Author's Note

Sorry, it took so long to upload the chapter, I was hit from different directions with work, studies and, the news that one of my childhood friends committed suicide.
Please if you or someone you know is having those thoughts please call the suicide prevention hotline.
I'll try to publish the next chapter over the weekend

Ch. 5 Operation "Trail of tears"

RING… RING… RING…

“Hello?!” said Spike

“Morning son, we were just calling to see if we can facetime you?” said Bruce over the phone

“Sure, I’ll call you in a sec,” said Spike as he hung up the call and headed to his laptop.

“There we are, how’s it going sport?” said Grace

“Everything is great, I am now the captain of a special ops team,” said Spike

“That’s wonderful!” said Grace

“Care to share the deets?” said Bruce

Spike then told his parents about all that had happened to him when he arrived at the Academy, including meeting the girls, his squadmates, and the entrance exam.

“... and so we passed, but, we then discovered that we were required to live in the same house, and so… they are now my roommates as well,” said Spike

“So… you mean to tell us… that…” his parents began

“... you’re living in a house with 2 girls your age without supervision!” said Grace

“...There are already 9 girls interested in you!... make sure to use protection, I don’t want to feel old just yet!” said Bruce over his wife’s comment.

Unfortunately, Grace wasn’t amused by his comment and punched him so hard he flew to the wall to the right of the screen leaving an outline of his body as he fell back down to the floor.

“Ignore his comments Spike… your dad tends to think with his dick sometimes, I’m sure the idea of being intimate with any of your friends has crossed your mind,” said Grace

“Uf!, I thought you meant “to ignore” his comment on the condoms situation,” said Spike

“You see! I’m not the only one!” said Bruce before his wife punched him through the same wall.

“At least your son doesn’t think with his dick as much as you!” said Grace

This comment caused Spike to laugh for a few seconds

“Something wrong sport?” asked his mom

“No… it’s just… it’s been a very weird month,” said Spike

“How so?” asked Grace

“Well, for starters, after we learned about the housing rules, the headmasters gave out more information…” Spike began

ONE MONTH AGO

“... and that is everyone, now for all of you guys who didn’t manage to get a team, as we said, you can back tomorrow for a retry, if you don’t you would be automatically assigned to the reserves,” said Celestia

“Also, we know that money is an important matter, but don’t worry, academy credits also count as currency all over the world; how do you get more points? Well, you earn them here at school, attending class on time, participating, test results, Homeworks, all that gives you points,” said Luna

“You also gain credits from successful missions, the higher your rank and the complexity of the mission determines the number of credits,” said Discord

“And, for those of you in the reserves, you may head over to the guild and earn a few extra credits while training for the possibility of being added to a higher-ranked squad,” said Celestia

“After that, Me, Lyra, and Bon Bon were awarded 2,000 credits or $2,000 each, the headmasters said that this amount of money would cover living expenses until we were cleared to go on our first official mission… which is bound to happen sometime this week,” said Spike

“I sense there is more to this,” said Grace

“Well, during the mission I had the feeling that my 2 squadmates have no survival skills, which I only confirmed a week later after applying more magic to my “Discerning eye” ability, and I have a feeling that is going to be an issue,” said Spike

“Well, isn’t there a class of sorts for that?” asked Grace

“Well… we have a survival class, but the teacher’s methods are… painful,” said Spike

2 WEEKS AGO

“So, did anyone ever hear of Survival class?” asked Lyra

“Nope,” said Bon Bon

“Well, we were sent to this class to increase your survival skills,” said Spike

“Do you think we are the only special ops team here?” asked Bon Bon

“Possibly… Nope, there are another 3 teams,” said Spike as he pointed to Team Rainboom, consisting of Rainbow Dash, Sunset Shimmer, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack.

“And look, there is Twilight, and here team “The Elements”, too bad they got stuck with intelligence,” said Lyra, as they all turned to look at Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rarity

“Well, “Princess” there spent most of her time fixing her hair and makeup, meanwhile “Boobzila” spent most of her time hiding behind Twilight and being a pain in the ass,” said Bon Bon referring to Rarity and Fluttershy.

“Alright, seat down!” came a male voice from the other side of the class.

Spike and the girls made it over to the empty seats and sat down.

Soon after, a man a few years older than Spike, Lyra, and BonBon wearing a black hoodie blue jeans with blue and green-tinted shades matching his hair over his eyes a scar above his left eye, and carrying two swords on his back before he walks over to a glowing circle.

“I will be your instructor during this survival course, my name is Robert Shaugnessy, but you can call me Redsopine, or Mr. Redsopine, or just “Sir”, did I make myself clear?” he said

The class mobled their responses

“I asked… DID I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!!” he said as he used his light, fire, and dark magic together to scare the hell out of everyone.

“YES SIR!!!” the class exclaimed

“Good… now, my mission is to train all of you to gain the necessary skills to survive out on the field… I will not succeed… not with all of you… but hopefully some of you,” he said as he went over to a desk and began to remove his gear.

