“I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can’t get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That’s in friendship..." Jerry Lewis

The sun is setting beyond the mountains and the red sky slowly becomes the night and the stars fill in the sea of darkness, until the dark sea is filled with bright tiny lights. But within that sea of stars, something was zooming under it and leaving behind a bright pink and blue blur. The blur started to descend and hovered above a small town and stayed there. The figured softly landed on the town's sign with "Blackwater" written on it. The figure was a young pink mare Pegasus, with a dark blue mane. She was wearing a police uniform jacket and around her waist, was a handgun and a radio device. She looked around the town and could see the town folks of yaks and ponies walking around and waving at her. She waved back and sighed as she took out her radio and called in to her dispatch.

"Yuna? Are you there?" asked the young mare through the radio system of the local police station dispatch office.
The black chair at the desk spun around to reveal a young female pink Yak with a light teal mane with pigtails and like the Pegasus, she too, is wearing the same uniform but more deck out with pins and pockets filled with treats. She picked up the ear mic and answered the call.

"Yuna here. What is it Firefly?"

Yuna sat back and spun her chair towards the desk next to her and started to take a hoof full of donuts from the box that was sitting on the desk and then grabbing her own coffee cup. She once again sat back and tossed all the donuts into mouth and started to chew the white powder treats loudly. So loud that the Pegasus known as Firefly quickly sighed.
"Yuna, you better not eating all those donuts I bought...bucking again..."

Yuna black eyes widen with fear and she slowly opened her mouth to shove the wet chewed up donuts back into the box where she got them from.

"Don't be silly pony friends! Yuna won't ever do that...again..."

Firefly placed her hoof on her face and slowly dragged it down in disbelief that her childhood friend would keep doing that to her donuts. She set the radio between her head and shoulder and took out a pair of binoculars and started to sweep the town.

"Look never mind that, can you give me the location of the marshall? Not seeing her around the inner part of town. I’m guessing she moved on into the farmer areas?"

"The marshall pony? I thought she went home for the day?" replied Yuna through the radio.

Firefly lowered her binoculars and set them back on her belt and flies off into the farming part of town and became pissed
off as she called back in with the radio in her hoof and taking out a piece of paper.

"Not today and I have been receiving reports from yaks and ponies from Blackwater, that some old drunk with their hover bike, been doing wheelies and blasting loud music!"

Yuna sat back in her chair with her phone to play some mobile game and shipping a bit of her coffee before turning on the computer. soon, the screen was showing a radar. It soon started to sweep the terrain for something.

"Pony friend, you sure it's the marshal? Marshal drinks a lot of such but drunk driving? That's new even for her!"
Firefly stopped over a huge opened field of corn and started to read the report while still looking around.

"Yeah, it's her alright. Reports matches up with her features. Dark brown mane, light blue skin, beat up whateverbolts jacket, shitty hover bike, smells like beer, looks like a dumbass while dancing on her bike...I could keep going with the report but I rather find her as soon as I can before she does something stupid...again...god, we're still paying off Sun bean damages. How can you burn down a barn with just a beer can and beans!?"

"Yuna can take a guess..." whispered the Yuna as tried to remove the image from her mind but as did so, the screen started to beep loudly. Yuna typed on the screen and sent the information to Firefly device, which created a hologram of the area she's in.

"Thanks Yuna! I'll get back as soon as I can! Firefly out!"

The radio went dead and Yuna removed her headset and returned playing on her phone but stopped as she felt the building shaking with force. She turned to the window of the office and could see the smoking blasting from the vents from the metal streets. Ponies and Yaks in the streets started to cough but seemed to be used to it.

"Yuna grandmother is up to something big? The smoke isn't followed by fire this time!"
Within seconds of saying that, Yuna watched as the folks started to move away from the vents as fired blazed out. Yuna smiled as she returned to her phone.

"New Ponyville is always buzzing with life, thanks grandmother!"

