He came from Space

Chapter Thirteen

Hero of the Human Race. Hero of the Pony Race

January 11th, 2129

Equestrian star system (unlisted)

Skies above the Great Crater

Hero of the Human Race Dick Malone A.K.A. Polaris

3:43 PM

Dick Malone stood on the bridge of his ship, the Griffon Combat Ship Evil in the name of Good, and looked down at the remains of the command pod resting at the bottom of the Great Crater.

In all honesty Dick was glad that Mark had escaped, the last thing he wanted was to kill his best friend. Of course the Griffon leader, Darkstar, would order the human to hunt down the other.

The war wasn't going too well for the Griffons; in each engagement they'd fought they'd lost, owing each of their defeats to Dick Malone and Marcus Calaway.

Of course that was all a cover, in reality Malone had been allied with the Griffons since before the war even began, he merely pretended to be helping the ponies to learn vital intelligence.

The plan hit a snag when Dick learned that the man he'd been friends with his entire life was allied with the ponies, but Malone had pledged utter loyalty to the Griffons; The Great Crusader never betrayed those he was loyal to the most.

Dick watched as Griffon fliers began searching the wreckage for any survivors, though he knew they would find none; it was very unlikely that any one had survived the pod's drop to the surface.

The door to the bridge opened and in stepped Gilda the Griffon and Darkstar, both were leaders of the Griffon Special Tasks Division, otherwise known as the STD. The Special Tasks Division was a Special Forces group that had been assigned to aid Polaris and his campaign against the ponies.

"What's the situation?" Dick asked, technically Darkstar was the leader of the Griffon STD but most Griffons listened to Malone more than the Griffon leader; Malone suspected that it was out of fear that they listened to him more.

"No survivors found so far, as we suspected. We have also not found the bodies of Marcus and the Unicorn accompanying him" Darkstar answered.

"And you wont, Mr. Marcus is the one who destroyed the pod. The thing I'm more concerned about is the mysterious man who assaulted me and stopped me from killing Marcus and Twilight" Dick Malone said.

"That guy was a fucking asshole" Gilda lamented, she was clearly pissed at the man that attacked the two of them.

"Relax, you should always respect your adversaries" Dick lectured the Griffon, who huffed but otherwise did not protest.

The Great Crusader turned back to look down at the Great Crater, contemplating his next move. "Darkstar, we need to go on the offensive; I will move to Ponyville and kill Mr. Marcus. I recommend you mobilize an invasion force to take Canterlot" Dick said.

"What about Appleloosa? We still haven't taken that town, thanks to you" Darkstar growled.

"Let me deal with Appleloosa; do you want it occupied or destroyed?" Malone asked.

"Do whatever you see fit" Darkstar ordered, turning and walking from the bridge. Gilda remained.

"Do you need something?" Dick asked, staring down at Equestria, the Griffon shook her head and quickly left.

"Well then, let us begin" the human remarked, sitting down in his command chair and preparing to move his ship to Canterlot.

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January 11th, 2129

Equestrian star system (unlisted)

Town of Ponyville

Citizen Marcus James Calaway

4:00PM

Mark stepped out of Ponyville's library to get away from the heart-wrenching sobs of Twilight Sparkle and her friends as they cried over Rainbow Dash's death.

Part of Calaway understood their pain; the human had shared his sorrow with Dick Malone when The Great Crusader's wife died.

Another part of Calaway wanted to tell them to suck it up, that the man responsible for this was still out there, and it was up to them to stop him and crying wouldn't help. But it wouldn't do any good for him to say that so he opted to say nothing at all.

Looking out at Canterlot in the distance Marcus began to wonder why Malone did what he did, why he betrayed him and the ponies, though it seemed The Great Crusader had been working with the Griffons long before Mark arrived.

Calaway wasn't sure what pissed him off more; the fact that Dick tried to kill him or the fact that Dick had been spying on the ponies for the Griffons.

I'll find out when I confront him Marcus thought, scratching his left side through the fabric of his blue T-shirt.

Why Dick...you stood for ultimate loyalty, you were supposed to stick by my side to the day we died. Why did you betray me for the Griffons? Calaway mused; he didn't know the answers to any of those questions, though he knew he'd find out when he confronted Malone.

"You're out there somewhere, Polaris, and I'm gonna find you" Marcus said quietly, he was startled when a familiar voice behind him said "still thinking about that Polaris guy?"

Mark turned and looked down, seeing Scootaloo staring up at him; the human crouched down to better look the filly in the eye.

"Scoots, I have something very important to tell you, it is absolutely vital that you listen very carefully to what I'm about to say. OK?" Calaway said, the Pegasus filly nodded.

"Dick Malone, the guy you met the other day, the one in the red shirt, he's Polaris. He betrayed me and all of the ponies for the Griffons" Mark explained.

"He's a bad guy now?" Scootaloo asked, Calaway nodded.

"Oh man, I bet Rainbow Dash could kick his butt into next year!" Scootaloo excitedly declared, Marcus hung his head in sorrow.

"Scootaloo…Dash is…gone" Mark said, the filly's smile disappeared.

"What?" the young Pegasus inquired, dumbstruck by what the human had said. It pained Calaway to continue; somehow the ponies knew how to bring back emotions long dead.

"She's gone, Scootaloo. She's not coming back" Calaway replied, Scootaloo began to feel tears coming on despite hating all that emotional stuff.

"I'm sorry, Scootaloo" was all the human had to say as Scootaloo collapsed and began sobbing.

Marcus Calaway comforted the Pegasus until she stopped crying, the human's shirt soaked from Scootaloo's tears.