“Spike, who is that?” asked Lyra

“He’s bad news, Redsopine, also known as the “Demon Lord”, he’s basically an overlord like me, the only thing that makes me rank a bit higher is the fact that I can use all types of magic, while he can’t use Technomancy,” said Spike

“Wow, he’s gonna teach us?!” said Bon Bon

“Now, as you may know, many times while on the field you’re going to have to fight against enemies, if you didn’t, then I’m seriously wondering why you joined the academy… regardless… does anyone know what this is?” he asked as he walked over to a machine.

“That’s a magic nullifier,” said Bon Bon
“Correct, 10 credits for you Ms. Davis… as the name suggest, this machine is capable of nullifying magic, regardless of the level you possess, therefore the reason for this course,” said Redsopine

Everyone looked at each other and you could tell, many people were nervous

“I’m going to teach all 3 basic skills that will help you out on the field “Weaponry, Hand-to-hand combat, and of course, survival instincts, or first aid if you want to call it that way… let us begin with the last one, who hear can use holy magic?” asked Redsopine

Immediately 5 people in the class lifted their hands

“Ok… who can use dark magic?” he asked

6 people raised their hands, but one person, in particular, made him raise an eyebrow

“Young man, did you understand the question?” he asked Spike

“Yes sir!” Spike said

“And what was the question?” said Redsopine

“Who can use holy magic and dark magic, sir!” said Spike

“And you raised your hand both times because?” asked Redsopine

“I can use both magic types, sir!” said Spike

“Really?... probe it,” said Redsopine as he ordered Spike into the circle as he stepped out

Spike walked into the circle and immediately summoned holy magic on his right hand and dark magic on his left.

“Well, I’ll be a son of a gun, you’re a diamond in the rough,” said Redsopine

“Actually sir, he can use any type of magic,” said Lyra

Redsopine turned to look at Lyra and then back at Spike

“Is what Ms. Heartstring saying true?” he asked

Spike nodded and demonstrated

“WOW!” said Redsopine “We have another one…” he said as he looked at the rest of the people in the class “You are to not speak of this outside of class… without Spike’s or the headmasters’ permission, understood?!” he finished

“YES SIR!!” the whole class said

“Good… going back to class, today I will be demonstrating hand-to-hand combat,” said Redsopine

“Do any of you know how to fight?” whispered Spike

When his squadmates went silent, he decided to use “discerning eye” on the 2 of them

“And- we’re fucked… Lyra can’t even give a proper high five, and Bon Bon has no weapon knowledge… not to mention… THEY NEVER WENT CAMPING!!!!!” Spike thought as he looked at the 2 girls.

“Hey, “sir”, what if we already know how to fight?” came Rainbow Dash’s voice

“I take it you know,” said Redsopine

“Yup, been practicing various martial arts since I was little… so, I kinda don’t need to learn” said Rainbow Dash proudly

“And how old are you?” asked Redsopine

“15, I’ll be turning 16 on October 10,” Rainbow Dash

“Oh, same day as me,” said Spike

This caught everyone’s attention

“Well ain’t that curious… Tell me young man, at what time were you born?” asked Redsopine

“4: 30 AM, according to my mother,” said Spike

“And you?” asked Redsopine

“4:50 AM,” said Rainbow Dash

“Huh, well that’s really interesting… anyway…” said Redsopine as he walked over to his desk

Rainbow Dash’s eyes were actually locked with Spike’s, who just smiled and looked over to where Redsopine was.

“We even share our birthday, can he be more perfect?!!!” thought Rainbow Dash with a dreamy face, unaware of the death glare she was receiving from Twilight.

“Ms. Davis?... Ms. Davis?!... MS. DAVIS!!!!!” said Redsopine

“Yes, sir?!!” she answered

“Circle, please,” he pointed

Rainbow Dash got up and headed to the circle

“Alright then, show me your combat skills,” said Redsopine as he got in a battle stance

“Sir?” said Rainbow Dash

“If you are able to connect a punch, I will dismiss you from my class and give you a free period for the rest of the year… unless you’d like to become an assistant,” said Redsopine

“Oh! It is on!” she said as she got into a battle stance

“She’s dead,” said Spike

“What?” both Lyra and Bon Bon said

“This guy has a very high level of martial arts,” said Spike

“3...2...1...GO!!”

Rainbow Dash charged full speed towards Redsopine.

In her mind, she was going so fast, she was going to be impossible to predict

“This is going to be easy!” she said as she was about to punch Redsopine.

But all of a sudden, he disappeared from before her.

“What the?” she said as Redsopine appeared next to her, kicked her on the side and sent her flying through a wall.

“That’s match; winner, Lt. Redsopine!” said the computer voice

“Are you alive?” asked Redsopine

Rainbow Dash lifted her right arm to show a thumbs up from the crater

“Ok, someone please heal her,” said Redsopine as Twilight went over to use her Holy magic on her.

