The Runners of Humanity

by Nickzon

Chapter 1: Journey

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The bright blue flash flicked in Aidan’s eyes as he braced for impending impact.

“UFF!” He grunted. The first thing he felt (well, after the crash) was the cool feeling of wet grass and the cool wind. If it weren’t for the stressful mission in his hands he would’ve felt pretty relaxed.

“More are here?” asked an unrecognizable voice.

Aidan turned his head towards the voice to see five other people, crouched under a strange looking tree. "Are you guys uh..-"

"Pioneers?" said an Asian looking woman.

"We sure are. Who are you? You're one of the Americans, right? Seems like not all your group made it." asked an unknown female.

Aidan stared at the woman talking.

"I am,” said Aidan, showing some enthusiasm. Upon hearing the next thing he looked behind him and saw no one.

The soldier, who he identified as a Brit with his Union Jack patch on his uniform chuckled. "Mind introducing yourself?"

"Aidan…” he mumbled.

"Aidan?" asked the British man. Aidan grunted.

"I'm Jia Peizhi. I'm from Fuzhou, China. Nice to meet you." smiled the Chinese girl.

"Wilbert Siegel. Cologne, Germany."

"Ania Romanova, St. Petersburg."

"Private James, Royal Australian Navy. Seahawk Pilot. Good day."

"Staff Sergeant Haynes, at your service! Just a simple lad from Piccadilly." grinned the British fellow. His teeth were surprisingly well kept.

“As you can see, we’re a bit short on manpower at the moment.” chuckled Waynes.

"Yes, ve vere supposed to haf a French lady and an Italian soldier." said Wilbert as he scratched his head.

"We are missing two other Russian,” responded Ania.

"But for us , it's just me an' young James."

"PRC sent me and a man named Cui Hai..." another brief pause, "what about you?"

"I came with two others as well…" mumbled Aidan, heart still beating and hands still sweating. So much pressure had been set upon him, yet, he had a feeling in the back of his head to make a positive impression on the group.

"Sounds about reasonably accurate. Though, they must be here in this general area as they were sent along with you guys, correct?"

"Yeah but.. where and why?" James said, itching his cheek.

"Radio?" asked Aidan, unzipping his pack and taking out a walkie talkie.

"Of course ve did. But they're not responding."

"And since we were expecting you Americans to be here we waited so you wouldn’t be left behind. So I guess now we can look for them?" asked Jia.

"Yeah, let's go. No one else-coming here-anyway,” said Ania.

The two soldiers grabbed their L85 Rifles leaned on the strange tree. Waynes began whistling the tune Carry You Home by James Blunt.

The Pioneers began walking through the forest.

"Ret' me terr' ya', these trees sure are strange,” Chuckled Waynes, putting his cigar in his mouth.

“Not as strange as talking ponies,” joked James.

"You sure are-a-funny-American,” mused Ania.

“Thanks…” thanked Aidan, confused.

After a brief awkward silence, conversation started rolling up again.

“Thanks..” Aidan made an uncertain and awkward smile

The pioneers continued to move. It was strange that creatures similar to those on earth seemed to be living on this planet.
He had a queer feeling about where they were.

The group suddenly heard something moving between the bushes in the deep forest.

"Shhhh," ordered Haynes as he pulled down his rifle. The group took out anything that can be improvised as a weapon.

Hilbert reached his rifle from his back, Ania summoned an AK74 from her pack's side, Jia took out a Type 81, and Aidan grabbed out an M16.

Suddenly, a creature bursted from the bushes crying.

"Timberwolves!" cried an unknown voice. The group suddenly turned as a yellow colored quadruped dashed across the path and into the tree line parallel to the one it came from. The creature looked to it’s side and saw the stalled humans.

“AHHHHHH!” she screamed with her high pitched voice.

“AHHHHHHH!” James sophisticatedly responded.

She turned to her right and ran down the road.

It only took a quick view of the creature for the group to realize what they've gotten themselves into. Ponies. Goddamn it.

"Oh rotten piss. We might’ve blown our cover…”

“Hopefully the other creatures will just think she’s crazy.” said Jia.

. . .

Northbrook, Illinois, Earth 2023

"I really hope they do it." said Operator Harvey.

"We all do." sighed Commander Sherwin. "Let's hope that succeed and not fall hard to the ground like a buncha' dumbasses."

The men chuckled quietly. Harvey pulled out a pack of gum.

"Want one?" he offered.

"Mint?" asked the general.

"No, berry flavored."

"Sure. I'll have one."

