. The burning shore on the Hudson River comes up. What's going on? James?

“Alcatraz. This is all I can do. It's all I can do for any of us.”

“You're my last shot here. Gould's last chance. Last chance for all of us. I'm used up. I'm a dead man walking. I'm contaminated.”

My surroundings changed and now I was inside a dockhouse. The man in the suit typed in a few things using the HUD.

“But you... you can finish this thing... you have to!”

He took off his helmet, revealing the face of Black man. Suddenly, my vision was filled with images of a battle.

“Welcome to the future son. Welcome to the war.”

The man said as he looked out the window. My vision flashed a limp James on the floor with the suit.

“Oh yeah... one last wish.... It won't let me go that easily. Symbioses. Gotta break the link.”
The man said as he picked up a M12 Nova.

“I give you the suit. I give you my life. Promise me... Find Gould. It's all I can do now. You are all I can do.”

The gun was now raised up to his temple.

“They used to call me Prophet. Remember me.”

He fires.

I awoke from the memory to the sound of birds chirping. Opening my eyes, I saw that Twilight hadn't moved from her spot at all. I stood up and stretched before heading towards the suit and started to put it back on. In but a few moments, I was fully suited up and walked towards the sleeping mare with an MRE in hand. I shook her a few times, only managing to get a few incoherent mumbles from her. I rolled my eyes before shaking her even vigorously, finally earning the reaction I was trying to achieve.

She awoke with a startled yell before seeing me and screaming in fear before I clamped her mouth shut. I let go of her muzzle then unwrapped the MRE.

“Eat up.” I said, handing her the MRE. She hesitated before her stomach rumbled and took a bite.

“Eww, what is this!?” She yelled, spitting out the bits in her mouth.

“Supposedly it is Macaroni and Cheese.” I answered her. She looked at me before looking at the bar.

“This tastes nothing like Mac and Cheese.” She said in a slight angry tone. I chuckled before grabbing the SCARAB and checking it for ammo, seeing a full clip of forty rounds.

“I know but that's what they had to eat back home.” I mentioned before placing the SCARAB on my back along with the J.A.W.

Twilight looked at me as if I had revealed something important to her, is she really that type of person-er pony? Before she even had a chance to say anything, her stomach rumbled again.

“Eat it, it's the last thing of food I have.” I said as I picked up the Hammer and placed it in the holster on my left hip. Now that I'd started taking inventory, I had only four grenades and three rockets for the J.A.W. I also had only one extra magazine for both the SCARAB and the Hammer.

She looked at the MRE in disgust before shuddering and devouring it as fast as she could. She let out another shudder of disgust after she swallowed. I shook my head with a faint chuckle before opening my hand, activating the holo screen. I typed in a few things before the suit responded.

“What are you doing?” I heard her ask. I didn't answer, letting the suit boot up.

Systems Booted up
Nanosuit V2.0
Accessing S.E.C.O.N.D
Vital Signs: Nominal
Injuries: None

It's good to be back, Marine. A shame we ain't going to be able to fight off the Ceph

“Prophet.” I muttered to myself. That voice, it sounds exactly like the man in the vision or memory I saw, Prophet. I turned around in time to see Twilight examining me.

She noticed me looking at her and took a step back, afraid of what I might do. I walked passed her, making her flinch as I did and stood in the exit of the cave, seeing the morning sky.

“Where am I?” I heard her break the silence.

“Don't know. All I do know is that it's a forest with weird creatures.” I answered. I turned my head slightly to look at her and saw her grasping her head in pain.

Scan Complete
Designation: Twilight Sparkle
Suffering from Extreme Fatigue
Further Scanning required

“You look exhausted, why's that?” I asked her as I grabbed her arm just before she tripped.

“I can't use my magic, the invasion took a lot out of me and I guess teleporting here while suffering from Magical exhaustion could be the cause of my fatigue.” She said in a matter of fact tone, while I pretended to understand by nodding my head.

“Hey, why don't you take off your helmet?” She asked out of the blue. I let go of her arm, making her fall to the ground.

“I don't feel like it.” I said as I walked over her as she stood.up. I could tell she was glaring at me but I ignored her like I did Lockhart. I walked out of the cave and slid down the small slope, then looked back up to see her looking down at me.

“You coming or what?” I asked her. She closed her eyes before sliding down the slope rather uncontrollably. Once the slope stopped she almost tripped again but like last time I caught her.

She pushed me away as soon as she had gotten her balance. I rolled my eyes before walking towards the end of my map. While I walk, I could hear Twilight talk to herself while I heard fizzles behind me. I ignored any and all of her attempts to strike a conversation before finally arriving at the end. The suit emitted another pulse to scan the next 100 miles and showed an edge of the forest just in front of me, 20 miles away.

So the walk was spent in utter silence, most of the time. Twilight would at some point have a one sided conversation with herself. I made an immediate stop and had to grab to Twilight again before she fell into the large chasm. When she saw what she almost walked into, her face paled and wouldn't let go of my arm. After a few attempts, I had finally regained my arm from her clutches and ran towards the chasm.

As I reached the edge, I got ready and when it was time, I jumped. Flying over the chasm and roughly landing on the other side, I stood up and dusted myself off.

“Hey, what about me!?” I heard the annoying mare exclaim. I groaned before walking over to an oddly tall tree and took a firm hold of the bottom of the tree.

Maximum Power

I pulled up as hard as I could, earning snaps and cracks from the tree itself before I managed to lift it up from the ground. As I held it up, I had to balance myself before moving closer to the chasm. Once close enough, I let go. The tree fell and the top of it landed on Twilight's side while I held it in place. She carefully walked across, repeating to herself not to look down until she did, making her lose balance and fall onto the trunk of the tree. She closed her eyes as she screamed in fear of falling.

I carefully move my hands away before hopping onto the tree and walking over to her before getting her up and taking her across. Once we touched the ground, the tree slipped and fell into chasm. It took a while of Twilight having a nervous breakdown, but we eventually started walking again while she kept blaming me for everything that had happened. I have half the mind to give a slap but I'm better than that.

Another thirty minutes of silent walking, we finally made it out of the forest and was greeted by a very colorful town.

“Here's your stop. I hope you learned not to follow me.” I said as I turned back around, wanting to walk back into the forest.

“Wait, where are you going?” I heard her ask. I stopped and sighed.

“Don't know.” I answered. She took this as an opportunity, I'm sure of it.

“Then why not stay in town?” She asked. I thought about it and finally sighed before turning look back at her.

“No.” I said to her.

“Why not? It's certainly a lot better than the forest.” She said, trying to convince me. I narrowed my eyes under my visor as it scanned her.

“I have my reasons.” I said before back around. She stood in my way, making me growl at her to no avail.

“I'm trying to thank you for bringing me back safely and you're just straight up denying my gratitude.” She said with an angered look. I got closer to her face and I'm sure she could see my eyes through the crimson red visor.

“If you want to thank me, then leave me alone.” I said before pushing her out of the way.

Cloak Engaged

With that done, I quickly left the vicinity and just time too. I had noticed a group of mares getting closer as me and Twilight argued. I'd rather not have anymore people chasing me for anything, I've had enough back in New York.

Author's Note

Hope you enjoyed.