3 Brothers on Equus

-------Before The Fall-------

(Year:2202- Sunset, New Eden- Capitol Spaceport, 3rd person)

The whole army of ATL forces were in the Capitol's Spaceport, their ships were everywhere, some small, some gigantic. This signaled that they were part of a new age, that they would be a big part of history, for the better or worst. The two Inquisitors were standing on the field looking over their brothers and sisters as all of them got prepared. All the ATLs were tasked by the ACSC to help the front lines, relief missions, being guards, or finding old relics of the far past. Hours passed when the ships began to take off one by one, it was when the sun was barley visible when it showed two figures in an embrace before having to break apart for their awaiting group members ready to go, they walked away, their hands never letting go until they could not reach any more. Then they ran to their ships as they took off and the sun set, coating the spaceport in darkness.

-------3 Brothers On Equus-------

(Time- current, ATL's Factory, 3rd person)

The two ATLs plus Luna sat on the balcony as they watched Arrow disappear over the horizon. The two brothers sat there for a while before turning around and returned to trying to fix the ship without some of the proper materials. Luna who was confused, went up to Talon to ask a question,

"Talon?"

"..."

"Talon."

"..."

"TALON!" This finally seemed to reach him as he looked down at the princess,

"Princess?"

"What is an Origin?" Talon looked to what he was doing, shrugged and jumped down.

"A Origin artifact is believed to be belonging to a ancient race that was in the galaxy, long before any of us. Well, that's what the folks at OCL (Office of Council's Labs) can gather about the Origin artifacts. Now, a Origin artifact is a piece of technology that is a weapon, armor or something entirely else, and those all give off a unique type of signature, and by signature. I mean the piece in question will jam all radios and radars for a while, then they distort the radar more and more when it gets closer until it is found, and when that happens the radar returns back to normal. That is why in atmosphere, we thought that the 'new' galaxy was interfering with our equipment, it was just a load of Origin signals interfering with our tech. Which eventually, overloaded almost everything on the ship, that is why you were able to pull us into the planets gravity so easily. Luckily we had a Origin to contradict..."

"What was that?"

"Hmm? Oh, nothing." This gave Luna a certain expression, "What? really. It's nothing!" He exclaimed.

"Oh, really? Than why wer-" Right as she was about to ask the question, princess Twilight was standing there after a blink of white light.

"Wait a damn second! you guys can blink?!"

"Blinking?"

"Yes, blinking, where you go from one place to another! In a(n) blink of an eye."

"Oh, you mean teleportation."

"YES!"

"Oh, then yes, we can teleport."

"...Holy shit... (Comm) {Inquisitor, I might have a theory, I need you here.}

{...Hello?} The roof above Talon crumpled as a form fell down and hit the floor. When said figure got up, there was a noticeable crater in the ground.

"Talk."

"I figured out something that Arrow missed by a mile."

"What?" Talon waves one of his arms to the two princesses.

"Scan them." The Inquisitor turned and his visor activated green,

"Talon, I don't see anyth-... Oh, this... wow."

"Yeah, the Folks at OCL will flip when they find this out."

"...So if Arrow is going to a large group of... this, what is he going to find?"

"Well it can't be good, but he can handle it. After all, he was one of the best Searchers."

"...Umm, what are you talking about?" They look at each other before turning back,

"Nothing"

"Talon, tell us!"

"Wait, he told you something?!"

"Now, what did my, oh so dear brother tell you?" Inquisitor inquired as he slowly turned to his brother.

"The Origin artifacts."

"N-no, I only told you about their signal and how it messes with our signals." Talon Panicked

"Oh, now Princess Twilight, WHY are you here?" Twilight shrunk under is gaze when it turned to her.

"I-I need help with something and need all three of you... speaking of which, where is the green one?"

"Gone, and why do you need all three of us?"

"What do you mean by gone?"

"He left and will be back in a couple of days at most. Now why don't you have others help you?"

"Because it relates to you."

"...Talon?"

"The ship is fixed except for the warp drive. Every time I try to fix it, it just sparks and blows up."

"...Okay, lead the way Miss Sparkl-" Then another flash of light appeared in front of the Lunar and she yelped and teleported. "...Night Court." Twilight turns to him in a confused manner.

"How did you know." The Inquisitor points up and reveals a hole in the roof where you could see the moon and stars. "Oh."

"Lead the way." She then lead the way to the town... which was deserted as a tumbleweed rolled on, both Talon and the Inquisitor pulled out their pistols. "Twilight, where is the town?" Twilight gains a weird look as she continues to walk forwards and says,

"What do you mean?" At this time Talon has two pistols out, both ready to fire.

"There is no one here."

"No, they're just... inside." Both ATLs looked at one another as they powered up their combat systems. When they got to the Library, they saw no lights on as Twilight walked in, they swept in with guns drawn.

Lights suddenly go on

'Surprise' is yelled

BANG, BANG, BANG

Cries of pain

-<<-

Before they got to the door, the Inquisitor reached out and held Talon's pistols down and shook his head 'no', just as the lights went on, no gun shots were fired this time.

"SURPRISE!!!"

Talon jerked back in surprise as the Inquisitor just stood there and crossed his arms. Eventually both powered down their combat systems and stood there as the Pink demon zoomed into their faces.

