The two Equestrians known as Thorax and Gilda were both seen charging towards each other with angry expressions as if they were ready to fight each other. When they were near each other, Gilda bent down a bit and jumped towards Thorax with her right claw behind her back, attempting to slash the changeling in the neck. When Thorax noticed the attack, he moved his head back and the attack was evaded, and Gilda placed her right leg on her left in order to maintain her balance after the miss. When Thorax saw his opportunity, he moved forward and pushed Gilda in the chest with his hooves. After that, he began to push her through the city.

Back in Chinatown, the nine soldiers were seen making their way to the large hole that Gilda dug in the centre of the town. Once they got to it, they looked down and saw a demolished area with some cars which traumatized the soldiers, but, the nuke was nowhere to be found.

"Sarge, get a look at this." The soldier with the device told him.

Then, the sergeant walked up to the soldier and looked down all to see a destroyed street.

"We gotta get moving. You got a signal yet?"

The soldier then looked at his indicator once more and saw the red dot was still flickering on the screen, and the bomb was right in front of them.

"Yes. It's down there." He told them. There were also another group of soldiers going down to the location of the bomb too.

Matthew and the right soldiers all jumped down the hole that the griffon dug and began to follow the other group of soldiers towards a door. When the other group reached the door, one of the soldiers kicked them open, and the area was clear.

"Alright, move! Move!"

Then, all of the soldiers walked through the door where the bomb is located in, and Matthew was the last to come through. Once Matthew was in, he looked down and saw that the bomb was placed in the centre of the hole, but, there were other things behind it too. Matthew took a closer look and noticed that those were eggs. There were a total of one-hundred eggs behind the nuke.

"There's the nuke!"

Once the soldiers got to the nuke, they checked the time on the panel and noticed that there was only half and hour left until it explodes!

"We only have about half an hour before it explodes!"

"Let's defuse it then!"

When Matthew heard this, he ran down to the bomb so that he could defuse it.

Back in the city, Thorax was seen pushed Gilda backwards in the city, sending six cars rolling on the street as well as tripping their alarms in the process. Gilda was trying her best to try and get free from her grip but, her opponent was just to strong. She even tried to bite him on the neck but, the changeling kept dodging by moving his head left and right. She couldn't use her wings due to her still in a frail state after giving birth to all of those eggs.

When Gilda noticed that Thorax has pushed her in between two skyscrapers, she grabbed onto them with her claws for some leverage, but, to no avail due to Thorax putting his left hoof on Gilda's neck and pushing her and himself through the two buildings, and Gilda onto the ground, making her screech in pain. The impact has also broke a large window of the train station that Melissa and a group of civilians were hiding in.

When the civilians saw the head of the Griffons, they began to panic due to their hiding place being exposed to the two monsters.

Gilda tried to get up from the ground but Thorax pinned her onto the floor with his left hoof, and the pressure that he is putting on her was too strong. The changeling then lifted his right hoof up and attempted to stomp on the Griffon's face, but suddenly, Gallus came out of nowhere and grabbed onto Thorax's neck with his claws, dragging him away from his mate in the process, and the changeling was trying desperately to get the other griffon off of him.

Gilda then stood up from the ground after the attack and stared at her opponent with an extremely enraged expression. She then charged towards and tacked him on the right side of his torso, making him crash into a building in the process as well as falling onto the ground.

The changeling looked up at Gilda and let out an angry roar but then, the two Griffons smacked him with their claws which made in roar in pain slightly.

Back in the nest, the soldiers have all successfully moved the bomb to a more appropriate location so that Matthew could work more efficiently.

"Okay, time to defuse this bomb." Matthew said.

Then, two soldiers attempted to remove the cover but, it was stuck.

"It's not budging. It's sealed shut." The soldier said with an irked expression.

"We need time to open with with a tool or something."

"We don't have any time left, let's take it to the boat and get it out of the city!"

Then, six of the soldiers lifted the large warhead up and began to move it to the doors of the hole while being guided by the rest of their comrades. Matthew was about to follow them but then, he turned around and looked back at the griffon eggs with a concerned expression. If those hatchlings hatch, not only will they pose a threat to the United States, but around the world. The EOD officer then looked to his left and saw a tanker truck, the place also had some small flames around it too. Then, a plan was formulated in his head. So, he ran to the tanker.

Back in the city, Thorax was getting overwhelmed by the two Griffons attacking him, there was no way that he could fight both of them at the same time due to his enormous size.

A brief second later, Gilda charged towards him and bit onto his neck which made Thorax roar in pain, then, the griffon pushed the changeling to the ground, knocking over a building in the process.

Back in Chinatown, the soldiers have successfully lifted the bomb out of the hole and we're now heading to the boat where they will take this thing away.