“Now, can someone tell me what she did wrong?” asked Redsopine

“Challenged you?” said Applejack

“I’ll take it… but no,” said Redsopine

“She decided to attack an opponent without knowing their skills, at the same time, she was overconfident and left herself wide open for a counter attack,” said Spike

“Correct, 10 credits for you… and I take it you know you fighting,” said Redsopine

“Well, I like MMA, Boxing, and sports like that,” said Spike

“But, can you fight?” asked Redsopine

“Well, I’m no Mcgregor but I’ll give it a shot,” said Spike as he removed his hoodie, allowing the girls to see his abs, since his shirt flew up with the hoodie.

“Are you ready?” asked Redsopine

“Ready as I’ll ever be,” said Spike

“3...2...1...GO!”

Redsopine charged at Spike, his hands crackle with electricity, bringing them together quickly he creates a large flash of light attempting to blind spike while he shifts his body to solid bedrock attempting to shoulder check him.

Spike, stunned by the move, was unable to defend himself properly, as Redsopine connected with his body and sent him flying towards the edge of the circle, only for Spike to lunge at the ground and use his feet and hands to stop.

“This is going to be interesting,” thought Redsopine as Spike recovered and made eye contact with Redsopine.

The look he gave him made Redsopine sweat a little.

“Ok, that’s the look of a murderer… mad respects kid,” he thought as he retook his fight stance.

Seconds later, Spike lunged at Redsopine, using both Wind Magic and Light magic to blind Redsopine and create a weak point to connect.

At first it seemed to work perfectly, and Spike was able to cause Redsopine to lift both hands to his face to block out the mock attacks, leaving his chest and stomach completely open.

“Jackpot!!!” thought Spike as he lunged to make contact.

He was about to make contact with his chest, when he felt his nervous system tingle, he quickly looked up and saw that Redsopine had his eyes glued on him.

“Imposible,” he thought as he looked down and noticed Redsopine’s leg covered with electricity coming towards him.

“Let’s see you duck this one!” thought Redsopine as his leg got closer to Spike’s head

At the last second, Spike arched his back completely backwards, falling to the floor, but avoiding getting zapped by the attack.

“Rule 1, make sure your whole body is a weapon,” said Redsopine as he summoned fire magic towards his other leg, and lunged at Spike while he was still on the floor.

“Rule 2, never stay down for too long,” he said as he began stumping and kicking in Spike’s direction.

Spike, skillfully avoided the attacks, as he summoned the same magical elements to his own legs and did something no one saw coming.

He began to counterstrike Redsopine’s moves while doing a breakdance windmill connecting and counter striking at the same time as him, until he quickly got in a hand stance position and began to attack Redsopine’s head causing him to retreat.

“Hehe, not bad kid, you're smart on your feet I was not expecting you to pull that out, let's see you handle this.”

Redsopine slams a fist into the ground raising large spikes of both earth and ice towards Spike before using the shadows created to appear behind him and swinging his flaming right knuckles towards him attempting to send him flying.

It seemed like it was all over, but just before Redsopine’s fists made contact with Spike, he disappeared into thin air.

“WHAT?!!!” said Redsopine as he looked around and around for Spike, not being able to find him anywhere, that is, until he looked up.

The sight was surely something to behold.

Spike had copied the same move that Redsopine did, allowing him to jump into the air and summon his wings, which added to the light coming from the reflectors, made him look like a God-like creature.

“Wait, he can use “Shadow Run'' just by looking at it for the first time?... not to mention, he is a Dragonborn, these guys don’t know when to give up,” thought Redsopine as he and Spike locked eyes.

At that second, Spike did something that no one had ever seen.

He summoned his magic, fire and lightning on his right hand, holy and dark magic on his left hand and wind on both legs to give him an extra boost.

“What is he doing?” thought Redsopine as he slowly realized what Spike was doing “Oh no” he said as Spike lunged towards him.

“I’ve got to get out of the way,” he thought, but he couldn’t move.

Redsopine looked down and realized that Spike had used Earth magic to sink his feet into the floor trapping him.

Redsopine looked up just as Spike connected his attack with his body, creating a massive BOOM and dust cloud as he did.

After the dust settled, everyone was able to see a crater in the circle and a tired Spike standing at one end of it.

“Did he… did he kill the instructor?” someone asked.

“Ok, now that hurt like a lot kid,” said Redsopine keeling and coughing up blood at the otherside of the crater “But I’m glad to see you’re not holding back in the sim... what’s that look on your face? oh, you're wondering why I wasn’t obliterated right?” Redsopine says as large cracking sounds are heard coming from him as he stands back up his arm bending back into shape as he wipes blood from his mouth.

“You did good kid, you passed with flying colors! Though let me know if you want some flight combat otherwise I will let you know when a field op comes up and you can use that “Discerning eye” on me now, to see what you were up against fully,” said Redsopine.

