Eclipsed Sunlight and Starkiller appear at the captain's bridge, heavily wounded, but Kylo Ren gives welcomes them by asking.

"How did the mission go?" Starkiller and Eclipsed Sunlight stand up with effort. "Partially succesful." Replied Starkiller, then he's taken from the shoulder by Sunlight, she seems mad at him for some reason.

"Partially?! You killed the wrong target! You promised Sunset Shimmer will be the only one dead!" Said Sunlight, despite her wounds, she ignores the pain to argue with Starkiller.

"What happened?" Asked Kylo, he doesn't understand who they're talking about.

"I was about to kill Sunset Shimmer, but her little boyfriend got in the way and got killed instead of her..." Starkiller makes a pause to take Sunlight's hand off him. "... Yet I don't know why are you mad at me, I did us a favor! He was a bigger threat than you thought, just look at yourself! He really beat you up." Added Starkiller.

"But he was innocent!! And now you killed someone close to Master Chief, do you know what that means?!" Replied Eclipsed Sunlight, although her words seem to show a tactical focus, she truly didn't want Flash to die.

"Enough!" Kylo froze both of them with the Force and interrupted their conversation. "It means Master Chief will do everything to hunt us down, but he'll do it alone as he always does, and when he notices it, it'll be too late for him. In addition, Sunset Shimmer must be morally destroyed, which means they're weak right now. Our best shot now is to prepare a trap for Master Chief, and then we'll be able to eliminate those girls once and for all.

Kylo releases them. "Fine! I'll go to my room." Said Eclipsed Sunlight as she left the room with anger, Starkiller turns to Kylo and asks him.

"What is that thing you did? I thought teleportation could only be done with those devices." Kylo then looks at his new robotic arm and says.

"While you were gone, I received a gift from our enemies, and along to this dark powers, I've been able to go beyond my current state in less time than I thought."

Starkiller smiles and says. "Good, now then...what shall we do now, Darth Ren?" Kylo then replies. "First, get yourselves healed, then you'll regroup with the remaining Knights of Ren to plan our next move." Starkiller looks at him confused and says. "You know that most of the Knights of Ren died, right?" Kylo then turns around and replies. "Yeah, I'm aware of that, although I managed to bring back Cardo and Ap'Lek, we might need to do some adjustments to the line-up."

A new day begun and the mane 7 assisted to school, they were trying to hide their emotions to the rest of people, but Flash's absence wasn't something easy to avoid. Now at the cafeteria, Sunset is eating alone, trying to make up her mind, but the sad expression on her face was indelible, suddenly Principal Celestia called for Sunset to go at her office. Sunset stopped eating like nothing and went her way. Once she arrives, Sunset asks.

"Principal Celestia, you called for me?" Then, she sees a tall man in her office, the man's expression seems grieving, his face shows that he cried not much while ago, Sunset look at him and thanks to the scars on the man's face, she recognizes him.

"C-Chief... is... that you?" Asks Sunset, he seems different from the last time she saw him with his helmet off.

"Hi... Sunset, how you've...." Chief was about to ask how was she, but he's interrupted by Sunset, who hugs him.

Chief then puts his hand on her shoulder, both were trying to cope with the pain in silence, but Sunset broke in tears, whils Chief only gives a sad expression on his face.

"H-He... d-did... his b-best, to protect... all of you." Chief says while holding back from crying, Principal Celestia stands from her desk and says.

"I'm deeply sorry for your loss. Sunset, it's fine if you want to take some time off, Aura told me she doesn't want to make the event public yet." Said Principal Celestia as she looked at Sunset with compassion.

Sunset wipes the tears off her face and says. "Thanks Principal Celestia, but... I think I'm not the one who needs to take time."

"Aura feel asleep, she was crying the whole night, you can make her some company..." Chief makes a pause just to be interrupted by Sunset.

"Where are you going?" Asks Sunset, she thought he'd stay in this world a bit longer. "I have other businesses to attend at the Infinity, I hope you understand." Replies Chief with a serious voice.

"Mr. John, if I may ask but, isn't this event more important than any other matter?" Asks Principal Celestia. Chief looks at her with a serious expression, intimidating Celestia, but she doesn't flinch.