He took a piece of gum and began to chew on it.

The sirens suddenly began to blare.

"THIS IS NOT A DRILL. PROCEED TO BATTLESTATIONS. WE ARE UNDER ATTACK."

"Shit, looks like they found us."

"God damnit! Fuck fuck fuck!" shouted Harvey

"Watch your tongue Harvey! If we're gonna die at least let's die not talking like 7th graders."

His radio buzzed. "ANYONE HEAR ME!? THIS IS BOXER 1. WE ARE UNDER A DIRECT ATTACK BY LUNA! I REPEAT WE ARE UNDER DIRECT ATTACK BY- NO! NO NO NO N-.........

"MotherFUCKER!"

"I thought you s-"

"It's motherfucking Luna, Harvey the last thing I should worry about his goddamn swearing like a twelve year old!"

"They're probably all dead anyways.."

Gunfire could be heard faintly behind the doors. Blood curdling screams of pain suddenly being cut off abruptly.

Sick wicked laughter from a voice everyone here knew all too well...

Each scream and gunfire heard suddenly became louder and louder slowly approaching the walls of the collider room.

"AUUUHHHHH"

"NO PLEASE I MEA-"

"GOD HELP ME!"

"YOU REALLY THINK YOUR PRECIOUS 'GOD' WILL SAVE YOU! YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELVES AND YOU WILL PAY! YOU SICK, DIGUSTING, MURDEROUS MONSTERS!"

"Fuck! She's coming!" cried Harvey.

"EVERYONE GET READY!" Shouted Major Dunn

The fighting continues to slowly get closer and closer. Then...

"YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM US!"

"Oh fuc-"

CRASH!

A huge explosion erupted as it squeezes through the blast doors of the collider room. A huge cloud of smoke then engulfed the room. It all went silent. Until, suddenly, emerging from the dust, were two alicorns, Luna and Twilight. Followed by them were the rest of the main 6, and an army of guards, unfazed by the toll of war. Luna's horn was glowing light blue.

"No, no no no! Please! I have a family! Please don't kill me!" Violently sobbed a refugee.

"And you will meet them soon," Luna smirked with a wrathful look.

"NO NO! PLEASE! I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT ANYONE! I JUST WANT TO LIVE! PLEASE!" wailed the refugee.

Luna crouched low and whispered into the teenager's ear.

"Shhh, it'll be alright. You'll feel nothing."

The boys cries only amplified in volume.

"Ugh, disgusting creature. If this is the only way to shut you up, then I will gladly take it to action!"

shouted Luna.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUH-"
crack!

Luna held up the boy from his head. She had snapped his neck from the base of his skull.
The Pony Army behind her cheered.

"YOU SEE THIS!?!? THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THOUGH WHO RESIST! LAST CHANCE! STAND DOWN AND DROP YOUR WEAPONS AND WE WILL NOT ATTACK!"

"Yeah right bitch! You can try all you want! But humans have more wits than you'll ever have blue cocksucker!" screams Dunn.
The remaining soldiers cheered in agreement.

"Very well then. Let's dance."

"FIRE!" ordered Commander Sherwin.

The room opened up with guns blazing. Shells bounced all around as Luna summons a defensive shield spell. Some bullets find their mark as the shells penetrate the armor of the enemy soldiers. Blood flies all over the walls and floor. Luna flips all of the soldiers to the floor using her horn. She is abruptly stopped, when an M72 Law fires a missile at her. Caught off guard, Luna barely has time to put up her shield. Yet pieces of shrapnel had jabbed into her, scarring her and creating minor lacerations to her skin. She suddenly jerks the soldier from his up top position. Luna out of anger, slams the soldier into the ground.

"SAAAAAMM!" A soldier cried. He starts to fire again at the ponies. Aiming down his sights he aims for the eye of an unsuspecting soldiers. He fired, and the enemy dropped to the floor instantly. He then aimed his M40 towards a yellow pegasus with pink hair and fires, only to miss.

"Shit," he hisses to himself.

He aims down the sight again and the last thing he sees is a purple alicorn glaring daggers down his eyes as her horn began to glow violently. Knowing he was gonna die, he’d hate to miss out a reference before kicking the bucket.

"PARKER GET DOW-" he shouts, soon to be cut off as the burst of magic obliterates the high sniper position.

Luna, one soldier at a time, advances closer and closer towards the collider.