“How did he know?” thought Spike as he did “THE FUCK!!!!... Robert Shaugnessy, age: 26, Magic affinities, Earth, wind, fire, light, holy, dark, water, lightning Magic, Magic points: 20,000, relationship with caster… good… Redsopine, as known in the professional world, is considered to be the toughest overlord ever, with all of his magic affinities over the level of 100; His abilities were discovered and toned since he was a little kid, by the edge of 18 he was already considered to be even more powerful than Princess Celestia… Notice, for no reason should you try to get on his bad side, he isn’t the forgiving type. Abilities/Skills: Discerning eye, Shadow Run, Eagle flight, Heal, Holy Editor, Respawn (Limited), Rage, Hephaestus blessing, Rocky’s Punch, Survivor, Blinding Light, Telepathy, Zeus’ Lightning… THIS DUDE COULD’VE KILLED WITH HIS EYES CLOSED!!!!!” said Spike as he looked at Redsopine

“Yup… now you know… but, you had me against the ropes there many times, so… I’ll give you these 10,000 credits, plus, I would like to make you an after school instructor for our hand-to-hand combat program, is that ok?” asked Redsopine

“Yes, sir!” said Spike

“Good, now… someone give him his hoodie, before I have to give him a summons for indecent exposure on school grounds,” said Redsopine as he walked over to his desk

This comment made Spike look down in confusion, only to turn bright red when realizing that he had completely obliterated his shirt when he summoned his wings.

Bon Bon quickly ran into the circle to give Spike his hoodie, while trying to hide her bright red face.

“Thanks,” whispered Spike as he put the hoodie on

“Don’t mention it,” she said as she and Spike walked back to the bleachers.

Every female eye on the class was now on Spike, which made him feel really uncomfortable, luckily for him, Lyra and Bon Bon picked up on this and glared back at the other girls making them look the other way.

“I stand corrected, he CAN get even better!” said Rainbow Dash, not realizing that she was slovering a bit, until Applejack pointed it out.

“Dash, get your eyes back in their sockets, and close your mouth, it’s so wide you could swallow a fly,” she said

Rainbow Dash immediately reacted but turned red when she thought about the swallowing part.

Twilight, however, was in full “Kill” mode, to the point that a scary dark purple aura was surrounding her.

“Well, next we’ll be training on…” came Redsopine’s voice

“But, you’re doing great, right?” asked Grace

“For now, I mean, we’ve all improved our skills, but I don’t feel like it’s enough…” said Spike

“Yeah, well, if I were you I’d wait until you go on a mission to get real experience,” said Bruce

“Yeah, you’re right… by the way, where is Barbs?” asked Spike

“School field trip, but don’t worry, we’ll tell her you called and asked about her,” said Grace

“Right, thanks...Somehow I think that’s a bad idea,” thought Spike

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!

“Oh, Got to go, that’s the sign of my Lunch break finishing,” said Spike

“Oh, alright then son, have fun!!” said Grace

“And don’t forget to use protection!” said Bruce

The second he said that, Grace turned to look at him with such murder in her eyes, even Spike flinched with the slap she gave her.

“Ok-” said Spike as he closed his laptop and got off the desk “I can’t believe my mom was a peace keeping agent in her youth… with that temper… in her defense, my dad’s an idiot so,” Thought Spike as he left the house he was sharing with Bon Bon and Lyra

A FEW MINUTES LATER

“... yet, we still don’t have a squad name,” said Lyra

“Do you have any suggestions?” asked Bon Bon

“What about… Punks?!!” said Lyra

“And there goes your chance,” said Bon Bon

“Hey girls, what’s going on?” asked Spike as he walked up to them

“Nothing much, just think about baby names, SQUAD NAMES!!! SQUAD NAMES!!!” said Bon Bon

“Any good ones?” asked Spike

“No,” said Lyra

“Oh, well, just let it happen,” said Spike

“Ah!, Mr. Decker, I was looking for you,” said Redsopine as he walked up to the group

“Mr. Redsopine, what can I do for you?” said Spike

“Well… can I talk with you for a minute in private?” asked Redsopine

“Sure,” said Spike as he followed Redsopine

Spike followed Redsopine towards his classroom

“Did I do something wrong?” asked Spike

“No… I just wanted to give you this,” said Redsopine as he gave Spike a notebook

“What’s this?” asked Spike

“That notebook contains simplified information on every known magical ability someone can possess… you can say it’s somewhat of a cheat book,” said Redsopine

“Isn’t that illegal?” asked Spike

“Not really, basically it’s the same as studying magic skills and abilities for hours at the library… which I did,” said Redsopine

“Wow… why are you giving it to me?” asked Spike

“Well, after the fight… I thought you could use it more than me… and I needed the space in my desk… now, I am intrusting it to you, be very careful with whom you share the knowledge of this book with; wars can begin only to gain access to one paragraph of it,” said Redsopine

“Really? It’s that important,” said Spike

“With the knowledge in this notebook, even a person with less than 100 magic points, can become invincible… imagine what would happen if it falls in the wrong hands,” said Redsopine.