"With all due respect Principal Celestia but, don't misunderstand me. I'm a soldier from another world, and therefore I have the job to protect all of you from something that escapes your comprehension, that's a duty I can't avoid even if I wanted to..." Chief said, then he turns around and says. "We all cry in different ways." Chief was about to leave, but he's interrupted by Sunset, who says. "John, wait!" Chief then suddenly stops before opening the door and letting Sunset talk. "I want to train." Said Sunset, although her heart is grieving, she's determined to what she's saying. "Pack your stuff, then." Said Chief right before opening the door and leaving.

Now at the Infinity, Chief, and Sunset are in the training room, but this time, it's only the two of them. Chief wears a simple training t-shirt and camouflaged pants, revealing multiple scars of both his augmentations and the battles he has fought. Sunset also wears the same, but she tied her hair back as a ponytail and has bandages around her fists as a safety measure.

Chief then assumed a fighting stance, he looked at Sunset and said with a calm voice. "Bring it." Sunset then approaches him and starts launching many punches, Chief only dodges every single one of them with extreme ease. But he notices that Sunset has an angry expression on her face, her attacks begin to lack technique and are only brute force.

"Stop attacking senselessly, focus!" Said Chief as he pushed Sunset back. "Agh! It doesn't matter!" Sunset then used her geode's power to create a light rapier, she then assumes a fencing stance and starts attacking Chief, who quickly grabs a pair of knuckles from the back of his waist, and they turn into armored bracers. Chief's now blocking instead of dodging Sunset's attacks, she's fast and also has a surprising skill with the rapier, but it didn't take long for Chief to see an opening in her guard.

Chief then takes Sunset's attacking hand, stopping her from continuing her assault, Chief then acts quickly enough to perform an arm lock on Sunset, once she's immobilized, Chief tells her. "You're letting your anger drive you! It's blinding your mind and therefore, you are loosing!" Sunset tries to free from Chief's grab, but she's unable to do anything, she then relaxes a bit so that Chief releases her, once freed, she confronts Chief.

"How wouldn't I be angry?! They killed Flash and I couldn't do anything because I was weak!!" Sunset said with a grieving voice while looking at Chief, she then asks. "You two were really close, why aren't you angry?! Huh?!" Chief then looks at her with an even deeper expression and says.

"I am angry... at levels you can't imagine, but I don't lose my cool because I have discipline, which is something that you lack! Focus your anger correctly and you won't..." Chief is then interrupted by Sunset, who asks Chief.

"Why weren't you there, John?!! Flash said that he called you, and you didn't respond!! What were you doing when we needed your HELP?!!!" Chief then gives an expression that shows slight signs of anger and replies.

"The First Order attacked MY world, they released a threat not even you can comprehend, Sunset!! We had to work together with Kylo Ren to stop that threat from escaping to other universes."

"Worked with Kylo Ren?!! Are you FUCKING SERIOUS?!! You could've killed him and probably neither Starkiller nor my counterpart would've escaped, John!! Why didn't you do it?!! Asked Sunset back at Chief, her frustration is starting to overflow and is beginning to annoy Chief, who replies even angrier.

"Don't you DARE blame me for not killing someone!!! If we hadn't worked together, everyone would've died..." Chief makes a pause and approaches Sunset with anger. "...Tell me Sunset, have you ever killed someone?!!! Do you know how does it feel to take someone else's life?!!!" Sunset remains silent and gives an ashamed face, she can't argue with that, but Chief isn't over lecturing her. "You haven't right?!! Then let me ask you something... You promised me to do what you had to do when the moment comes, right?... Then why the FUCK you couldn't kill your counterpart?!!!" Sunset then replies. "It's not the SAME!! I've taken too much from her, I won't take away her life just because she got corrupted by dark magic." Chief then replies back to Sunset. "But she's a threat at the level of Kylo Ren and Starkiller, in the current state of things, there's no saving her and only a fool would let her live!"

After hearing that, Sunset gets angrier and replies. "The HECK DID YOU SAY?!!! I'm not giving up on saving her, and I never will!!" Chief looks at her with disappointment and says. "Then I was also a fool to trust you. If you're not going to do it...I will." Said Chief, at this moment, both him and Sunset are angered and frustrated, and therefore, this is the right moment for them to release some steam.

Sunset uses her geode and instead of transforming in Daydream Shimmer as usual, she now imbues her fists with her light energy, Chief on the other hand, assumes a fighting stance with his armored bracers, before they engage into combat, Sunset asks John. "Answer me something, why did you always hold back whenever we trained?" Chief looks at her with determination and replies with a serious voice. "Because I only use my full strength to fight a serious threat, but I won't make that mistake again with your counterpart."