Meanwhile, Firefly soars through the land and came to a full stop as she came to a position that was given to her. She could see a hover bike that crashed into the side of a barn and next to it was a pony that matched the reports. Firefly shut her eyes in anger as she could see the farms mailbox that read "Sun bean". She flew over to the crash site and hovered next to the throwing up mare.

"Why? Why of all of places!? Why here again!?" yelled Firefly, as she reaches down and looked over the damaged wall of the barn. The drunk mare finally finished puking her guts out and was back to drinking her six pack of beer that was hanging from her hoof but still didn't take notice of Firefly.

"GRANDMA! HELLO!? WHAT THE BUCK!? ARE YOU DEATH!?"
The blue pony turned around and smiled as she saw Firefly standing there in anger. She smashes the beer can with her forehead and tossed it over her shoulder and took another can before talking to her.

"What's up Firesides! W-what...a-are you doing here?" said the pony as she drunkenly walked over and offered the young mare a beer.

"You know I don't bucking drink, you old hag! Get that away from me!" ordered Firefly as she smacked the can out of the pony hoof.

"Well, more for me then!" The pony grinned as she picked up the beer can and tried to open it but fell backwards and started to laugh like an idiot.

"oopsies! I fell over!"

Firefly couldn't stand it anymore and walked over to the hover bike, it was a 98 Vulture model bike, with it's long body and thruster packs on the sides. The bike smelled like throw up and shit as she tried to turn it on.

"Dear god, what was the last time you wash this piece of junk?" cried Firefly as she finally got it to start up and free it from the barn wall.

"My b-baby isn't junk!" yelled the blue pony as she sat up from the ground but watched as the vulture started to blast out black smoke from the exhaust and gears falling out from sides

"Okay, she's junk but she's my junk Firesides!"

Firefly quickly shot a glare at her grandmother after hearing that nickname.

"Oh my god, stop calling me that! I'm not a filly anymore!" yelled Firefly as she powered down the vulture and walked over to her "Anyway, why are you bucking drunk out here? You mostly stay in the house or in Billy's Bar to drink."

"Marshal pony is here because I called her, Miss Firefly pony."
Firefly and her grandmother turned to see a mid age female yak with two young pony yak hybrid children. She seemed to be holding bags on her sides. Firefly looked worried.

"Hello miss Bean, I'm sorry about the barn...again. Just make out the damages to the office like before. Looks like Mr. Bean isn't here...huh?"

Firefly stopped as she noticed that Mrs Bean started to tear up. Firefly quickly panic and tried to calm her down.
"I'm sorry Firefly pony...it's just that my husband hasn't returned after checking on the fence yesterday night."
Firefly was confused but her grandmother pushed her to the side and looked to be on the level as she walked over to Mrs Bean.

"I checked the area out like you said. It was like what you told me a few hours ago, the fences were destroyed and there are claw marks..."

Firefly walked over and demand to know what's going on, which made her grandmother to ask Mrs Bean to take out a cut up cowboy hat, which belonged to Mr Bean.

"This was found near the fence this morning. Something happened to him..."
The blue pony quickly turned to the kids and smiled as she dust off the hat and returned it to their mother "Like the idiot got drunk like me and ran off to the wasteland. Don't worry kids, ya papa is fine."

The kids looked at each other and then back at the blue pony and started to cry. She was taken aback by this and tried to calm them down but wasn't working, so Mrs Bean bought them back into the house.

"Does this got to do with the reports with livestock being killed during these past few days as well, you old hag?"
The pony nodded and walked passed Firefly and leaned on her bike as she crack open another beer.

"Random attacks on livestocks around Blackwater...and it's not often but yaks and ponies are going missing as well..."

"Could be the wildlife, right?" questioned Firefly as she smacked the beer can from her grandmother hoof.

"...no. The naïve wildlife don't run in packs. What I have been noticing in these livestock attacks are all the same. large amount of paw prints, too many for just one...reminds me of "them"..."

