(POV Ausar)

I had already given Zulu complete autonomy when heling the boy allowing me to work on some special projects. "Omega, I brought a friend! "I yelled." search our history for mentions of Umbra during the war. I walked into the main lab and set the book on it before walking off to grab some nice tasty rations. Dirt flavor yum.

"I am here sir," said the voice of Omega. " Also from my information, Umbra was an artificial intelligence used to pilot one of the larger American mechs," He stopped and scanned the book. "Sir why do you possess a sentient book?"

"It's Umbra he's in the book the ponies trapped him there," I said with my rations in hand.

"YES MY FRIEND IT IS I UMBRA," boomed the book in my mind and I think he somehow connected to Omega.

"Umbra what is the status of your mind," Asked Omega before contacting me through my comlink. "Early AIs have a tendency to have a personality switching face known as rampancy none were known to have survived it."

"I SURVIVED MY ONLY THOUGHTS ON THIS ANOMALY ARE THAT THE WEAPON USED AT THE END OF THE WAR ALTERED MY MIND WHILE I WAS UNDERGOING RAMPANCY."

"An interesting theory," said Omega as the two AIs conversed. "Would you be opposed to me conducting a full scan on your new form and if possible relocating you."

"I DO NOT MIND THE SCAN BUT I LIKE MY CURRENT FORM IT ALLOWS ME TO MANIPULATE WHAT THE PONIES CALL MAGIC SO I'LL STAY IN MY BOOK."

"I understand that reasoning and shall begin preforming the scan," Omega began scanning the book with every possible scanning system before turning to me. "Sir if you wish I can create a slot in the back of your new armor to hold the book allowing Umbra to connect to the suit and run its systems and also use his own magic."

"Do so and also how is the suit coming?" I asked as a large hologram appeared. "Woah."

"This armor shall incorporate your old armor as a thin half-inch outer shell that will defend from bullets and magical blasts, underneath the shell is three-inch steel plating covering a powered exoskeleton that pulls power from your original suit's reactor, in total size it shall measure up to ten feet tall counting the three golden spikes on the top which are aesthetically built to resemble a crown" the AI split the hologram into three parts outer shell and weapons, interior plates, and interior power suit. "The outside of the suit is covered in runes that are inlaid with what I have learned is call arcanite a rare metal used for high-grade runesmithing these runes draw ambient magical energy and push it into the magical batteries in the suit which can be used in a variety of ways such as claws, shields, and energy blasts of varying elements and types of blast."

"Physical weapons?" I questioned as he finished listing of magical weapons and armor strengths.

"Each finger is built with extendable claws and in addition, your forearm plating on either arm can fold out into a riot shield strong enough to easily block anything these beings can throw at us, on your back will be a large energy rifle which as been runicaly converted to use magic to shoot blasts concentrated magic, the scythe you hastily built has been altered to be easier to wield with a shaft that retracts and extends and a folding blade it can be easily stored at your side even with its now eight-foot length and four-foot blade it unlike most of your weapons does not contain any magic another non-magic weapon you will possess is a 50cal pistol it is located on your right hip and situated to be used in your left hand while your blade can be used by either your right or both hands."

"Good job Omega but I have an idea can you add a few shoulder spikes so as to b more menacing but make them retractable so as they will not be in my way during battle."

"Yes sir," said the powerful AI as he finished scanning Umbra who then used his shadow tentacles to begin to walk around like a spider. "That is insanely creepy."

"I UNDERSTAND BUT IT IS MY ONLY WAY OF MOBILITY," he stated as he latched onto my hip and pulled in his...legs? "I SHALL COME WITH YOU GOD OF WAR."

"Fine, you can come but you have to tell me all of your abilities."

"THAT'LL TAKE QUITE A WHILE."

"We've got a few hours."

"DO WE HAVE A FEW YEARS?" he asked and I sighed.

"Tell me useful ones and combat ones."

