He came from Space

Chapter Eleven

Back to the Start

January 6th, 2129

Sohcnum system

Planet Noire, Capital City of Rackar

The Hero of the Human Race Dick Malone

Dick Malone sighed in anger as he stepped up the loading ramp into the cargo-bay of his private ship, the Evil in the name of Good; a Marathon-class Voyager equivalent in size to a UN Naval carrier, with armament and armor to match.

He wasn't angry any more than usual today, in fact he should be happy; just a few days ago he had finally killed the one man he'd been hunting all his life, Codename: Evil.

Evil had proven himself time and time again that he'd always survive whatever Dick threw at him, many times before when Malone thought Evil was finally dead he'd turn up about a year later.

The rogue government agent was dead now, however, Dick was sure of that.

The Hero slapped the switch to close the loading ramp as he made his way up and through his ship to the bridge.

His bridge wasn't laid out in a conventional fashion with the viewport in the normal spot; Malone's bridge was laid out so that the viewport ran along the bottom of the hull at a 30 degree angle, and it was great for looking down at planets and reduced the possibility of a Mass Accelerating Gun's round punching through.

Dick activated his ship's engines and prepped it to pull out of the docking station, turning away from the station and accelerating into space once he was cleared by the control tower.

Once he was up in space Malone checked to see if he had any messages, brewing up some coffee while he was waiting.

His main computer finished booting up and there was only one message in his inbox, opening it up The Hero saw that it was from his old friend, Mark Calaway.

Dick began reminiscing; Mark had been friends with The Hero long before he was a hero, long before Codename: Evil, and long before they began ending lives to save people.

Dick took a sip of the hot coffee once it was ready and opened the message to read it.

Dick,

I find myself in a quite implausible location, having found a planet populated entirely by intelligent talking ponies.

I fear I may be losing my mind. If you are not busy with Codename: Evil I request you come visit me on this planet, I'm sending coordinates with this message.

Please tell no other person about this message or where you're going if you decide to come.

-Mark Calaway.

Malone nearly spit out his coffee when he read the message. "Talking ponies? Does he mean Equestria?" The Hero wondered aloud.

Of course Dick had visited the Planet of Talking Equines, as it was called in his logs; he had been the first human to discover the planet, in fact.

"Interesting…I wonder how Twilight and the others are doing. Of course they won't remember me, I'm not sure they won't even recognize me or remember anything that happened when I was there" Malone said to himself.

The Hero decided that he should join Calaway on Equestria and assure him that he still has his sanity, that and it'd be interesting to see what Twilight and her friends were up to.

His decision made Dick punched in the coordinates, they were already saved in his navigation system, and activated his faster-than-light drives.

It was time to see some old friends.

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January 10th, 2129

Equestrian star system

Skies above Equestria

Hero of the Human Race Dick Malone

9:45AM

Dick rocketed across the skies above Equestria, eager to get as far away from Ponyville and its asinine residents as possible.

His anger was ignited when he was reminded of that cunt Rainbow Dash; the lesbian-labia-licker had thoroughly provoked the human and had certainly paid the price.

That stupid fucking cunt, I had forgotten how much of a fucking bitch she can be Malone mused, his anger soon subsided as quickly as it had come.

The Great Crusader rubbed at his temples, wondering where all this anger had come from. He supposed it came once he finally killed Codename: Evil and realized that he had nothing left to fight for.

But all that's changed now; now there's another war, another enemy, and another chance to do what he loves best: killing.

A smile spread across Dick's face, lifting him out of the red pit of fury; there were enemies to kill, beings to murder, and another chance at happiness.

Malone wondered if he would ever retire; it was quite unlikely, he was born for warfare, and there was always evil out there that will need killing.

Well let's see what needs killing today The Great Crusader thought, looking down upon the surface of Equestria.

There wasn't much to see except for trees, rolling hills, and the occasional mountain. Equestria was the exact opposite of Earth or Noire, both of those planets technological and industrial.

Places like Equestria made Malone feel sick with all the green going on.

Eventually the green turned to peach as the land transitioned from alpine to desert; the desert didn't have the same luster of steel and neon lights that The Great Crusader appreciated but at least it was better than green.