“I will guard it with my life,” said Spike as he placed it inside his backpack

“Good… I wanted to ask you something,” said Redsopine

“Ok,” said Spike

“Some days ago, I had a conversation with Discord regarding the fight, I told him that I was amazed by your talent, but then he told me that you had brought someone back to life… is that true?” asked Redsopine

“Well, yes, I combined Holy and Dark magic to do so,” said Spike

“Ahuh, Well, the spell is not exactly new, but it hasn’t been seen for 200 years,” said Redsopine

“Really?” asked Spike

“Yeah, it’s called “Rebirth”, it’s a really rare spell, so far there are record of only 5 people, including you, who were able to cast it,” said Redsopine

“Really!!! That sounds awesome!” said Spike

“Yeah… but it’s not all good news,” said Redsopine

“Why?” asked Spike

“Boris Renfrew… Amelia Von Schelfer… Jules Mbawala… Theodore Shaugnessy, what did they all have in common, apart from the fact that they could use ‘Rebirth”?'' asked Redsopine

“I… I don’t know,” said Spike

“None of them lived past the age of 30,” said Redsopine

“Really?” asked Spike

“Yes… Theodore Shaugnessy, is my ancestor… he died moments after he used “Rebirth” on his wife and sons after there was a fire in their mansion… one of them, becoming my great-great-great grandfather,” said Redsopine

“Wow… sorry to hear that,” said Spike

“Don’t be… the cycle of life must go on… the reason I’m telling you this is for you to be careful with your powers… all of the people I mentioned, died due to the “Overlord curse”,” said Redsopine.

“I never heard about that… how does it work?” asked Spike

“Well… you see…” said Redsopine

5 MINUTES LATER

“Thanks for the notebook!” said Spike

“Don’t mention it kid,” said Redsopine as Spike walked off to his class

“So, what do you think?” asked Discord as he walked up behind him

“He has talent, but… there is an emptiness within him, that’s something he has to fix himself,” said Redsopine

“Well, look at us, we were just like him at his age, and now, we have our own families, maybe he just needs to create one of his own,” said Discord

Redsopine looked at Discord and said “Now I know why Celestia is the head of the family,”

“There goes my ego… oh, well… how long do you think I have to wait?” asked Discord

“About... until the end of the school day,” said Redsopine

“On a Friday?... well, back to the office for me,” said Discord

END OF THE SCHOOL DAY

“Man! That last class was so boring!” said Lyra as she stretched

“Yeah, even I fell asleep… What about you Spike?... Spike?!” said Bon Bon as they both saw Spike walked past them, his head glued to the notebook.

“SPIKE, CAREFUL WITH THE…!!!” Lyra screamed

BONK!!!

“OUCH! SON OF A BITCH!!” said Spike as he held his head

“... Column,” finished Lyra as both she and Bon Bon went over to Spike

“You really have to watch where you’re going,” said Bon Bon

“Sorry,” said Spike

“Yeah, we can tell,” said Lyra

“By the way, what’s with the notebook?” asked Bon Bon

“Yeah!, you’ve had your eyes glued to it since your talk with Redsopine,” said Lyra

Spike looked around, placed the notebook in his backpack, grabbed Lyra and Bon Bon’s wrists and pulled them to an empty, nearby classroom.

Once inside, Spike quickly went over to the windows, made sure no one was watching and pulled the curtains down, then went over to the doors, and made sure no one was following them, and locked them.

“What’s up with him?” Whispered Bon Bon as she turned to face Lyra who was unbuttoning her shirt “And what are you doing?!”

“What do you think is about to happen?” Lyra said as she made a gesture with her hand

Bon Bon’s face became red, but unconsciously began to unbutton her shirt.

“Ok, we’re clear… and why are you getting undressed?” asked Spike as he came back to them.

Both girls looked at each other and then back at Spike

“It’s warm,” said Lyra and Bon Bon nodded her head, as they both buttoned up their shirts to the point they only exposed their chests.

“That makes sense… Anyway, this notebook belonged to Redsopine, it has information on how to acquire non magical abilities faster,” said Spike as he placed the book on the desk before him.

“Really?!” they both said

“Yup, and I’ve been reading this notebook this whole time, trying to find the best abilities for us,” said Spike

“Did it work?” asked Lyra

“I found a few, but, I can’t cast them because I don’t possess the power to do so,” said Spike

“Well, that’s a waste of time,” said Bon Bon as Lyra grabbed the notebook and began to read through it

After a few seconds, ad page flipping, Lyra said

“Spike, what is the name of the ability you need?”

“It’s not about abilities, I need a particular amount of power to…” said Spike

“There is an ability here called “Holy Editor” and it doesn’t say anything about power needed,” said Lyra as she passed the notebook back to Spike

Spike read the paper and looked at the 2 girls

“This might work,” said Spike as he went silent, closed his eyes, and a white aura surrounded him.