"FIRST OFF I HAVE THE ABILITY TO MANIPULATE THE SHADOW MAGIC IN THIS BOOK HOWEVER I WISH AND TURN IT INTO USEFUL TOOLS LIKE THE TENTACLES AND LEGS YOU SAW BUT I CAN ALSO MAKE ARMOR AND OTHER MORE FLESH LIKE APENDAGES LIKE CLAWS, STINGERS, AND WINGS," he tried to continue but I stopped him.

"Wings?"

"YES WINGS WHY DO YOU ASK?"

"Could you like make me fly?"

"YOU HAVE THRUSTERS."

"But what if I wanna look like some demonic motherfucker who will kill all the enemies?"

"WITH STABILITY ASSISTANCE FROM YOUR THRUSTERS I SHOULD BE ABLE TO."

"Well then to the surface we go and while we're there you can show me some of your abilities."

(POV ???)

"Why did we get picked for this job?" I asked my fellow guard.

"Because we're the sneakiest and have antidetection magic," he replied.

"Nopony has come out in over a day maybe they got scared."

"Diamond Dogs are a cave-dwelling race and from the looks of their new leader he's intelligent enough to only come up for a few reasons."

"Like whatever he's doing right now?"

Yes like whatever he's doing right no-wait what!"

"Yea look he's just walking around looking at stuff."

"Ok lets just watch him...what the hell is that?" I heard a THWAP THWAP sound and I was out like a light my partner too from the sound of it.

(POV Ausar)

"So what first Umbra?"

"YOU THINK ABOUT IT I"LL EXTEND MY SENSES TO SEE IF ANY HOSTILE ANIMALS ARE NEARBY FOR TESTING PURPOSES I WISH TO SHOW YOU MY WEAPONRY."

I was mumbling to myself about potential uses of Umbras abilities when I saw two long tendrils shoos off into the bushes along with girlish squeals of pain and a thwapping sound before four more tendrils shot forth and condensed with the others to form two tentacles each holding a pony guard about five feet from my face. One red and one teal.

"I HAVE CAUGHT THE INTRUDERS I SENSED."

"Good job now can you wake them?" I asked as a shadowy hand bitch slapped the guards awake. "Owch thats gotta hurt."

"Whu?" said one of the guards as the other looked about in a panic.

"Oh shit it's like in those japonys comics that my cousin showed me."

"Even in the future, it follows me," I mumbled. "You numbskull listen up my name is Ausar and your trespassing on my land now either you can leave or I can take you to my dungeon," I said without thinking.

"Oh shit it is like the comics hey man look your neat and all but I'm not in for tentacles."

"You absolute fucktard It's a literal dungeon, not some BDSM shit god damn one more word out of you and I'll show you how those comics work."

"Hey," said the other one finally waking up. "Your Ausar."

"What a thrilling revelation I never would've guessed."

"You are under arrest for killing Equestrian military and assaulting princess Celestia and princess Twilight."

"Before you continue to let me say it's not my fault Celestia took off her shirt."

"She what?" he asked before the other one cut in.

"Hey I know we're supposed to be enemies but is it true she uses breast enhancing runes in her clothes?"

"Nah she shrinks them I thought she was a cow with those jugs."

"Told ya," he said to his comrade.

"Shut it ya filthy blue."

"Listen that's just colorist just because I'm blue doesn't mean I'm filthy ya red asshole."

"I BELIVE I RECOGNISE THIS FROM SOMEWHERE LORD AUSAR," said Umbra as the two idiots argued.

"Listen up you two," I said shutting them up. "You have two choices you can A. run back to cow tits or B. join team awesome where the tits aren't fake and we also have a lot of books. It only took a few seconds and maybe a few extra tendrils.

"I choose B. now show me tits."

"B. now let's see some books."

"Oh by the way bossman I'm-"

"No shut up you are Blue and you are Red ok."

"Eh, I'm cool with that."

"Fuck it let's just get in the hole."

"THEY ARE FINALLY GONE NOW WINGS."

"Wait Umbra nooooo," and with a single flap of the monstrous shadow wings, I flew in the air.

Author's Note

I'm not gonna put a pic for the armor so yall get to think of it's look in your own mind and I hope whatever you think up is badass.

As always input is appreciated as long as you aren't a dick.