"Don't...you dare!!" Said Sunset before chargin against Chief, this time, she tries to overwhelm Chief with multiple attacks, but he manages to block them until Sunset throws a punch charged with energy and anger to Chief, making him fall back many steps, when he raises his sight, he sees Sunset and tells her. "I don't want to hurt you Sunset..." He said while Sunset charged at him, he blocked the attack Sunset threw at him, Chief looks at Sunset in the eyes and says. "You're becoming quite annoying, give up before you get hurt!!" Chief then uses Sunset's momentum to bring her to the ground, smacking her on the floor, Chief then falls back a bit and raises his guard, waiting for Sunset to get up.

Sunset gets up and says with sorrow in her voice. "You...don't... get it...I want to fix everything I've done wrong, but... right now... I don't know what to fucking do... a part of me wants to help my counterpart... but another part of me wants to make her pay... this... fight, is the only thing I can do... to see if I would be able to fight her again... she beat me up the first time... the second time, she took my necklace away in no time... tell me John... why the hell... do I have this power, if I...can't protect... those whom I love?!"

Chief looks at her and replies with sadness. "That's the same burden I've been coping with for years, this time... if I were faster... or maybe if I took my communicator with me... I could've saved him... but now... all I can do is to focus and keep moving forward, despite the frustration that consumes my heart." Both recognize that neither of them is okay.

"I guess... this is the only way we understand each other, am I right?" Asks Sunset with a sad smile, Chief then replies with another question. "Listen, we said our things... I offended you and I apologize for it but... do you still want to do this?" Asked Chief referring to the fight they're having.

"Yes, I need to prove myself how strong I am right now." Replies Sunset, taking a fighting stance similar to her counterpart's, Chief looks at her and also prepares to fight, not before saying. "Very well then." Both run towards each other and the fight now begun.

A while passed and Jerome came into the training room looking for John. "Chief! Are you here?!" Asks Jerome, he then turns at his right side and sees a cloud of dust that begins to dissipate, revealing both Chief and Sunset, both seem full of punches, but Sunset seems to be the most injured out of them, she then charges flying in a last assault, her stance seems to show that she's going to attack with her right fist, Chief moves to the right in order to dodge it, but as Sunset was about to throw a punch with her right fist, she changed her tactic midway, as Chief moved to the right side, ending in front of her left hand, Sunset stop her right fist and in a brief moment, she started moving her left fist, catching Chief off guard, he was about to receive that energy punch, but he had no other choice but to punch Sunset with his right fist, he exceeded a bit on his strength, but it was the only way to end the fight.

Blood and a few teeth got spilled on the floor as Sunset fell to the ground, the battle was over, both were tired but finally relieved a bit from the weight of their frustrations and burdens.

"John what the hell?!!" Asks Jerome as he approaches them, Sunset lies unconscious on the ground while Chief breaths heavily as he takes off his bracers, Chief looks at Jerome and says.

"She wanted to train... we were both frustrated, and... she... wouldn't stop unless one of us got knocked down, and... I think...I went a little bit... too far." Said Chief as he was taking Sunset in his arms, proceeding to leave the training room.

"Oh, you think? We better take her to the infirmary right away." Replied Jerome who now goes with John to the infirmary, but suddenly on their way there, Sunset wakes up and stands on her own.

"Do you feel fine already?" Asks Chief as Sunset stood up, she then puts her hand on the bruise that the punch left on her cheek, then, a small but warm fire comes from her hand and heals her wound and restores the teeth she lost from the punch.

"Yeah...I'm fine...just a bit... dizzy." Replied Sunset as she now looks at Chief, but he and Jerome look at her with amaze. "What was that?" Asks Jerome, pointing out the fire that just appeared.

"Sunset...since when... can you heal yourself?" Asks Chief, that's a power he never witnessed before. "What do you mean? I don't have that ability." Replies Sunset, confused of what he asked.

"You didn't notice the fire that just came out from your hand? Really?" Asks back Jerome, he also can't believe it. Sunset gives the same response, she's unaware of having that ability. "Maybe Tesla knows what is going on with me, shall we go to his lab?" Asks Sunset, she's even more intrigued than Chief and Jerome for this new ability of hers. The group then agrees and everyone heads to Tesla's lab, once there, they meet with the scientist.

