It has been almost a year and a half since I volunteered for the new Pilots program. They upped the training time to give me more time to learn my equipment.

It had been rather easy to do. Each thing worked in tandem, and as long as I didnt fuck up, I could keep myself moving. A few times, we did mock trials, we're I would fight against a squad of Marines.

I could beat them all, without taking a single bullet, and had little trouble beating them in hand to hand. I had been training almost everyday, with five days train, two days rest.

I was pretty much able to do whatever I wanted, so long as I never disclosed my training, or the nanobot injection.

And the nanobots were amazing. We had too run multple tests overtime, to see how the nanos had been acting inside me.

We had found out that I need less food to survive now, that my lungs were ten times more efficient, and that I could almost run indefinitely, and that my reactions were ten times faster than a normal human marine.

It was exhilarating, but the training was the best part.

Everyday, I trained. Even on most my days off. It was so fun.

Running on walls, shooting out the new grapple they made, that went to a part of tbe armor that acted as a backpack and gun holder.

But the parlour, the running, the grapple swinging, the jumping and sliding, all of it made my heart soar.

If only my wife could see me now, with all my equipment, and my new physique. I was now well muscled, and it showed. Not mister Olympia size, but I had muscle.

Back to everything else though, it had been a year and a half, and I was now going out into enemy lines, in southern Russia.

Things had started to go bad with them shortly after the new president was elected. The thing is, it wasnt the one they wanted. They had started to threaten our bases, and had finally, about a month back, declared open war. I was now going into Russia, to cause havoc towards any Russian bases I may find.

I had been loaded into a cargo plane late in the night, and flown over towards russia, as close as they could get.

After I dropped, I was to use my jump kit to get myself as far into Russia as possible. My jump kit would slow me down enough that my newly enhanced skeleton wouldn't shatter or I splatter across the ground and die.

I got the green light to jump, and I ran out the back of the plane. The CO2 recycler in my helmet, for use in gaseous or low oxygen environments, kicked in, as the atmosphere was thin.

I jumped out the plane to an expanse of white under me. Clouds.

As I started to fly my way to my left and into Russian airspace, I hadnt hit the cloud layer when my hand started to tingle. It was the one with the phase shifter.

As I was falling I glanced at it, and after a moment it went away. I looked down to see the clouds coming up at me, and the n my hand started to get shocked.

I glanced at it, just before it made me jump. I was falling through an expanse of black and white shadows, what I call the void, and then, a second later, I popped back into reality.

The first thing I saw, was I was not were I was supposed to be. I was now falling into a desert, and could see some buildings below and infront of me.

I could also see what looked to be airships, and titans, fighting in the streets of the destroyed city.

I angled down, trying to reach the ground faster, and see what's going on. I reached a building quickly, and angled to help decelerate, and rolled as I hit the rooftop.

I came up, and went to the edge of the roof. As I did, I got a ping on my HUD. After, I got what seemed to be a call.

The ping seemed to come from the center of the city. The call, was the startling part.

"Pilot, I need you now. Two factions are in conflict over my possession. I am currently at the marker I just pinged you with, and being protected by three primitive titans, and a group of scientists and civilians. They won't hold much longer."

I choked up for a second. The voice sounded just like my wife's. I got up, and started towards the waypoint.

I reached it relatively quick, but I had already been informed that it was too late. One of the titans had been destroyed, and the other two were immobilized. The scientists and civilians had been rounded up, and drug out to the center of the street.

I had got to the building, and gone down a few levels to get closer. As I had been heading down, I had seen skeletons of humans, old and worn over years of exposure, with a few weapons nearby.

One had had a gun case near it, and I had opened it up, finding a fricking Longbow DMR in it, with a 4.5 scope attached. I picked it and whatever ammo was in the case up, and made my way to the nearest window, aiming out with the DMR.

"Titan, what is your designation, and can you give me a feed on what is happening live? Patch it through to my HUD."

"My designation is MK-1579. And yes, one sec." she says.