Firefly was confused as she never saw her grandmother so serious before, since she was mostly drunk or bitter about something. Before she could ask a question, Mrs Bean returned without the kids.

"Marshal Rainbow Dash pony...I know he's dead...just please, bring..."

Dash puts a hoof on Mrs Bean shoulder and just nodded. Firefly watched as Mrs Bean left while holding back her tears. Dash returned to her granddaughter and the bike. Dash picked up the tossed beer cans and put them in the trunk and sat in the driver seat and looked over to her granddaughter.

"What is it Firesides?"

"Why did she call you Rainbow? Is it because of your cutie mark?" asked Firefly as she watched as the bike came to life by the turned on the key.
Dash didn't answer her and just took off, leaving Firefly in the dust. Dash drove down the dirt road and tried to forget what her granddaughter asked, as she felt her brown mane. She wasn't rainbow dash, the great wonderbolt or one of the heroes of the old world. She was just Dash now, the local marshal of New Ponyville and Blackwater.

"HEY!"

Dash looked into her side mirror and she could see Firefly trying to catch up. Dash cracks a smile as she increases her speed, she wanted to leave her grandkid in the dust but since she has the rainbow bloodline, Firefly could reach her, but Dash didn't give a crap as she slowly looked at Firefly flank. Her grandkid cutie mark was like hers but instead of a rainbow bolt, it was a blue bolt.

"HEY! YOU HAG, WHERE ARE WE GOING!?" yelled Firefly as she landed behind Dash and held on tight as the bike started to take off into the air as it turned into an air bike, the reason it was called a Vulture in the first place.

"Back home! I need to pick up something from the Gearhead!"

"Gearhead!? You mean Yuna grandma? Pinkie Pie?" asked Firefly as the bike soars pass Blackwater welcome sign and in the distance, she could see her home. New Ponyville city, as the city was resting over the buried remains of the colony ship that bought her kind to this planet. She recalls learning the ship's name from school, it was known as the "Hyperion", one of the four colony ships that crashed into Arion Sara five thousand years ago. The other ships landed on different planets across the solar system. As they got closer, they could see the ship's lights powering on.

"Holy cow, Gearhead got the ship running again?" laughed Dash as she put the bike in hover mode, in order to get a good look of the ship. It had two wings buried in the ground, the rear body with the engine was also half buried in the ground but its long neck was still cracked and the flat hammerhead looking front was where the city was resting on. Dash turned up the speed and shot toward the city with glee.

PonyCraft: loyalty to the Past
Episode I: Darkness over Arion Sara

Yuna and other police officers were answering calls from the scared and worried city folks as the ship was slowly coming back to life again. She also had to take the calls from Firefly desk but in doing so, she got tangled with the cords and fell to the ground.

"Yuna knew she should have taken the day off...huh?"

Yuna noticed in the window, that Firefly and Marshal returned and started to land in the parking lot of the building and quickly rolled herself away from the desk and pass her comrades but bringing the phones with her. She exited the office waved at her friends. Firefly waved back and flew off the bike before it landed.

"Yuna what the heck is going on? What did your grandma do!?" ordered Firefly as she could hear AND see smoking blasting from ships vents.

"Yuna didn't know too...well maybe? Grandma Pie said she was working on something super important this week. Maybe this is why she was locked in her house?" replied the young yak as she removed the cords from her body.

"That gearhead! This is what she was yapping about? Gonna kiss her!" laugh Dash as she jumped from her bike and headed to a lock hatch and opened it "PINKIE!"

Dash jumped into the hatch and vanished into the darkness. Firefly and Yuna looked into the hatch and back at each other.
"...Yuna...will stay behind, okay pony friend?" awkwardly giggled Yuna as she slowly backed away but Firefly flew behind her and kicked her into the hatch.