"Oh, hello there! What brings you here?" Asks Tesla as he checks some formulas at his chalkboard. He seems to have bandages around his forehead and a few band-aids on his face, he seems full of enthusiasm despite his wounds.

"Hi Mr. Tesla, something happened regarding my powers and we want to know why exactly. You think you can help us?" Asks Sunset, she seems less stressed than before, the fight she had served right for her one way or another.

"Sure thing! But first..." Tesla then approaches Sunset and Chief, hugging them and also surprising both of them, Tesla is not known for doing this kind of gestures, with a sad expression he says. "I'm sorry for your loss, he was... a geat person... although... I could've done more, but I couldn't keep up with him." Said Tesla, Sunset thanks the gesture in silence, while Chief only looks anywhere else to avoid contact with him.

"Thanks... Mr. Tesla but, you don't have to blame yourself... I am the one who could've done more." Replies Sunset, she still regrets not being able to fight more back then, although Flash wanted to protect her at all cost.

Tesla then steps back and sighs, after that, he says. "You know he wanted to protect you all, right? You were even more special for him, it's normal that he didn't want you to get hurt.... that's why I've been innovating the Super Automaton, that Equestrian energy has proven to be an excellent source of power..." Tesla makes a pause and realizes his drifting from the original topic. "*Ehem* Please excuse me, tell me, what kind of power did you discover?" Asks Tesla excited for the topic in question.

Sunset then says. "Well... I was training with John and I received a super strong punch from him, Chief says I lost a few teeth and had a terrible bruise on my face, but then I woke up and after placing my hand on the wound, I didn't feel any pain at all, and my teeth are complete!" Tesla remains attentive, but Chief then adds.

"When she put her hand on her face, a weird fire came from her hand and healed her, and we asked Sunset since when she has that ability, but she doesn't know." Tesla then looks at Sunset and asks her.

"Tell me, Sunset... what exactly did you feel when you put your hand on your face?" Sunset makes apuase on goes back on her steps to remember that feeling, after a while, she replies. "It was... warm, and... cozy, it dissipated the pain really fast."

Tesla then turns around and starts thinking aloud. "Fire... warm... cozy... flames... f-flames... that's it!" Tesla quiclly found the answer, he turned around and started explaining.

"Listen, this might sound weird at first, but let me give you the whole context..." Tesla then takes his chalkboard and cleans it, just for him to start drawing as he was also explaining.

"Back in your world Sunset, when we... fought... against your counterpart, I used one of my Tesla Coils to imbue Flash's blade with Equestrian energy, that energy got mixed into him and, after many procedures that remain unknown for me, Flash became able to create genuine flames from his blade, so... after the battle ended, Flash dropped his blade, but the energy was all throughout his body, and after both of you... kissed... it appears that same energy got into you as well, giving you the ability to use those same flames Flash used to protect you, but now as a way of self-healing."

His theory seems understandable, Sunset takes his necklace and looks at it with sorrow, a last gift from Flash, she feels unworthy of it, but there's nothing she can do for it.

"I-I w-wish to speak to you...one...last...moment." Said Sunset with a grieving voice as she put her necklace near her mouth, she wanted to share a few words with her beloved, but she knew that there's nothing she can do to fix that, Chief approaches her and after putting his hand on her shoulder, he said. "Sunset... do you... want... to see him?" Chief knew that probably that could help her, but he's uncertain of the result.

"Y-Yeah, I want to." Replied Sunset, regaining composure, the group leaves the lab and goes to the medical bay, inside a cryogenic chamber lies Flash's lifeless body, Sunset only approaches and places her hand on the chamber, hoping to receive and answer from him, but as she expected, nothing happened, she then leans on her arm covering her eyes, in order to not reveal that she's crying.

Jerome approaches Chief who remains still but with a sad face and says. "John... I'll go to Equestria on your behalf, please... rest, this is not... something easy to cope with." Jerome then places his hand on his shoulder to say goodbye, Chief only looks at him and agrees, once Jerome left, Sunset recovers and whipes her tears off her face, she then asks Chief.

"Why... is he frozen? Shouldn't he be on his world?" Asked Sunset, she didn't think of it before, but now she's intrigued by that.