She pulled away from Mark and looked up at him. "What happens now?" Scootaloo asked, Calaway backed away and stood.

"I find him, and I kill him" Marcus answered, shocking the Pegasus.

"But…isn't he your best friend?"

"Not anymore."

The filly didn't understand, but she knew that Malone was a bad guy now, which made her really angry when she though about what he had done.

Betrayed Marcus, betrayed all of the ponies for those smelly Griffons, and took Rainbow Dash away from me…us. What a…a…jerk! Scootaloo mused.

Calaway offered the Pegasus to come with him to the library but she declined, instead opting to return home to her parents.

Mark returned to the library where Twilight and her friends had finally stopped crying, though they were still wiping the tears from their eyes. Pinkie Pie's hair hung down flat and she still looked to be on the verge of crying.

"Mark, where did you go?" Twilight asked, her voice quavered.

"I went outside to think, I did bump into Scootaloo though, she was so upset about…well" Calaway said, he didn't need to finish his sentence for the ponies to know what he was talking about.

"So…what happens now?" Sparkle inquired.

"I'm going back out to look for Polaris, and when I find him I will kill him" Mark answered.

"But…you can't kill your best friend, can you?" Twilight asked, the human shook his head.

"You still don't get it; Dick is not my friend anymore, he's not the friend of anybody except the Griffons, AKA the enemy. Malone, Polaris, is now our enemy, and therefore I must kill him" Marcus explained.

"But he was your friend; can you really just forget everything you two did together that easily? Can you really kill him, just like that?" Twilight said.

"I admit this isn't easy, and it saddens me that I have to do this, but what other choice do I have? If I don't kill him then he'll kill me and the rest of the pony species, this must be done" the human responded, there were no further words from the ponies.

"Goodbye, girls. If I survive then I'll be back when Polaris is dead" Mark stated, stepping from the library once more and returning to the PSV Freedom.

"I'm coming for you, Dick" Marcus said menacingly, he brought his ship to life and accelerated away from Ponyville, slowly rocketing across the blue skies as he searched Equestria for Polaris's ship.

Calaway came over several mountains and saw the Evil in the name of Good rocket away from Appleloosa, fires raged in the western town having been caused by rockets.

"Dick!" Mark yelled, he activated his communications system and established a connection with Malone's ship.

"Dick, stop!" Calaway demanded, Polaris's face appeared on the main screen.

"Mr. Marcus, have I not told you that my name is Polaris? Because I'm pretty fucking sure that I did!" the villain exclaimed.

"Stop this, Dick, please!" Mark exclaimed, earning a huff from the former hero.

"I am doing what is right, Marcus. I am loyal to the Griffons, I will fight for them, and I will die for them!" Malone stated.

"You betrayed everything you've ever stood for! You've betrayed the ponies; you've betrayed those who loved you most. You betrayed ME!" Mark shouted. "What would Tiffany think?" he asked, referring to Malone's wife.

Polaris slammed his hand against his control board, "fuck you!" he shouted. "Tiffany would support me to the very end."

"Funny, I thought the exact same thing of you" Mark declared, Dick's eyes flashed red and he pressed multiple buttons on his board.

"Die Marcus!" Polaris screamed, his Mass Accelerating Gun thundered and a thousand-ton projectile flashed out at the speed of light, striking the Freedom amidships on the aft-side.

"Motherfucker!" Calaway yelled, arming his M.A.G. and firing at the Evil in the name of Good, the round struck dead center on the vessel but shattered on the refractive coating.

"Fuck!"

Dick's ship turned away and accelerated away, racing away from Marcus and the ruins of Appleloosa.

For a while Calaway sat there, face in his hands; he felt like screaming in pure anger over Dick's betrayal.

"WHY!"

Mark activated his comms system and reestablished link with Malone. "Why are you doing this?" Calaway demanded.

"God fucking damn it, Mark, we've been over this. I pledged loyalty to the Griffons, I never betray those I'm loyal to!" Dick replied.

"You betrayed ME! You were loyal to ME! You say you never betray those you're loyal to, but you lie, because you betrayed ME" Mark exclaimed.

The Hero of the Human Race hesitated for a bit while this information sank in, struggling to find a counter-argument to what Marcus had said.

"When you killed Codename: Evil, you became him!" Calaway finally shouted, setting off the bomb that was Polaris.

"ENOUGH!" Dick thundered, the volume leaving a ringing in Mark's ears afterward. "I AM loyal, I am the epitome of loyalty! Nothing you ever say will change that!" Malone screamed.

"You're a traitor! A coward! You…have failed, Dick" Calaway finished, Dick's eyes went red again and his red shirt dropped a few shades darker until it became black.

"What the fuck?" Mark said, watching Malone's slight transformation.

"I told you, I'm not Dick Malone. I AM POLARIS, the shining star that will guide the Griffons to everlasting victory!" Polaris bellowed, his voice guttural and feral sounding.

"Goodbye, Marcus Calaway. We'll meet again, soon. For now…I have work to do" Polaris declared, the screen was filled with static as Polaris deactivated his comm device.

Mark pushed his ship forward, in a hurry to find Dick Malone and stop whatever it was that he was planning.

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Author's note: I bet you're wondering what the deal is with the red eyes and color changing shirt; don't worry about all that, that will be explained in the future.

Legal nonsense: Marcus(Mark)James Calaway, Dick Malone, Polaris, and all related characters belong to me. Twilight Sparkle, Scootaloo, and all related characters belong to Hasbro. My Little Pony belongs to Hasbro.

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