"THAT'S FOR MY DONUTS!" yelled Firefly as she flew after Yuna, who was screaming as she fell.
Firefly increase her speed and was catching up to Yuna and grabbed her horns and with her all power, she pulled Yuna up and slowly flew down to a walkway and set her down. Yuna was still screaming and didn't realized she wasn't falling anymore. Firefly looked over at her friend in annoyance.

"Are you done yet, Yuna?" asked Firefly as she checks her watch.

"Yuna almost done!" replied Yuna as she returned screaming and within a few seconds, she finally stopped "Okay, Yuna is done! Let's go find our grandmothers!"

Yuna happily skip away, while Firefly did a facehoof and flew behind her. Both girls walked down the walkway and pass through a door and entered a dark hallway. The lights wasn't on, maybe there was no power or maybe the lights are broken but Firefly didn't like it. She hated the dark and slowly got closer to Yuna side. They kept walking until they finally exited the walkway and found themselves in a large room. The room had computers and other ponies working on them and in the middle of the room was a very large tube that connects to both sides of the room. Both girls soon found Dash talking to a pink earth pony, that was wearing a blue jacket and gray goggles on her forehead. Yuna was about to call out to them but Firefly covered her mouth. She wanted to hear what they were talking about.

"So Pinkie, is the ship truly back online?" questioned Dash as she watched her old friend hopping between computers.

"Nope, Dashie! Hyperion is partly online but if we repair this tube, we might be able to get section of the ship fully online and running!"

Dash watched as Pinkie finally turned to her and smiled.

"Dashie, if we can get the factory part of the ship running again, we can make Arion into a factory planet like the other backwater planets! Maybe the-"

"I don't care about that Pinkie! Can she fly again!?" asked Dash as she check the computer screen and just seeing error pop ups.

Pinkie joyful face slowly became sad as she realized what Dash really wanted to know. Pinkie sat in her chair and turned on the hologram of the whole ship.
"...no. She's not getting enough power from the core. If we replace the core but I no have idea what to replace it with...like it's one of a kind, you should know that."

Pinkie was suddenly caught by surprised when Dash slammed her hooves into the computer keyboard. She could see that Dash joy and hope was killed off quickly.

"Damn it! If she could fly again..."

"Dash...are you still holding on to that silly-Ah!" screamed Pinkie as Dash grabbed her by the shoulders and push her to the computer. This forced Firefly and Yuna to act but stopped as soon as Pinkie waved to them to stop as she noticed they were there "Dashie...calm down. I can tell you been drinking again. Head to the armory...I finish what you wanted, okay?"
Dash bit her lip as she finally let Pinkie go and walked off to the armory like she was asked. Pinkie grabbed her chest and felt like crying but stayed strong as she the grandkids hurried over.

"Grandma Pie, are you okay? Yuna is worried!" cried Yuna as she hugged her grandmother.
Pinkie replied she's fine but Firefly knew better and told her she will smack her grandmother for what she did, since she never acted like that before.

"No, it's okay Firefly. It's my fault anyway...I shouldn't say that to her..." replied Pinkie as she stared at the exit that heads to the armory "Your grandmother dream has always been to leave this planet with the Hyperion and travel back home...to Equestria..."

Firefly, Yuna and the crew looked at Pinkie as it was rare for her to say anything about the home she left behind.

"Well, anyway let's hurry! Dashie hates waiting...besides, she might break something...again." giggled Pinkie as she hopped out of the room, with the girls behind her.

They travel down the hallway and came to a rail cart and sat in it. Pinkie punch in for the armory and the cart took off. They exited the power line and entered the holding area of dusty covered tanks and battle bikes.
"Grandma Pie, Yuna wants to know more about Equestria!" asked Yuna, while Firefly nodded in agreement "You or Marshal Dash pony almost never talks about it."