"That can wait, as for now, he's staying here." Said Chief witha serious voice, Sunset can't understand it, then she asks again. "What do you want to do?" Chief remains silent as he looks at her, Sunset approaches Chief and asks him. "What's on your mind, John? Do you know... how to bring him back?" Sunset hopes to hear an answer that gives her any trace of hope, but Chief looks at her and replies. "No...Sunset... I-I'm afraid, there's no plan. I just wanted to preserve his body as much as I can before the funeral. I'm... s-sorry"

Sunset receives the discouraging answer and says. "Of course... why would there be a way of bringing him back... *sigh* I'll go home... thanks John, for... helping me..." Sunset then looks back at Chief and says goodbye, as she leaves the room. Chief's now alone, he seems immersed in his thoughts, he looks at the cryogenic chamber and changes his sad expression to a determination one, he now leaves the room, heading to a place where he can sort his thoughts better.

Back to her home, Sunset visits Flash's place along with her friends and the Blue Team, everyone gathers at the living room and start sharing memories they had with Flash, Sunset wasn't part of the conversation for too long, he went upstairs and visited Flash's room, it looked clean, but also slightly messy, Sunset took Flash's guitar and passed her hand over it with a finesse touch, she remembers the hours he used to practice with it, the songs he wrote, the shows he played, that guitar, was his loyal companion.

"It's weird to see his guitar out off its case, he always put it on its case when he wasn't using it." Says Aura, who's leaning on the door frame, Sunset turns around and looks at Aura with sadness. "Y'know? He said to me that he was writing a song dedicated to you, probably... you might want to read it." Said Aura as she opened a drawer and took a notebook out from it, it was Flash's music compendium, Aura then lends it to Sunset for her to read it, Sunset takes it with delicacy and opens it, just to see all the songs he wrote, drawings of musical sheets. "I'll be at the living room, I'll wait you there." Said Aura as she left the room and closes the door to give Sunset some space. As she navigates through the pages, she found the song Aura mentioned and reads it.

🎵When I see your smile, my heart begins to soar,
A symphony of emotions I've never felt before.
Your presence lights up my world, like the sun's warm embrace,
I'm falling deeper into love, with each step we chase.

I'm in love with you, it's a feeling so divine,
Every moment spent together, feels like a sweet valentine.
You're the melody to my song, the lyrics to my rhyme,
I'll cherish this love forever, till the end of time.

Your laughter is a melody, that dances in the air,
I'm captivated by your essence, a love beyond compare.
In your arms, I've found solace, a haven I call home,
With you, I am complete, no longer feeling alone.

I'm in love with you, it's a feeling so divine,
Every moment spent together, feels like a sweet valentine.
You're the melody to my song, the lyrics to my rhyme,
I'll cherish this love forever, till the end of time.

In your eyes, I find a universe, so vast and deep,
A love that's everlasting, a secret I will keep.
With every beat of my heart, I'll be there by your side,
Together, we'll conquer the world, love as our guide.

I'm in love with you, it's a feeling so divine,
Every moment spent together, feels like a sweet valentine.
You're the melody to my song, the lyrics to my rhyme,
I'll cherish this love forever, till the end of time.

So, let our love story unfold, like a timeless tale,
Through the highs and lows, our love will never fail.
With you, my love, my heart has truly found its home,
Forever entwined, forever in love, we'll never be alone.🎵

Sunset can't help herself but to shed some tears as she reads this and realizes the void that lies in her heart right now, she keeps reading all of Flash's annotations, kuje sine self-feedback from every perfomance he did, as Sunset gets to the final pages of the notebook, she finds annotations, but they weren't lyrics, they were writings from a diary.

"First vision: The Infinity at a Halo ring orbit, I can't stop hearing battle sounds with that image, probably is something that happened before, or maybe not, it's confusing for me to determine the exact date of this vision, I only hope that nothing bad comes from this."

"Second vision: My mother working at the office, this one seemed pretty normal, there were no 'special' sounds in the background, I recognize the outfit she was wearing in the vision, it's from today, but I can't find the relation with the previous vision. What did that voice mean with '...embrace the light.'?"

"Third vision: There's someone lying on the ground, dead, but I can't recognize who is it no matter how much I try to focus. I can hear people mourning that person's death, I'm afraid of the identity of that person, what if it's Sunset, or my mother, or John, or it can be me.... agh, this is confusing me instead of illuminating my consciousness."