A few seconds later Spike opened his eyes and looked at the girls

“Did it work?” asked Lyra

“Seems like it…” said Spike as he grabbed his cellphone and used his selfie cam to use “discerning eye” on himself “Yup, it worked,” he said

“AWESOME!!!!” they all screamed

“Ok, I should start giving you girls abilities… so, read through the book and point out the ones you want,” said Spike

After a 2 and a half hours, Spike and the girls had acquired various skills, which they believed to be very useful

“Heal, Eagle’s eye, hephaestus blessing, Respawn (Limited), Rage, Survivor, witch doctor, Telepathy, Chameleon, Gladiator, Brawler, polyglot (level 1) and Bulls eye for Lyra… Heal, Respawn (Limited), Survivor, Shadow Run, Chameleon, Spartan, Rage, Telepathy, Hephaestus blessing, Brawler, Master engineering, and Polyglot (level 1) for Bon Bon... and I will take Redsopine’s ability recommendation … Discerning eye, Shadow Run, Eagle flight, Heal, Holy Editor, Respawn (Limited), Rage, Hephaestus blessing, Rocky’s Punch, Survivor, Blinding Light, Teleportation, Telepathy, Zeus’ Lightning, Rebirth (Limited) plus Holy Medic, Polyglot (level 1) Agriculture, Paladin, Magic points restorer, just in case, and Techno Wizard… that should be enough,” said Spike

“I feel… different, like… lighter,” said Lyra

“I feel stronger… maybe the abilities are messing with our bodies,” said Bon Bon

“Why don’t we head over to the magic range, we can test our abilities there,” said Spike

“That works, let’s go,” said Lyra

They were about to leave the classroom when their Com-links went off

“Attention, please report to the headmaster’s office, ASAP!” said the robotic voice

They looked at each other and ran out towards the location.

A FEW MINUTES LATER

“Slivio Decker…”

“...Samantha Davis…”

“... Laura Heartstring…”

“Reporting!” they all said as they arrived at the office only to see Discord holding a stopwatch

“Not a second too early, well done kids,” he said

“Sir?!” said Spike

“Follow me,” said Discord as he guided them towards a big door

“You still think that “Hermes’ spirit” is a waste of magic points?” whispered Lyra

“Fine,” said Spike as he quickly gave them all the ability, as they followed Discord

“Welcome to the Royal Central Command,” said Discord as he opened the door to the massive office.

Spike and the girls looked around and saw the massive amounts of computers, TV screens and intelligence agents planning missions.

“Nice to see you finally made it,” said Celestia

As Spike and the girls turned to see a massive holographic map of an unknown region as it disappeared.

“Come on over,” said Celestia

The three of them did as they were told and walked towards the table

"Princess Celestia, what are we doing here?" Asked Bon Bon

"You'll be breached about it in a second," said Celestia as the doors opened and 2 men walked into the room and headed for the same table.

"Guys, meet Antoine Anderson and Knoxilathrin Martyr, leader and vice leader of the "Reapers" Special ops squad

"Yo!" Said Knox

"Nice to Make your acquaintance, " said Antoine

"Nice to meet you," they all said

"So, they're the squad joining the mission?" Asked Knox

"Yup, meet Silvio "Spike" Decker, Samantha "Bon Bon" Davis, and Laura "Lyra" Heartstring, and they are… actually, you never gave us your squad name, " Said Luna

At the mention of that they Spike and Co. Went pail

"Gives us a second" said Spike as they formed a team huddle

"We are officially fucked," whispered Bon Bon

"What about, Metal Gear?" Asked Lyra

"Pretty sure that already exists," said Spike

"Murder Scales," said Bon Bon

"Sounds like a crime syndicate," said Spike

"Argh!, why could that notebook give us a naming ability," said Bon Bon

"Well, it did change us, almost like if we were born again," said Lyra

That sentence gave Spike an idea

"I have a name, but I don't know if you'll like it," said Spike

"Just say it to put all this behind us," said Bon Bon as they broke the huddle

"So, I take it you have a name?" Asked Luna

"Yes… Phoenix Squadron" said Spike

"Excellent name," said Celestia

"Indeed… well, call me Grim," said Antoine

"And you can call me Knox" said Knoxilathrin

"Right… So what is this mission you mentioned? Asked Spike

"Well, does any of you know uzmareistan?" Asked Celestia

Country in the eastern continent," said Lyra

"Basically desert land," said Bon Bon

"And it's been involved in a civil war for almost 10 years, but peace talks have already begun," said Spike

"Correct… well, you guys will be joining Reaper squad and Ghost team 2," said Discord

"Your mission: Since the war started people have gone missing, but their disappearances are all accounted for… but recently, more and more people have gone missing, without much as a clue why, and they are all disappearing from rural villages," said Celestia