Pinkie smiled and closed her eyes as she went on about the old world. Where it was ruled by two sisters, how she worked in a shop that sells baked goods or how she had great friends like Dash, who flew in the blue skies but Firefly quickly butted in.
"Wait, that old hag could fly before?"

Pinkie nodded and went on to talk about the sonic rainboom and other stuff that Dash did in her youth. Firefly never knew this about her grandmother and was kind of shock. She always sees her as a good for nothing drunk, that the city picked to protect them. She only join the police force, just to make sure she doesn't do anything stupid like that one time she passed out drunk at City Hall and pissed on the steps.

"I know Dashie can be...hard at times but she's like that because what happened to her...to me...what we lost back then, it's hard to let it go. For Dashie, it's much harder than any of us...even if it's been five thousands years..." said Pinkie as they finally arrived in the armory section and step out "Firefly, for me. Don't push her in asking what happened. She'll tell you when she's ready, okay? I remember you used to look up to her and wanted to be a marshal like her."

Firefly just sighed as she followed Pinkie and Yuna to the armory but wasn't happy to hear that. She wanted to forget that part of her younger self. She indeed wanted to be like her great grandmother but as she got older, she realized how awful her grandmother was and didn't want to become like that. As they entered the room, they found Dash messing around with an ammo box and shutting it as she wipe away puke from her mouth.

"Hey Pinkie...you might want to clean that box later..." sadly said Dash, as she kicks the box away and walked over to them but was surprised to see the kids here "You followed me down here?"

"Yeah, I can't keep my eyes off of you or you might do something stupid again, you hag."
Dash smiled and punch Firefly on the shoulder before returning to Pinkie, who was pulling out a large gift box and setting it in front of Dash.

"Got it done like you asked Dashie. Better model than the current ones used in the Apple Core Empire!"
Dash sighed and pulled off the wrapping paper and grin as she was looking at her new slim powered armor that Pinkie created. Pinkie hopped around and spoke of its features.

"Here's my version of the Empire Marine Corps suit or in short, EMC-200 model but known mostly as the pressurized power suit that I based the design off. Unlike the old PPS, this suit has air conditioner, has "backpack" between the wings area, which channels heat away from the body, so no roasting like a marshmallow. The Heads-Up Display or HUD for short is built into the visor. Its features include infrared vision, a "navigation mode" which superimposes a map of surrounding terrain and pinpoints prominent features, displaying life support as a percentage and the amount of ammunition in a soldier's equipped weapon, the ability to detect motion to some extent and-" Pinkie mouth was quickly covered by Dash's hoof as she had enough of the gear head smart talk and just pointed at the heavy thrusters wings.

"THAT! Does it work too? " ordered Dash as she let go of Pinkie mouth. Pinkie clears her throat and started to explain the wings.

"The HALO-99 Wings aren't really Pegasus wings in spirit but more like Jetpacks for short travel as you hop around the area. I took the thrusters from the vulture flier model and just made them more powerful in lifting heavy objects. It's one of the kind right now and I know you wanted real wings Dashie but this is the best I could make do, with our current stuff. Sorry..."
Dash walk around the suit and mostly just stared at the so called wings and finally stopped in front of the armor and smiled as she took off her wonderbolt jacket. There on her back, was two stumps where her wings use to be.

"It's close enough I say, better than driving with the vulture bike. Suit me up Pinkie!"

Pinkie walked over to the computer and activate the suit to open the chest area up, allowing Dash to enter it and finally be in the suit as it lowered the visor. Everyone watched as Dash moved around all heavy like before activating the suits Jetpacks after Pinkie told her where to active it. After hovering off the ground, Dash returns the suit to the ground and reopened the visor.

"Everything looks green. No reds or errors. This is perfect, I knew asking for this was a good idea. Pinkie, does this suit comes with any weapons?"

"Well, not the current gun models but I remodeled this miner lancer gun. Still shoots spikes but a much faster rate...but are you sure Dashie? I got the report you sent a few days ago but it's hard to believe. If it's "them" then how?" questioned Pinkie as she mounted the large assault rifle into the side of Dash's armor.