In the nest however, Matthew was seen trying to open the tanker's safety valves by hitting the lever with a pipe. He swung his arms back and smacked the lever, and the lever was pushed, released gallons of oil in the process. After that, the lieutenant jumped off of the truck and began to run out of the hole before the place explodes. Just as he made it to the door, the oil was seen already flooding the place, and it almost reached a small fire.

After climbing up the hole for two minutes, Matthew has made it out of the nest, but suddenly, the oil flooded in there made contact with the small fire, creating a huge explosion in the process which sent Matthew flying.

"Whoa!" Matthew yelped.

In the city, Gilda was startled by the sound of the explosion, she turned around and noticed that the huge explosion was at the place where she laid her eggs which made her eyes widen in fear. She then abandoned the battle and ran to her nest to see if her hatchlings
were okay. By this time, Gallus also decided to abandon the battle to catch up with his mate, but before he left, he bit Thorax on the neck once more and flew to catch up to Gilda in the process.

Once the two griffons made it to the nest, Gilda lowered her head to see if her hatchlings were okay. But, it was too late, her eggs were all burned to blown to bits and liquids of the eggs were seen streaming in the hole. The sight has made the griffon screech in depression due to the loss of her hatchlings.

Near the entrance of Chinatown, Matthew was seen trying to crawl away from the Equestrian after being hit by the explosion, but, when he got to a pillar, small debris hit the ground which attracted Gilda's attention. The female griffon lifted her head up and saw an armoured bipedal being sitting against a pillar with an injured expression, she must assume that it was him who killed her hatchlings.

Matthew was looking at the griffon with a slightly fearful expression on him, but then, something else caught his attention. He looked to his left and saw a green glow which made him baffled.

Gilda looked to where the being was looking at and she saw a green glow flowing up against an insect looking mane with the sounds of charging in the process, the green glow then began to flow up to the purple shells of the creature which changed their colours, once the glow got to the creature's deer looking horns which surrounded the outside of them, Gilda noticed that the glow belonged to her opponent.

When Thorax fully charged up his powers, his eyes began to glow in a green colour and his horn began to charge up too. A brief second later, a magic beam was shot out of his horn which immediately hit Gilda in the chest, the force of the magic was also pushing her back.

In a street where the soldiers were lifting the bomb, one of the soldier guiding his comrades heard some loud noises behind him, he turned around and saw the changeling Thorax firing magic at Gilda. The sight has astonished him completely.

"Holy crap! Did you guys see that?"

Thorax was seen blasting Gilda with his magic against a building, and the griffon let out a screech of agony when the powerful magic collided into her.

When Matthew noticed that the griffon was injured, he took his chance to run away so, he pushed himself up from the ground and started to run away to the docks where he will met up with his team.

Thorax then ceased his magic attack so that he could catch his breathe from using his magical power. After ten seconds, Thorax gained most of his strength back so, he prepared to charge up his magic and fire it again but suddenly, Gallus flew up behind him and smacked him in the back with his head which made the changeling roar in anger. Thorax then turned around and looked at Gallus with an angry expression, they then started to fight again.

Back in the city, the soldiers have successfully moved the bomb out of the city while avoiding the confrontation between the three Equestrians in the process. Now, they were in the docks.

"This way come on!" The sergeant yelled as he and his colleagues began to run to a boat.

"Hurry! Hurry!"

Ten seconds later, the soldiers have all reached to a boat.

"Let's get this boat started."

The sergeant got into the cockpit of the boat, and one of the soldiers with him began to connect the wires in a box so that they could get this thing moving. After connecting three wires together, the lights on the boat have all turned on along with the engines which made the soldier smile.

However, the action has attracted Gilda's attention too. She then stood up from the ground and looked to her left to the source of the radiation, when she did, she saw lights on a boat. The griffon then let out a screech and started to run towards the boat.

"Oh no, Gilda's coming for the bomb!" A soldier warned as his colleagues gently placed the bomb on the boat.

"Let get this thing secured then."

Back in the city, Thorax and Gallus was seen battling against each other. The blue griffon flew towards the green changeling and grabbed onto his neck which made the changeling spin around in the process. He was going to bite him on the neck again but this time, Thorax was not going to let it happen, he turned his head around and bit onto the right claw of the griffon which made it screech in return. After that, he spun around and threw him away but, Gallus managed to prevent himself from falling onto the ground by flying.

Gallus flew back a couple of meters before doing a loop, now, he was heading back towards Thorax with an angry expression.

When Thorax noticed the griffon flying towards him again, he steadied himself and began to time his attack. Once Gallus got to him, he opened his beak and attempted to bite onto his neck again but, Thorax dodged by side stepping to his left, then, he kicked the griffon into a building. The impact has created a large hole in the building, and it's parts pierced through Gallus's neck, a brief second later, the griffon closed his eyes and he was killed.