Seeing the chaos unfold more and more, Sherwin had to make the last desperate decision. The collider must be destroyed. The only way the Pioneers could get back was to somehow build another collider on the other side, then make a collider still functional on Earth to turn on and transport them back, which operating one takes year of understanding and practice to even do such an operation. Or, they'd hit the gold and find friendly beings able to transport them back to Earth and finish the fight. There was no way either was gonna happen. So he did it. The fate of a whole group directly in his hands to crush in such a brutal way. But to do the action, was for the greater good.

"I hope humanity lives on wherever the hell they are." Muttered the commander before staring back at the battle. Not able to see his soldiers be ripped to shreds in hundreds of bloodthirsty disgusting ways he said only one word to the explosives operator.

“NOW!” ordered Sherwin. The explosives detonate. All he could see was white as the detonation flashed through his eyes, briefly blinding him and catching him off guard. The battle continues on though. Had he saved anybody he would question for sometime.

“Smarter than they look.” Twilight says, twisting the arm of a soldier.

“And so it seems.” Luna responds, throwing a squad of men to the side like dust to a broom.

Applejack bucks a man against the wall and destroying his entire torso. “Rarity! You gonna help fight or what!?”

“Just a second darling!” shouts Rarity, finishing a new cloth. “Take it as a gift from me to you!” Rarity levitates the cloth around a poor man, choking him.

“Holy fuck! Oh my god oh my god!” screams Harvey. Seeing this, Sherwin nearly excretes his supposed last meal onto the hard steel floor painted with blood and guts.

“FALL BACK!” shouts Dunn.

“WHERE? WE’RE BACKED AGAINST THE WALL!”

“SHIT!”

Dunn grabbed a fresh 5.56mm NATO cartridge from his vest and loads it into his rifle. Firing with prestigious aim and control.

Sherwin unslung his pistol, even though he knew it wouldn't do much to a godly deity. Yet, he still fired. Maybe a miracle could happen, even though miracles certainly didn't happen. Why would they? No, how would they exist if you look at the millions of children, men and women who died (a significant number of them brutally)?
It was hard to grasp hope in such dark times, and the only finger of it still hanging was in the hands of a group of schmucks
(most of them being untrained conscripts)? And still, he felt the urge to fight on, still knowing there was a chance, (a small one at that), that humanity might push on, and eradicate these Equestrian fucks for once and for all. Afterall, there was no doubt karma exists, and it would be leaning towards all of humanity this time.

The remaining American forces slowly continue to lessen.

It was Dunn, Sherwin, and Harvey that were left.
Luna, after impaling another soldier against the wall, approaches the three survivors.

“Shit!” Dunn shouted.

He raises his M4A4 and fires at Luna to no avail.

Luna grabs his gun and jerks it out of his hands.

“Bitchass cunt sucking fucker!” Dunn swore, taking out his Baretta M9 from his holster and firing a few shots before being disarmed again.

“What the fuck is he doing? What is that gonna do?” asked Harvey.

“Well, we needed a distraction. Was it not?”

“Sure was."

"Wait so it wasn't or it was?"

"It fucking was!' Shouted Harvey, a little too loudly.

The two began staring out the window seeing the enemy ponies staring straight at them.

"Get them. Now." ordered Luna.

"Yes your majesty."

"Fuck! Run!" yelled Sherwin, shoving Harvey in an attempt to make him move.

The two bolted through the vents seemingly getting lost in the maze of the ventilation shafts. Still evading the hundreds of magical bolts flying in all direction. Some missing them by centimeters, even burning their clothing while doing so. All the two could do was blindly run through the systems and hopefully find a way out and escape. But while doing so, the loud thunking of the vents made tracking them easy for the pony soldiers. One just misses Harvey by a hair as he suddenly halts in terror.

"OH FUCK!" he shouts.

"JUST KEEP RUNNING YOU IDIOT!"

"FUCK YOU!" Harvey screams, pushed by the adrenaline of fear and flight. His blood pumping through his systems faster than any fighter jet ever could. All he could hear was panting, and his heart beating, faster, faster, and faster, as he runs, not thinking about anything but running. It was only then, was there a dead end, as he slammed into the wall without thinking, he passes out.

. . .

"We're in the world of fucking ponies?" hissed James. "When the fuck did this get so... fucked?"

"Since-world got-ultimatum from-pony-princess-with-rainbow-hair," answered Ania.

"True true."

"Should we... investigate?" asked Aidan.

"I don’t think coming up to someone and saying ‘Hi, I’m infiltrating your planet to get a resource we need’ would sit well with Celestia." said James.

"Okay, okay, but vat vas she zaying about timbervolfes?"