"That sounds serious… any ideas?" Asked Lyra

"No, but we suspect foul, plus, both freedom fighters and military are pointing the finger at each other, with no one claiming responsibility," said Celestia

"Your mission is to discover what is happening down there, and if possible stop it," said Luna

"You will be sent to sector #665, also known as the, now abandoned, village of Marega, near lake Sudocoltchye," said Discord

"What about our intelligence partnership?" Asked Spike

"It'll be us, until you find a free team to join you, now, head over to the armory and suit up, you are to be deployed in 2 hours," said Discord

10 HOURS LATER

"Phoenix leader, come in, over," said Discord over the com-link

"This is Phoenix leader, we are currently 3 minutes away from the target, we have it on our sights," said Spike

"Copy, please be advised, there has been reports of a heavy sand storm approaching," said Celestia

"Copy, We'll do this a quick as possible, stand by for update," said Spike

"10-4 over," said Luna as the radio went dead.

Spike and the girls walked for a few more meters until they reached a small rock formation and hide behind it

"Lyra, do you see something?" Asked Spike

Lyra, immediately rested her new Barrett M82 on a rock and eyed the village

"Negative, land's still," she said

"And you Bon Bon?" Asked Spike

Bon Bon quickly got up and used her Thermal binoculars to scout the surrounding area

“All is still, no signs of life,” said Bon Bon

“Right… the 2 of you wait here, I’ll get near to the city, only then, we will rundezvous at the front gate, copy?” asked Spike

“Copy,” they both said as Spike grabbed his M-16 riffle and marched cautiously towards the village.

After a few seconds, Spike reached the entrance and used “Discerning eye” on the nearby houses

“It’s clear, regroup!” Spike said through telepathy

“Copy!!” both Bon and Lyra said as they rushed to regroup with Spike

“Central, be advised, we have reached the target, phase 2 commences,” said Spike

“Roger that, Phoenix leader,” said Discord

“Ok, Lyra, you head, east, Bon Bon, west, and I’ll head north, if you find something, make sure to let each other know, if you get in trouble, prepare for a shadow run, ok, go!” said Spike as they split up.

3 HOURS LATER

“Did you find anything?” asked Lyra

“No, place has been abandoned for a while now, and you can tell that thieves have been here, many houses have been ransacked,” said Bon Bon

“What about you Spike? Find anything?” asked Lyra

“Yeah, head to the north gate,” said Spike

Bon Bon and Lyra then used “Hermes spirit” to get to Spike’s location faster.

“What did you find? Asked Lyra

“A torture chamber,” said Spike

Lyra and Bon Bon turned pale when they heard that

“And by the looks of it, it was used recently,” said Spike as he guided the girls inside

The basement of that house was filled to the brim with torture devises, weapons, and small blood spaters.

“Are you sure this is a torture chamber?” asked Lyra

“Well… unless a bunch of people come all the way here to have a BDSM orgy, then yes, yes I do,” said Spike

“This is sick,” said Bon Bon as she saw various devices

“This blood splatter is recent, a few days old,” said Spike pointing to a particular part of the ground

“Ok, let’s see if we can find something around here,” said Lyra

MINUTES LATER

“I found something,” said Bon Bon

“What is it?” asked Spike

“Tire tracks, belonging to different types of military personnel transports, 3 days old by the looks of it,” said Bon Bon

“That’s a technomancer for you, well done, Bon Bon,” said Spike

“Oh, ah, th-thanks, Spike,” said Bon Bon with a stutter

“Central, be advised, we discovered a few things,” said Spike

“Copy that, Phoenix leader,” said Discord

Spike then explained everything they had discovered for Discord to inform them of the situation of the area.

“So, we should head north, towards the hills?” asked Spike

“It’s the safest bet to catch whoever is involved in all this, over,” said Discord

“Understood central, Phoenix leader out,” said Spike

“So, what now?” asked Lyra

“See those mountains?” said Spike

“Yes,” said Lyra

“We’ll be camping there,” said Spike

“FOr how long?” asked Bon Bon

“Until we discover who is coming here,” said Spike

“But, we only have a one tent,” said Bon Bon

“It’s big enough for 3 people, plus, we’ll be taking turns on watch,” said Spike

This comment made both girls faces’ red, just think about sharing a tent with Spike

“Well, come on, don’t get caught in the open,” said Spike

2 DAYS LATER, AROUND 9:00 PM

“Nothing yet?” asked Bon Bon

“Nothing, it’s been way to quiet,” said Spike

“You think, they know we are onto them?” asked Bon Bon

“No, I think… We’ve got movement, wake Lyra up,” said Spike as he locked on something coming towards them.