Suddenly, a small screen appears on my HUD, and I look at it. It shows two groups, one on it's knees with guns to their heads, and the others holding the guns.
What got me was that the people looked like they were horses, but they walked on two legs, and had hands and feet, like humans. But then the talking started. It was a female.

"What is going on?! Who are all of you ponies?! This city only appeared last night out of the sands, so how does anypony else know about it?!" She raged. All the other captives struggled against their bonds, and then a laugh was heard from somewhere unseen.

"Oh miss Doo, this city has always been here. It just finally got unhurried from the ground last night. Any who had been paying attention would have seen it comes up. But I saw it myself, and knew you would come to study it. The strange vault that held the mech chassis, that was just a bonus." And then the strangest creature pushed through most of the ponies with guns.

It stood upright, but it was naked, and had no defining features of gender. The voice sounded male though, so I went with he. It had a dog like face, and blue fur, plus a tail that ended in a hand. The mare who had first spoke, struggled against her captor with more vigor, and spat at the creature.

"Ahuizotl. Should have known it would be your filthy paws trying to pillage this place! This is Equestrian property, you shouldnt be here! So let us go, and tell your stupid mercenaries to go fuck you instead!" Ahuizotl just laughed.

"I would, if I wasn't going to get something I have wanted for a long time out of this. You see, someone came to me, and said that they knew of an ancient ruin that was too appear last night. And that, that mach would be here, in a special vault in some hidden part of the city. I was to find the vault, and get in. If I couldn't, destroy the place, and come back with his team and try again. My payment, he said. Was the ability to do whatever I want with you and your team. That you brought the Elements with you is even better, as it makes it more fun. The Griffin's are going to be so happy when I bring this back to them." Doo just looked horrified, and I had had enough of watching.

"MK, patch me to your external speakers."

"Done."

"Step away from the hostages, or I will use lethal force. This is your only warning."

The blue furred creature looked around surprised, before finally settling its gaze on my titan. He laughed.

"And what are you going to do? Your just a locked down mech, you can't do anything." I sigh.

"Fine, lethal force it is." I say, before sighting on the pony that was holding the leader of the scientists. Slowly breathing, I let out my breath, and then pull the trigger of the Longbow.

The shot flys true, and hits the pony in the head, splattering his brains all over the dirt and asphalt behind the shocked mare.

After that, I switch targets to the blue creature, Ahuizotl, and fire off a shot.

He gets blocked by a random mercenary who moves to protect him, and Ahuizotl ducks out and runs before I cab fire again. I continue to fire on the marcs, and hit most of them holding the hostages.

"Ok, MK, break free and start taking down titans, I'll be there soon." I say.

"Got it Cooper!" she says, and I falter a shot, but still kill the merc.

She sounds so much like my wife.

I shake it off, as now is not the time to get emotional.

I fire a few more times, and change magazines, before I pack up and move back. Turning around, back towards the window, I run towards it.

I was on the fifth level of the building. A year and a half ago, I wouldnt have done this, running to jump out a window. Now, it was all part of the fun.

Running towards the window, I see a waypoint appear on my HUD. It was my titan, who was slowly moving towards my position. I waited for her to get closer, and then jumped out the window.

She was a little farther than my jump, but I didnt worry. I boost jumped once, and made it directly over her.

As I neared her top, I could see the top hatch open. I aimed for it, and got my legs in. Showing my body fit her in, I hear the hatch close behind me, as I sit in the pilots seat.

I was awed. I was about to pilot a titan. I also had no idea how to do so.

"Protocal 1: link to pilot. Establishing nearulink."

A green flash happens, and then I feel my thoughts expand, so to say. After, I felt as if I was a part of the titan. MK continued.

"Protocal 2: Uphold the mission. Protect Equestrian scientists, and escort to safety."

"Protocal 3: Protect the pilot."

"Lets go Cooper."

Author's Note

Ok, the start of the story. I got most of this piece of the story, the desert ruins aspect and the archeological find bit, from another Titanfall story, Homebound. I did change it, and so I didnt copy it, but those ideas were the best pieces to use. Also, thing to remember, his wife's name is Mika.