"It doesn’t matter mates, let’s just... go on with the adventure already," James grunted.

The Pioneers then got up, and continued their young journey.

James continued contemplating about the mission this group had at task. Was the fate of his entire race really in the responsibilities of us? Aidan stared at the ground, uncertain of what to make of this situation. Undoubtedly scared of what would happen if he’d get caught by the enemy.

"Hey James, you alright? Chap?" questioned Waynes.

All he could do was groan in response to his question. A response he knew all too well.

"'Uh' isn't gonna give me the answer I want. Now, fellow, what’s happening. If we're gonna save our race from some pony fockers' than we'd better get to know each other or we’ll fall like the rest of humanity."

Waynes was, unfortunately, correct. They all knew what was gonna happen. It practically said it on the contract.
‘Terrible death’ was written all over the papers, giving barely any room to even sign their names to whatever hell they've been brought too. Maybe it was hope that kept everyone still going, because no one was stopping, and everyone seemed as eagerly determined as each other to end this bloody war with alien ponies with humanity's favor. They had too. They had to succeed. Everyone knew they needed a plan sooner or later too, or this all would've been for goddamn nothing. And if nobody formulated one soon, they were destined to fail. Someone had to step up to the plate. And if no one else was, he had to. James had to.

"Goddamn it, fine Waynes, look, we're probably all thinking how we're totally gonna fucking fail and die here, but can we please try to work together and communicate so we can save us all?"

"Well, I certainly will," said Waynes, "not sure about the others though."

"Okay, if you vant’ us to have a plan, do you have any?" challenged Wilbert, exhausted by the stressful fatigue that had set a toll on him already.

"I uh... I don't know, I haven't thought of a plan up to this point. I was kinda expecting you guys to have one formulated?" James gave an awkward stare.

"Look, James, ve' all vant' to be ze' hero who fix everything," interjected Wilbert, speaking more politely, "but ve' can't. No vone' is a natural born badarse'. Vat' ve' can do, ve' vill' try to do. But ve' can't do everything we hope to achieve."

"I'm with Wilbert on this one, mate. It's sad, unsatisfying even, that we can't save everyone, but that eh.... that's just how war works chap. That's just how the world works." Waynes gave an honest meaningful face towards James as he sighs.

"Okay, let's carry on. Let's not waste anytime here. What we can do we can do, but we want to get the most out of it aye?"

The Pioneers gave an exasperated 'aye' while walking towards the sunset.

"I'll think of something." said James. Hoping to bring a little spark of hope to his friends.

"Ania is sure you will," Ania said.

"While we agree with James we'll be with you during these days together. That’s what comrades are for. You’re gonna be stuck with us for sometime so you might as well." Jia gave a warming smile.

"God, I’m such an idiot." He muttered, sighing to himself.

. . .

“They seemed to have used this machine to travel to another world,” Twilight analyzed.

“Can you find out where, Sparkle?” asked Luna, wiping the cold blood off her face.

“I can use a spell to see the object’s past. Maybe we’ll get a lead on where they’ve sent those humans,”

“Great work, Sparkle. I will be outside if you need anything...” answered Luna.

Twilight eventually powered up the spell an used it on the collider. Seeing everything that happened before they came here. The preparation, the people, and to her luck, where they were going. And it wasn’t good. To follow the paths of the human pests, Twilight would have to get the machine back running, but not only had they used up or destroyed all the energy sources to work the machine, but the machine itself was too complex to fix in such a short time. Twilight pondered for sometime. If they didn’t figure out where they went, they could possibly pose a great threat to Equestria and its Earth colony in the future. Twilight had to find out quickly, she had to know what they were doing. That’s when she had an idea.

“Princess Luna! I think I found a solution to the problem!” Twilight eagerly said, maybe a bit to excited.

“Marvelous, Twilight Sparkle,” said Luna, awaiting her input.

“While we can’t directly take them on as the machine is too complex to build in such a short time, but we can find where they are, what they’re doing, and everything else!” answered Twilight.

“That is good, Sparkle. We will get the best Equestrian scientists to help figure out this machine. But while they do that you shall find out everything,” Luna told, “everything.”

“Yes your highness,” said Twilight, before going back to the destroyed collider to work on her spell.

“We will find though human drones, and once we do, humanity will finally fall,” said Luna, “and when we have personally found them, we will rip them limb to limb...”


Author's Note

Please give feedback I really feel like this has potential but I'm missing things! *whispers loudly* IS IT TOO VIOLENT???

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