"Fourth vision: It's Galen, he seems to be struggling to stop something, I can hear... explosions... on the background, and someone screaming, but I can't recognize that voice."

"Fifth vision: Twilight and Tesla seem to be looking at someone with determination, but both of them look quite injured and also they're wearing suits that I can't explain how they look because I don't understand them, they work with... electricity... I think... anyway, they are in a battlefield, but I can't recognize the background, it looks like a city, a destroyed one for sure. I hear 'energy'... flowing... in the background, it's quite weird to describe, but feels like power."

"Sixth vision: A...phoenix?... well, not a phoenix at all... is like a flaming phoenix, but it's weird because I hear a 'surge' in the background. I've written all the visions I had after interacting with a 'magical' rift in another world. If I find the answers to them, I'll write them here, in case of the opposite, no one will know about the existance of this notebook besides of me."

Sunset can't believe it, these visions, their meaning remains hidden even for her, maybe if she consults someone else, she can find the meaning behind Flash's visions, but for the moment, she'll leave the notebook back to its place, Sunset leaves the room with a confused face, but she ignores it for the moment, she has other things to focus right now.

Time passed and now at night time, Chief is on the CHS world, exploring the deep forest under the cloak of night and rain, he's heading to the location that appears on his map, but he suddenly stops after hearing a branch crack, he quickly takes his gun and points it out to the source of the sound, he uses a scanner from his helmet to scan out the area in front of him, but right after he's done scanning, bushes moving can be heard behind him, he turns around aiming his gun, just to reveal Eclipsed Sunlight with her hands up, she's not wearing her armor, but only a casual outfit with her jacket.

"John, calm down, don't be wreckless." Says Cortana, Chief still aims his gun but now directly to Sunlight's head, before something bad happens, she says.

"W-wait! Please! I don't want to fight, for real, I just..." Eclipsed Sunlight is then interrupted by Chief. "15 seconds." He said as he hammered his gun, Sunlight then tries to calm down Chief.

"Listen Master Chief, I'm sorry for what I did! and I truly mean it, the plan went wrong and an innocent person paid the price of my actions, all I want..." Chief only gets angrier and shoots his gun, Sunlight manages to block the shot with a dark bracer, but before she realized, Chief was already landing a punch on her belly, stunning her.

"You say SORRY?!!" Said Chief as he grabbed Sunlight by the head and smacked her into many trees, he then throws her away to crash against a rock, Sunlight is overwhelmed by Chief's strength, she then activates her geode and gets ready for battle, as she raises her sight, she sees Chief about to land a blow from above, she barely dodges the hit, but the rock got destroyed by Chief's punch, throwing many rocks away and creating a dust screen.

"Chief... I just want to talk..." Sunlight then receives a punch right on the side of her head, she couldn't even dodge it, it felt like if she was hit by a car or something, she falls to the ground, spiting out a considerable amount of blood, Chief then takes her by the hair and says.

"You lost your chance to talk! Do you know why haven't I killed you?!" Sunlight then uses a repulsive shockwave to take Chief off her, he only won a few moments to think, whatever she wants to say, Chief's not gonna listen in his current state, maybe if she immobilizes him, there might be a chance.

"Why?!" Asks Sunlight in a desperate attempt to buy more time. Chief then shoots his grapple hook and pierces through Sunlight's shoulder, all of this happened so quick, she can't even think of a strategy that can counter Chief's years of experience, she anchors herself to the ground so that Chief doesn't pull her, but Chief retracts his grapple, thrusting himself towards her, in a brief moment, Chief landed another punch on Sunlight, bringing her to the ground while also leaving a blood trail on the ground, Chief now stands in front of her and says with a serious angry voice.

"Because Sunset didn't let me, but now... I don't care about what she can tell me." Chief now moves slowly towards Sunlight menacingly, Sunlight's now genuinely frightened of Chief, in a desperate act of creating space, she shoots an energy beam to Chief, but he managed to block and now he's only a few steps back where he was.

Sunlight stands and focuses her dark magic to heal the wound on her shoulder, it took her a bit of effort, but is now time to fight back. Sunlight uses her pain to gain more power and thrusts towards Chief at high speed, she was aiming to land a heavy blow on him, but as expected, Chief reacted faster, with a spinning kick, Chief took Sunlight out of the way and sent her flying to crash with more trees.