"It's them Pinkie. Maybe the warp gate wasn't destroy or something but they found their way here. From the reports, it seems a small amount of them are here and if I don't find the nest soon, Arion will be covered by them." answered Dash as she took off the rifle and aimed with it before setting it back.

"Okay, what are you going on about with "them"? You have been alleging that since the farm. What's going on, you damn hag?" demanded Firefly as she stomped her hooves on the floor.
Dash and Pinkie stared at each other before facing their grand kids.

"Firesides, remember what the school taught you? About the great old war? Well, it's just lies that AC Empire just came up with. The real war wasn't fought against each other and that wasn't what ruined our home planet...we fought against something...calling it self, our creator and master over choice. First race to submit to it were the Changelings. It only took a few days but the planet was quickly overrun by the new Changelings race...everything was burning by their touch...Twi-" told Dash as she suddenly shut her eyes in pain.

Firefly and Yuna was shocked by this information and in truth, thry wouldn't have believe it, if it wasn’t for Pinkie as she too, looked hurt and depressed as well. Yuna tried to cheer her grandmother with sweets that she had but Firefly on the other hoof, didn't know what to say or to do for her grandmother. So, she headed for the exit and stopped as she turned to Dash.
"Well, let's get going then! If what you say is true, then we need to find those nests, as soon as we can. Get your sorry flank on the move, you hag!"

Dash opened her eyes and quickly stood behind Firefly as she pulled on her tail, stopping her.
"No! No way! I'm not letting you go with me! You'll get in the way an-" but before Dash could finish, Firefly buck kicks her in the face.

"Buck off, I'm dead weight, right? It's why I'm mostly doing parking ticket runs than real cop stuff right!?"
Dash rubbed her cheek and glared back at her grandkid, and quickly punched her in the face. Making Firefly fall on her flank. Cracking her hoof, Dash lowered herself to Firefly and spoke in the most serious tone "Damn right, kid. If I go alone, I don't have to worry about someone else flank but my bucking own! Be a good girl and stay out of my bucking way!"

"Buck you!" yelled Firefly as she flew off and vanished into the dark hallway, leaving Dash sighing as she walked to Pinkie.
"Pinkie, if it's them, then I need you to active the fail safe plan that we created so many years ago. I need to head out before that idiot does something...since she does carry after me..."

Pinkie grins with Dash and nodded before they went on their way, Dash heading off to catch Firefly and Pinkie returns to the computer screen and asking Yuna to come over.

"Yuna, get back to the city and get the whole police force to get everyone from the city and blackwater town, inside the Hyperion. I'll gonna call the mayor to trigger the sirens. I'm really hoping Dashie is wrong about this..."

Yuna nodded and hurry out of the room, leaving Pinkie by herself. Pinkie started to dial a video chat but stopped as she heard whispered. She looked around and saw nothing but the junk that laid around. She swore she heard somepony calling for her, like it was...

"...oh please be wrong Dashie..."

Sometime later, Firefly was heading back to Blackwater and landed on the welcome sign in order to catch her breath. She was out of breath from the fast flying but didn't want to rest too long and took off as soon as she could. She didn't know where to look for the nest but knew she could start with the Bean family, maybe getting a lead there might help but as she flew over the town, she noticed something was off. She couldn't see no ponies or yaks. In fact, there were no lights on, in every household. She sped up and finally reach the Bean farm and landed on the doorstep and knocked a few times but no answer. She forced open the door as she could see a struggle went down in the living room.