No...I'm not like that anymore, I've changed. Green is good, steel and cloudy darkness is bad Malone thought, shaking his head.

As Dick continued on the desert began sprouting into the sky; flat ground turned to cliffs and hills which soon morphed into mountains.

There was a tremendous explosion as Dick's ship performed a Sonic Boom as it soared over the peak of a mountain, a town in the valley below coming into view.

Malone pulled back on the control sticks and the Evil in the name of Good leveled out, soaring over the town and the ponies below.

On his first pass The Great Crusader noticed that the ponies were in fortified positions, the reason for this revealing itself as the Griffons assaulting the town.

Dick stopped his ship and turned it back around, targeting the Griffon positions with his Avenger-class missiles, launching them out and completely destroying the invading Griffons.

He continued blasting the Griffons just as the PSV Freedom arrived on scene; Malone hurried to finish off the rest and quickly departed from the area, eager to get as far away from his friend as possible.

The Great Crusader pushed his engines to the breaking point as he accelerated, travelling over half the land in around seven minutes.

Satisfied that he'd escaped from Mark, whose ship was no where near as fast, Dick relaxed and looked on his navigation system to see where he was at.

"I wonder what other life is out here on this fucking crazy planet" Malone said, looking down through his viewport.

It seemed that The Great Crusader had stumbled across another city, the shadow of his ship prompting the inhabitants to come out of their homes and investigate. Dick couldn't be sure from his current altitude but the inhabitants looked to be large bipedal beings based on dogs.

The navigation system claimed that the city was Barklin.

"Great, German-based anthropomorphic dogs. Man, those sick furry bastards I see on the internet would fucking love this place" Malone lamented.

Deciding that this was an excellent place to stay for the moment Dick left his ship hovering above the city and leaned back in his command chair, popping the backrest down so he could lie horizontally.

And permit him to sleep.

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Dick Malone awoke a few hours later to a beeping sound, fearing it may be a missile lock on his ship The Great Crusader's combat instincts kicked in and he immediately bolted up, bringing his ship to life and arming the Mass Accelerating Gun.

All of this was for naught however as the beeping was revealed to be his communications system. Dick switched it on and Mark Calaway's voice came on.

"Dick, come in."

Malone debated for a few seconds whether or not he should actually answer when he realized that Calaway may have found new intel on Polaris, or may be engaging the Griffons and would be requesting air support.

"Go for Malone" The Great Crusader replied.

"Me and two of the Elements of Harmony are going to be infiltrating a Griffon command pod in the Great Crater, south of Canterlot. We are currently resting a quarter of a mile southwest from the Great Crater; I'll mark our position with a digital marker so you can find it. If the shit hits the fan then I'm gonna need you to blast the pod when I give you the word, we may also need a drop-ship for quick extraction" Marcus explained.

Dick briefly wondered which of the two Elements he was taking but decided not to ask; details were details, all Malone was concerned about was that there were things to blow up, and beings to kill.

"I'll be there when you need me" The Great Crusader stated.

"Copy that. Thanks Dick. Mark out."

Dick had lied; he wouldn't be there when they needed him, not when they needed him most anyway.

There was something that Mark didn't know, that none of the ponies knew, a great secret that threatened the very safety of both him and Mark. A terrible secret that was beheld in the heart of The Great Crusader, a secret that was known only to him and a few select others.

A secret that would destroy Mark if revealed, and it was a secret Malone planned to reveal.

This secret would turn the tide of the war, and it could also cost Dick Malone his life.

He was ready.

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Author's note: OH MY GOD! Dick knows a terrible secret and is planning to reveal it! Will this help or hinder the ponies? Does he know what the secret weapon is? Does he know who Polaris is? Or is it something far more sinister?

Only two of these questions will be answered in the next chapter.

The suspense will build, and then it'll all come crashing down and in the process I will blow your minds.

Does anybody even read this fucking legal notice?: Dick Malone, Marcus(Mark) James Calaway, Polaris, and all related characters belong to me. The Elements of Harmony and all related characters belong to Hasbro. My Little Pony belongs to Hasbro.

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman says "review this chapter motherfucker or I will unscrew your head and shit down your fucking neck!"

He'd do it too, he's fucking crazy.