"WEREYOUSURPRISED?HUHHUHHUHWEREYOUWEREYOUWEREYOU,WHYAREYOUNOTSUPRISEDRED,OHCANICALLYOUREDCANICANICANI,AN-MRPH-" The Inquisitors hand was covering her mouth.

"No, Talon was, because I can't get scared from surprises. No, you can not call me Red." The Locals just looked at him in shock as the Pink mare started to turn blue, he pulled his hand back as she gasped for air. "Sorry, and why the (waves hand) ...party? was it called party. Hey Talon this is called a party, right?" Talon gives a thumbs up, while the Locals got even more shocked.

"H-he ain't lie'n." Pinkie gasped as she somehow put a party cone hat on his helmet as stared into his visor.

"How do you not know what a party is?!" She shouted into his helmet, but she and everyone else, excluding Talon had a shocked look after his question,

"Would you remember how to have fun after you have fought for two thousand years straight, plus more, lose the ones that were closest to you, and be betrayed by the one you trusted most. So tell me (walks closer) Would I remember how to have fun?"

No answer.

"Partly." Talon said as he walked up to Pinkie with his helmet off, "I assume you're talking about our first great war?" the Inquisitor nods, "I see, but, us ATLs partied in our own way and eventually returned back to normal. Remember that?"

"Yes, but I had more important things to do, oh. Like reports and I was still going through the KIA letters to families that had soldiers on Spring!"

"..."

"That's what I thought." He turned to the door and left, few seconds later, Talon ran after him along with some of the Main 6.

"Wait!" The Inquisitor keeps walking and Rainbow gets in front of him, when she tries to push him back, he takes her arm and does a shoulder throw and kept walking. Until Talon locked him down with his shields,

"Sir, you need to listen to them... Sir?" the shields around him vanished as he ran and rammed into Talon, holding him down.

"Talon, you shot them."

"No, I din-... oh..."

"See? now enjoy the party and let me go."

"Will do."

"Wait... Talon shot us? He did no such thing, in fact he did the opposite. Explain." The ATLs look to one another and just shook their heads.

"Classified."

"...At least try to join the party."

"...(Sigh) Okay, okay. Fine. (Waves his hand) after you." So they led him back inside where the party was back to normal, but kept a distance from the Inquisitor while he did the same. He had found a comfortable spot in a dark corner, his armor helping him blend in, while his brother visited the others in the party. A few hours later the party was in full swing, the door suddenly burst open and the ATLs stood weapons out, only to face something all ATLs feared... clowns. When the clown burst through the door, they wasted no time in unloading rounds into the clown as it dropped to the floor, the ATLs walked over to the downed clown as the music stopped. Talon put two fingers to the body and sighed, "Still alive." And the party returned to how it was as two medics wheeled the clown away. The night drew on, Talon sat beside his brother and pointed out various locals when they were approached by two mares. One with excitement and the other with disbelief as she stared at the two brothers.

"See, Bon Bon. Aliens!"

"Lyra, don't say that, it's rude!"

"No, its fine, our kind have had this happen hundreds of times. You're not the first to do this to us."

"So cool, can I see you're arms."

"Our arms function as well as your's, miss Lyra."

"Oh... wait how did you know my name?"

"Miss Bon, said so."

"Oh." and the two walked away, leaving the two ATLs alone until everyone was gone and the Main 6 approached them while siting down at their spot. Until Rarity looked at their armor,

"Darling, your armor looks horrible, let me decorate it fo-"

"Sorry, but no, our armor stays the same."

"(Scoffs) Why I never!"

"(Sigh) Sorry, even if we wanted to, we couldn't allow you to."

"Why not?" Talon opened and closed his mouth before looking to the Inquisitor who tapped the side of his helmet. Telling Talon to put in a earpiece in which he did, after a few moments, Talon looked to them and said one word that made Twilight slightly mad.

"Classified."

"Why do you say 'classified' every time we ask something?"

"...Because you are asking sensitive material."

"But, you're away from your government, so you can tell us!"

"Miss Sparkle, I don't think you understand what our military is capable of to get their most precious property back."

"W-wait, y-your slaves?!" The ATLs share a knowing glance as they walk out, just as the Inquisitor was about to close the door. He said this,

"We are neither slaves, nor are we free. You were born to enjoy peace, WE were born for war... Goodnight Miss Sparkle." The two brothers walked out into the night, quickly vanishing as the darkness swallowed them.

-------Far Far Away-------

(Year: Current, Place: ???, 3rd person- ???)

The room was dark, only had screens breaking the darkness, casting sinister shadows upon the bridge. The elevator opened and a messenger walked up the the command chair and whispered this,

"M'lord, we have news that the ACSC's Inquisitor and his team have gone missing." Nothing happened as the messenger started to sweat, then a gravely voice cut the silence.

"'Good... oh, and what of his old 'Foxtrot' team?'"

"We are still searching, M'lord."

"'...When is your Birthday?'"

The messenger got a confused look, "Sir? Wha- (Cough, cough)." The Messenger looked down at the two blades that protruded from his chest. It all ended when the blades came up and sliced his head three ways, the cleaning crew was summoned by one of the deck officers that had saw this. After the mess was cleaned up, the chair turned to the window as it wondered.

"'Where are you, Dear Inquisitor?'"