"Mrs. Bean! Are you there!?" yelled Firefly as she drew her handgun from her belt and slowly hovered over to the living room and then into the dinning room. She almost dropped her gun as she saw what was lying in front of her. Three dead bodies and Mrs. Bean, torn to bits but still alive somehow. Firefly looked over at the other bodies and could make out that they black insect exoskeleton but they had long claw like wings, than the normal wings that a Pegasus pony will have. They all seemed to be killed by Mrs. Bean horns but not without tearing her body apart, leaving her insides and blood pouring out.
"
F-Firefly...pony..." weakly asked Mrs. Bean as she raised her head to the pony.

"I'm here! Don't worry! I'll get some help-" but before she could finish, Mrs. bean asked for her children as she pointed upstairs before passing away from her wounds. Firefly nodded and quickly dashed to the second floor and could see the gaping hole in the floor. Looking down, she could see the kitchen and again, another hole. They drugged their way here. Firefly went on and called out to the kids as she finally arrived to their rooms but she wasn't ready in what she saw. A long snake like nage looking changeling, with two long scythe blade like arms, digging into the kids and tearing apart their bodies and one of the kids spines were hanging out of the creature's mouth. Firefly rose her gun and just fired like a madmare and swearing as the snake took the shots and hiss as it charged forward just as Firefly started to reload. The mare easily dodges it with her speed but she back away into a dead end of the hallway. She quickly tried to reload but her anger and fear was getting the best of her.

"DAMNITDAMNITDAMNIT!" repeated the young mare as she noticed more of the smaller ones started to pour out of the hole behind the snake changeling. She fired off a few shots but nothing fazed them like before. Her gun wasn't strong enough to break through their carapace. She looked around, anything to get out of this death trap but nothing, she was a goner like those kids. With hope lost, she raised her gun to her head and closed her eyes. With her last thoughts, she thought of her mother and father. How they suddenly vanished one day and never returned. Thoughts of her grandmother poured in as well, as she remembers her being cold towards but tried her best to raise her right.

"Buck! Why did you have to be the last thing I remember!" cried Firefly as she was about to set off the gun but stopped as one of the smaller changeling was pulled back in the hole by something and screamed as a loud bang went off. The other changelings turned to the hole as something rose from it. Firefly knew who it was, as she watched Dash, in her armor, slowly raise up with the armor wings thrusting her up.

"Don't you dare touch my daughter stupid kid!" ordered Dash as she was holding the remains of the changeling she killed, it's head was bashed in and a long spike was in it's chest as green blood oozed out.

The smaller changeling growled and charged forward but was completely killed as Dash dodged their claws and crush its head in with her metal hooves. The snake changeling hiss and opened its mouth and fired off some long spikes and it stabbed into Dash shoulder plate but that didn't stopped her as she pulled out her rifle and fired. Her own spikes stabbed into the snake changeling face, making it cried out in pain. It soon ducked into the kids room and jumped through the window, escaping before Dash could finish it off.

"Son of a bitch..." cursed Dash as she chases after the snake but only up to the window and could see something in the distance "...oh shit..."

Dash turned around but could see Firefly looking at the floor, which made her look down as well. Dash could see the blood and remains. She was too late but wasn't fazed by the scene.

"We need to head back!" ordered Dash as she pulled Firefly by her tail but Firefly screamed as she asked why Dash wasn't bothered by the scene and act so cold. Dash quickly pulled Firefly to her face and barked back "I seen this before kid but way worse! Little kids eaten, torn apart or still alive as their insides are oozing out. I had to put some down before. This is why I didn't want you to come! You're becoming dead weight!"

Dash shoved Firefly forward and made her head downstairs, to escape the horror but found herself looking eye to eye with more changelings. Dash opened fire and creating a way forward for them. As they exited the house, they could see a sea of black mass heading towards them. Firefly flew up as Dash kept firing into the house as they started to pour out in large numbers. Firefly could see nothing but millions of changelings, as they charged to the Hyperion and in the distant, she could see flashes of light beyond the mountain top. The clouds started to turn black and a heavy downpour started at the end of the world started.

End of EP1

Author's Note

welp, here's ep1 again but with better grammar. might upload the other updated chapters later