"You think those cheap tactics will work on me?! I've faced threats BIGGER than you, brat!!" Said Chief as he now pulls out his gun, Sunlight lies on the ground, catching her breath amidst the blood and sweat she's dropping, she has to wait for the right moment to strike, otherwise, she's dead for sure.

Chief slowly pulls the trigger, as the sound of the hammer can be heard, a thunder struck nearby, Sunlight uses this as a chance to move, she moved swiftly enough to dodge the bullet, she then turns around and approaches Chief with a jump, both fall to the ground, but now Sunlight takes the upper hand.

Although he blows doesn't affect Chief as much as she thought, it makes him flinch enough to make him loose ground quickly, Sunlight continues attacking and with a storm of attacks from multiple directions, she managed to drop Chief with a sweeping kick, she then uses her powers to tie Chief to the ground, she finally can talk properly, after taking a deep breath to relax a bit, she says.

"Chief, I know you're angry at me, but I was also fooled by Starkiller... the plan was simple... Flash would've called the girls, they will go to rescue Aura, we sorrounded and take Sunset out... But Starkiller knew that Flash will also fight and didn't told me about it. I tried to solve it the peaceful way by letting him and his mother leave, but... he declined. When... Starkiller... pierced him... I couldn't believe it... he said that everything would go as planned... and... although Flash got in the way, I know perfectly that Starkiller could've dodged him but... he just wanted to kill someone." Pain can be seen and heard on her, Chief recognizes this and replies.

"Why are YOU here in the first place?!" He tries to free himself from Sunlight's magic. "Because I want to help!..." Sunlight makes a pause and then says. "...I know I won't be forgiven, but I want to fix my mistake." She wants to bring Flash back, Chief can't comprehend it, that's why he asks.

"What EXACTLY makes you think I have a plan?" Chief seems confused about this, Sunlight replies with determination. "Oh, I've read your profile in the Firt Order archives, the verb give up is not in it, literally, it doesn't exists. Therefore, it doesn't matter if you take years to come up with a plan, I... want... to help." Sunlight then realises Chief, who stands up slowly, he now comprehends the situation, he looks at Sunlight and asks her.

"Are you so sure you want to help me?" Sunlight only looks at him with a serious face and replies. "I'm sure, what do you have on mind?" Chief turns around and says. "Follow me." Now, both head to the coordiantes Chief was following in first place, it only took them a few minutes to arrive.

A device similar to a portal machine lies there, sorrounded by leafy trees, someone can be seen using a computer next to the machine, he's a strapping man wearing a green armor, similar to Master Chief, but this person has a dagger in the side of his bracer. "Who is he?" Asks Sunlight, Chief looks at her and says. "Our guide." Chief then steps forth and calls that person. "Slayer! We're here!" The person turns around and approaches both of them.

The Slayer looks at Sunlight confused and turns back at Chief, who replies. "Don't be rude with her, she's willing to help, also... she has powers that will be useful in our mission." As Chief said that, the machine opens a portal, the Slayer turns around and takes his shotgun, he's now standing right before the portal.

Chief and Sunlight also approach the portal, Chief takes his blades and assault rifle from a supply box near the computer but, before going throught the portal, Sunlight asks. "Where are we going?" Chief looks at her and replies with a serious voice as he attaches his blades to his back and loads his assault rifle.

"We're going to hell. The Devil owes me a favor." Sunlight is surprised by that answer, she then asks. "Why didn't you bring anyone else?" Chief then replies while looking at the portal. "I don't want to put anyone else in such danger. Originally, this mission is top secret, only Doom Slayer and I were the ones to go there, but now... you're coming with us... last chance kid, do you want to do this?" Asks Chief, Sunlight then looks at the portal and says with determination. "Yeah, let's do this!"

"Fine, let's go!" Said Chief aloud and now the whole team goes through the portal, and as the passed through it, the gate closes and the machine is teleported back to the place where it came from.

Author's Note

Hello everyone!! First, I want to apologize for the time it took for this chapter to be released, but I had many matters to attend to in my personal life, but don't worry. I managed to solve most of the problems, and now I have time to write this story, but don't expect the next chapter to come out in less than a week. But I deeply thank all of you for your patience and consideration.

I hope you liked this chapter as much as I did, and be ready for the next one.

It's time to Rip and Tear.