“What’s the status?” asked Lyra as she came up with her sniper rifle

“5 military trucks and 2 prison looking buses,” said Spike

“Let me see,” said Lyra as she laid down next to Spike

“Confirmed, the 5 military trucks are transporting armed enemies,” said Lyra

“What about the buses?” asked Bon Bon

“One is transporting… correction, both are transporting civilians,” said Lyra

“Maybe they are friendlies,” said Bon Bon

“No… the flag on the side of the trucks is not of this land… it belongs to Turkmareistan… as for the buses… they have an unidentifiable flag on them,” said Spike

“Should we engage?” asked Lyra

“Central, be advised, we have an armed convoy headed for the village,” said Spike

“That’s odd, neither the army or resistance head to that area,” said Discord

“We believe it’s slave traders,” said Spike

“WHAT?!!!” said Celestia

“Requesting permission to engage,” said Spike

“Granted, but leave some of them alive, we need to find out what is going on,” said Celestia

“Copy that,” said Spike

“Ok, shot to kill… silencers on… don’t hit civilians, and most importantly… take prisoners,” said Spike

“Copy,” Both Lyra and Bon Bon said.

Lyra got into position, as Spike and Bon Bon used “Shadow Run” to get near the now parked convoy as the armed men and women, got off the vehicles

“hä! kimdir biri şu ýerde !! " said one of them (Huh! Someone was here!!”)

“gözler açyk, olar henizem şu ýerde bolmagy mümkin!” said another (eyes open, they might still be around here!)

At that same instant, Lyra fired her first shot, hitting one of the guards on the head, allowing Spike to drag him out of sight.

Spike, Lyra and Bon Bon, slowly and quietly took out most of the enemies in the area, unfortunately, Spike and Bon Bon had gotten so into it, they forgot to check their 6’s

“Göçme, ýogsam kelläň,” said one of them as he pressed the barrel of the gun on the back of Spike’s head (Don’t move, or it’s your head)

He was about to pull the trigger, when a bullet flew straight through his head, giving Spike time to stand up, shot the man taking Bon Bon hostage and catching the corpse before it hit the ground.

“Good shot, saved my life, thnks Lyra,” said Spike as he threw the corpse into an abandoned house

“Don’t mention it hot stuff, anything for you,” she said

“Guys, please keep the pillow talk for home,” said Bon Bon in an annoyed tone

“Sorry… wait, are you jealous, Bon Bon?!” asked Lyra

“N-n-no, I’m not jealous, I just don’t want that to happen again!!!” Bon Bon said

“We have a civilian car, inbound,” said Spike

And with that, Spike and Bon Bon hide inside abandoned houses and looked on

“Maiṁ tuhānū dasadā hāṁ, mainū nahīṁ patā ki'uṁ sānū isa la'ī ithē ā'uṇā pa'ēgā!” said an old, well dressed man ( I tell you, I don’t know why we have to come all the way out here for this)

“Srī ānada, yūsafa nē isa nū isa tarīkē nāla surakhi'ata kihā,” said the man’s bodyguard as they entered the building (Mr. Anand, Yusuf said it was safer this way)

“Get ready to arrest them!” said Spike as Lyra used Shadow Run to appear next to Spike and Bon Bon at the entrance of the house.

A few seconds later, the remaining 5 men stepped out of the house, and went pale when they saw the three special ops standing before them, rifles pointed at them.

“The next one to be even flinch gets a bullet through the brain,” said Spike

“Drop your weapons!” ordered Bon Bon

4 of the 5 men followed the orders immediately, but one of the slavers wanted to go out fighting.

Unfortunately for him, Lyra could tell, and blew his brains out the second he began lifting his gun.

“We warned you,” she said as she pointed the rifle at the remaining men.

“Anyone else want to try his luck?” said Spike in a terrifying voice

10 MINUTES LATER

“How many are there in total?” asked Lyra

“86, including women and children,” said Bon Bon

“I’m not going to ask again, what were you going to do with them?” asked Spike

“Bize bagtly, ol biziň dilimizi bilmeýär,” said the leader of the slavers (Luckily for us he doesn’t speak our language)

“Phoenix leader, this Reaper leader, letting you know we are nearby, ETA 2 minutes, over,” said Grim

“Copy that, he is Knox there?” asked Spike

“Yup,” Knox answered

“Dude, we have 2 people here apparently are speaking Heighdian, they are the slave buyers,” said Spike

“Leave them to me,” said Knox

A FEW HOURS LATER

“... and that’s the last of them,” said Lyra as she help the final slave into the chopper

“Get them there safely, they’ve been through enough already,” said Bon Bon

“Got it,” said the pilot as he took of

“Job well done girls,” said Spike

“Indeed it was, these guys sang like birds… told us everything,” said Grim as he walked up to the group

“Turns out, they were going to sell this slaves to royal families all over the continent, and that there are more camps in the area,” said Knox

“So, what next?” asked Spike

“Phoenix squad, we have an update for you,” said Discord

“Come in central,” said Spike

“Pack your gear, you’re needed elsewhere,” said Celestia

“And it’s urgent,” said Luna

Spike and the girls just looked at each other