Venice, Talon H.Q.

As embers of the recent battle still smoldered on Watchpoint: Gibraltar, leaders of Talon observed the spectacle through live camera feeds from the attacking gunships. Despite having lost the battle, the emergence of Earth's newest visitors seemingly out of nowhere caught their attention.

"Now that's interesting," said the infamous Talon hacker known as Sombra as she zoomed the camera with her computer-integrated left hand. From the live feed, they saw a large hover-truck being driven to the location and Overwatch personnel loading the ponies into it.

"Can you hack into their systems?" asked Akande "Doomfist" Ogundimu, one of Talons' supreme leaders.

"As much as I want to, the answer is no." She glanced at Gabriel "Reaper" Reyes, the notorious black robed Talon terrorist who growled at her, remembering his foiled attempt to retrieve the roster of Overwatch agents in Watchpoint: Gibraltar.

"Then have the remaining gunships to deploy the Scouter Drones and tell them to retreat," Akande ordered, which Sombra relayed to the three remaining gunships.

The gunships then jettisoned an amount of five insect-formed drones each, which then quickly scattering across the Watchpoint. The drones were incapable of doing any form of physical damage, but they excel at information gathering.

"Our bugs are in place." Sombra leaned back in her seat, placing both hands behind her head.

"Now, all we have to do is wait," Akande said. "To think that such creatures truly exist...I want a full 24 hour surveillance on them! Keep me updated," he said as he walked out of the room.

"Sure thing boss." Sombra grinned.

Luna opened her eyes only to see a blurry shade of white, her entire body feeling numb, and being unable to move her limbs. However, she did not panic, as she knew this would be the side effect of teleportation on such a massive scale. Luna took a deep breath, and closed her eyes in meditation in order to regain control of her body.

Slowly but surely, she could feel her limbs again and her vision cleared. It was then when she realized she was lying on a hospital bed in what looked like a hospital's recovery room, albeit a lot more advanced than the hospitals they have back home. She tilted her head to the left and saw Lightning, Twilight, and Fizzlepop who were also stirring awake from their unconsciousness.

However, despite their overall fine condition, all of their weapons, supplies, and suits of armor were nowhere to be found.

"Where are we?" Fizzlepop asked as she dragged herself out of the bed.

"Not sure, but if things went according to plan we should be right where the Spark of Life is," Twilight said.

"Speaking of which, the spell should have kicked in now, but honestly, I don't feel a thing," Lightning commented. "But I think we have bigger problems right now. For starters, where are our things?"

"The humans must have taken it away. But I do not think they did this to do us harm, because if they did, we would not be recovering in this hospital right now," Luna noted.

Then, the room's sliding doors opened and four humans stepped in. They were wearing protective white clothing which covered their entire bodies, complete with boots, gloves, and surgical masks. The one leading the humans has a slender and curvier build compared to the other three which suggested femininity. And the other three were much more masculine in build; must be the males.

"I see you're all awake," said the leading human with a soft, motherly tone, kneeling on one knee to meet the ponies on eye level, staring at them with her soft blue eyes. And as much as they tried not to let their guards down, her attitude calmed them down.

"How are you feeling?" she asked. Of course she was not expecting any answers as her question was meant to calm them down. For the humans, they were staring at what they assumed to be mythical animals. Animals, which were supposedly incapable of human speech. Until...

"Still a bit shaken from the long-range teleportation, but other than that we're just fine. Thank you." Twilight smiled.

This caused the humans to virtually freeze where they stood. An Alicorn, a mythical creature, an animal, just spoke to them in human tongue. English.

After a long silence, in which Twilight practically held on to her grin, the female human cleared her throat.

"You...can talk?"

"All of us can."

"But you can't! You two are Alicorns, and the rest of you are Unicorns!"

"Based on your experience with our kind? As far as I know, we are your first," Lightning interjected.

"A-actually that's a good point. I think we started this the wrong way..." she said, taking off her surgical mask, revealing her true face. "My name is Doctor Angela Ziegler, call me Angela or something along those lines. And you are?" She stared at Twilight.

Luna thought it would be best to refrain from using their formal titles since these humans didn't know who they were anyway, but how about their things? Surely the humans must have caught something about their identities. Their weapons...suits of armor...however, it would be best not to take any chances.

She tapped into her magic in order to contact her friends telepathically.

"Don't use your titles. Don't ask, just do it."

She got a chorus of "okay"s in response.

After introducing themselves respectively, Angela and her medics left the room in order to bring some food and water for the ponies. Also, Angela told them that she would be returning with a friend and they would answer the ponies' questions when they return.

Ten minutes later, the doctor returned with a food cart loaded with fruits, vegetables, and four bottles of water. Accompanying her was Winston, who practically captivated the newcomers. The gorilla scientist, however, didn't share their surprise as much. However, he was still surprised of the fact that the ponies can talk.

"Hello there!" greeted Winston, receiving a bunch of weak "hi"s in return. "I know I know. I am a gorilla, and yes, I can talk."

"Actually that's nothing new to us," Twilight remarked. "In our world, a lot of animals can talk. We're just surprised this world has talking animals too!"

Despite a bit objected by the word 'animal', Winston was more eager in learning more about these equine newcomers. But as Angela told him, they would be answering their questions first.

"Well, I suppose all of you have a lot of questions to ask," Winston said while adjusting his glasses. "So, who's first?"

While Winston and Angela tended to the ponies, the rest of Overwatch personnel tended to the attack's aftermath, clearing the debris, putting out the fires, detaining surviving Talons, evacuating the wounded, and disposing the dead. The bodies were to be cremated and their ashes scattered at sea. They were stored into wooden coffins, ready to be set on fire.

"Would anybody like to say something?" Lena "Tracer" Oxton asked, grief audible in her voice.

Reinhardt stepped forward and faced the lines of soldiers before him.

"Today we pray for those who gave their lives fighting for what they think is worth dying for. Both Overwatch, and Talon. We know that our grief is nothing compared to that of their loved ones. And it is them we also hold tonight in our thoughts and prayers, and ask that they may somehow find the strength and courage to face the days ahead. Rest in peace, my brothers and sisters. May you know no more strife, watch over us in our days to come, and one day...we shall all be reunited again."

Reinhardt returned to his original place on Edward's right and the coffins were torched.

As Edward witnessed the fiery spectacle, he was once again reminded that any of them could be next. A risk taken by all of Overwatch personnel when they joined the organization, hoping that they could make a difference for a better world. And he acts as one of their shields in doing that, so it would be partially his responsibility if anything should happen to those under his protection in the field.

He shrugged off the uncertainty on his mind. All he knew for certain was that this was only the beginning.

Author's Note

Hey guys how's it going?

So, I recently got into Dying Light and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (I am late AF I know) but when u dont have the cash to buy a machine powerful enough to run the game back then, I guess you dont really have much choice XD. And now I can't stop playing it, hence for the slow upload :( #sowwy.

As usual, thank you to XIII Hearts for editing this chapter .