However, the impact has also caused the building to collapse onto Thorax which made him fall to the ground where Matthew was running in front of him.

When Matthew heard the loud collapsing noise, he turned around and saw Thorax lying on the ground while looking at him with a frail expression. A brief second later, dusts from the fallen building has covered his face, and all Matthew could hear was his growl.

The EOD officer then looked back in front of him and began to run to the docks so that he could catch up to his colleagues.

After running through the street for a minute, Matthew has made it to the docks and it was absolute chaos. Gilda was seen walking towards a boat where three of his comrades were shooting at her face with their assault rifles but, it did not even faze her. Then, Gilda lifted her right leg up and slashed the boat's top deck with her right claw, breaking it in the process as well as murdering the soldier.

Once that was out of the way, Gilda made her way to the bomb, but then, a rocket collided on her beak which made her growl in pain a little. The larger griffon turned to her left and saw a group of soldiers shooting her with their weapons which made her intensely aggravated and angry. So, she walked up to the dock where the soldiers were standing, once she got to them, she opened her beak and brought her head down to the soldiers, murdering them in the process.

Matthew wasted no time and started to run to the boat while the remaining of his team continued to shoot her. Ten seconds later, the EOD officer has made it to the boat, he jumped into it and looked at the bombs time panel and saw that there were only 10 minutes and 37 seconds remaining which made his eyes widen in horror. So, he decided to get the nuke's cover open.

"Come on! Come on!" He exclaimed while pushing it, but the cover did not even budge.

Matthew then let out a grunt and turned around to run the steering wheel of the boat. When he got to it, he pushed a lever forward and rapped on a screen to set the boat on auto drive. Once he's accomplished all of that, he walked to the end of the boat, grabbed a metal pole and placed the edge of it against the deck.

"Come on!" Matthew exclaimed while pushing the rod. A brief second later, the officer has successfully pushed the boat away from the docks with the pole which made him fall on the ground. After that, the boat started to drive.

When Matthew accomplished all of those, he lied on the back of the boat and began to take a few breathes after the deranged mission. But suddenly, the engines of the boat has stopped, following up with the sounds water splashing. Matthew looked up and saw the griffon Gilda staring down at him with an angry expression due to her remembering the soldier.

Matthew then reached for his holster with his right hand and grabbed his pistol. After that, he aimed it at the her with a glare.

Gilda then leaned her head down towards the soldier with her beak open in preparation to eat him but suddenly, something has bit onto the back of her neck, and Matthew was perplexed by her stop.

Behind her was Thorax who has risen up from the collapsed building and caught up to the griffon. The changeling then released his grip on the Griffon's neck and opened her beak with his hooves, after that, he began to charge up his magic again.

Gilda was during her best to break free of the changeling's grip but, it was too late, Thorax has finished charging up his powers and he blasted a long bright powerful green beam of magic from his horn into her mouth. After ten seconds of magic blasting, Gilda's head was decapitated from her entire body and was now in Thorax's right hoof.

Once Thorax has killed Gilda, he turned around and let out a roar as he claimed victory while Gilda's headless body sank into the ocean. After the intense battle, Thorax dropped the head of Gilda into the water and walked back into the city.

Matthew looked forward in front of him and saw Thorax making his way back to San Francisco while staggering in a pained way. Once he made it there, he collapsed into the ground.

The death of Gilda has restored energy around the city as well as the boat, then, the boat started to move away from the city again.

Matthew lied on the ground again in exhaustion from the entire ordeal. That sure was a hazardous and petrifying mission that he embarked on along with his colleagues. A brief second later, the EOD officer noticed that the boat has crossed the broken golden gate bridge which indicates that his mission was accomplished which made him smile due to the city finally safe from the hazard. Then, the soldier closed his eyes and awaited for his death.

However, there was no death for the EOD officer today as a bright light shined against his face, following up with the sound of a helicopter whirling.

Matthew slowly opened his eyes and saw a folding basket stretcher with a soldier next to it coming down to him. Once the soldier got to him, he grabbed the wounded EOD officer and put him on the stretcher, he strapped him onto it and gave the signal to his colleague to pull him up to the helicopter which the military officer responded to.

Then, the soldier began to pull the injured soldier and his colleagues up from the boat and into the helicopter. Ten seconds later, the soldier has made it up to the helicopter and he placed Matthew in it.

In the helicopter, Matthew looked behind him towards the boat that was driving the bomb away, it was now at least 5 kilometers away from San Francisco. A brief second later, it exploded, releasing a bright white glow which made him shield his eyes.

Author's Note

Another chapter accomplished! I hope you all enjoyed it!