A LOOMING EVIL
After the reunion the group had a t the headquarters, the Omega Team, alongside Jerome, Tesla, and Galen proceed to the lab at the basement. They head to the portal room, while Tesla calibrates the portal to the Infinity, Galen has a small conversation with Chief.

"John, there's something you need to know..." Said Galen while approaching Chief, he then says with a serious voice. "Kylo Ren has achieved something I've always feared." Chief has a slightly shocked expression, if Galen is worried about it, then it can't be anything good. "What is it?" Asks Chief with a serious voice. "After the battle at Zeta Halo, I was meditating, but then I felt something, a... disturbance... in the Force, if my suspicions are correct... Kylo Ren, has finally embraced the dark side... which means that... he's now a Sith."

Chief seems a bit surprised as he hears that, Sith is not a concept he has heard a lot, only in a few tales, but the doubt remains. "What is a Sith? Is something like Starkiller?” Asks Chief confused, Galen slightly sighs and replies. "In the Force there are two sides: Light and Dark, the users of the light side of the Force are called Jedi, they represent things as peace, equilibrium, serenity, and control over the emotions. They also see the Force as a force of nature that has to be respected. On the other hand, a Sith... is a user of the dark side of the Force, they are driven by hatred, anger, pain, and sorrow. And they also believe the Force is a tool that will bend to their will, so they can exploit it..."

"But Kylo has been using the Dark Side of the Force since we meet, why is he any different now?" Asks Chief, he always thought that it wasn't any different, light user and dark users, but it appears the concept escapes his comprehension for a bit. "You're right about one thing... he was a user of the Dark Side, but he never had a true motivation to fall completely into the Dark Side... but it appears he now has one." Replied Galen with a serious voice, Chief then starts to remember the words he said when the Arbiter cut off his arm. That was the first time he saw Kylo truly angered about something, but there's another doubt in his mind.

"Why did you felt it... I mean... Starkiller is also a Sith, so that means they are now at the same level?" Asked Chief with confusion, Galen knows the answer and with a face of negation, he replies. "I wish that were true... but I'm afraid it's not... Starkiller was bred to be a Sith, his power comes from his usage of the Dark Side. But Kylo... is a special case... he was first trained to be a Jedi, but he was seduced by the Dark Side. Plus the fact that he's a descendant of my master, Darth Vader, better known as Anakin Skywalker. Whom was the most powerful being in both Jedi and Sith history, and Kylo Ren shares his bloodline, making him not only the last Skywalker, but also giving him a great potential in the Force."

Chief finally understands it. "So... it's his hidden potential the one that worries you?" Asks Chief with a bit of determination, Galen looks at him and replies while the portal opens. "Yes... and I don't know if I'd be able to defeat him by my own, but I'll do my best to stop the First Order... I have on mind a team that can help me."

"Yeah, but first we have to investigate the issue regarding some random portals opening across unverses, which coincidentally began after the battle at Zeta Halo." Replied Jerome as he stands before the portal, the Omega Team had already passed through it, leaving Chief with Tesla, Galen, and Jerome. "Please... if there's anything I can do to help, let me know immediately, got it?" Asks Chief with a serious voice, despite being suspended, he's willing to help.

"We'll do, but you have to learn to delegate the job, John, until then, use this time to relax, share time with the family, you know... like vacations." Replied Jerome before going into the portal, Galen follows him and Tesla goes last, then the portal closes, leaving Chief alone, who then remembered what Sunset said, and starts looking for Flash. After a while, he opens a door and reveals a dark room where there's only a cryogenic capsule in the middle of the room.

Chief approaches it and removes a bit of the tarnish off the glass with his hand, revealing Flash's inert body, Chief then places his hand on the glass and says.

"Remember that day... where you asked me to train you?..." Chief makes a pause and goes back to his memories, then he starts to relate. "You were so excited, but also determined... it was precisely because of your determination that I agreed to train you... but y'know... my Spartan training is a bit inhumane. So I taught you everything I know about fighting... although I didn't like the idea of you fighting with weapons... it was the best option, at the end... you wanted to protect your family."

Sunset appears at the distance, she also wanted to visit Flash, but Chief arrived first, she only watches as Chief continues his story. "Then... you wanted to train with a sword... and... I only knew a world where you could train, then... when you told Aura... she went mad, really mad... but I convinced her to let you go, but I had to accompany you. Actually... I came with the idea of my blades while we were on that world..." Chief seems nostalgic by recalling memories he shared with Flash, Sunset can't help but to smile, she'd never thought that someone like Master Chief would do something like this, Chief then continues his story.

"Before... I only had my Spartan brothers... the Blue Team, who are my closest family, then there's the Red, and Omega Teams... who are like brothers to me. Together, we were all that remained from the Spartan-II program. We are close because we grew up together... but we ended up splitting by the excessive amount of missions that we were assigned to as more of our brothers died, eventually... the distance between us became much larger. But... ironically... the moment we began this crusade throughout the Multiverse closed that distance between us, and meeting you and Aura... brought us together as one big family, again... and I can't thank you enough for that. Actually... I don't know how but... we ended up creating a bond with you and your mother... it's like... you have always been part of the family... hehe, ironical... isn't it? *sigh*... please come back soon, they need you... I... need you, Flash..."

Chief slightly smiles, he then takes off his hand and is then surprised by Sunset, who says. "Those were really beautiful words, John." Chief looks at her with a face that shows small traces of surprise, he then looks back at Flash and says. "I only hope they can reach him, wherever he may be..." Chief then looks at Sunset and asks her. "Wanna tell him something?" Sunset then smiles and, with an emotional voice, she replies. "Yeah..." Chief then leaves her alone, to give her some personal space, Sunset sees Flash through the glass and places her hand on the capsule, as Chief leaves the lab and heads upstairs.

"Hey Flash... John gave me the good news... you're coming back! And that's... amazing... but, there's one thing that Chief didn't consider, and that's... the time it will take for you to arrive... maybe tomorrow, weeks, months, years or... *sigh* decades... yeah, doesn't sound very good, does it?" Sunset makes a pause and sighs, she then continues. "I only want you to come back soon... there's so much I want to tell you, but everything is changing... I just heard Kylo Ren became an even bigger threat, and despite the girls and I have trained with our powers to fight... I just can't see how are we going to defeat them... I mean... the first time we fought against Kylo and Starkiller, we only managed to put up a fight because the seven of us were there, along with the Blue Team. Then, the second time we fought, we only managed to make them retreat was because you were there dealing with Eclipsed Sunlight and Tesla was fighting against Starkiller... *sighs*. We only fought against those Knights of Ren and we were able to beat them because Aura killed a few of them and then Fluttershy called a bear to help us out!"

Sunset bows her head, as a sign of frustration, she doesn't know what to do, and even lacks the certainty that their current abilities will be enough to win a single fight against either Kylo or Starkiller.

"*deep sigh* The only thing that gives me courage is that we managed to defeat John in a fight. Although he was already exhausted from fighting in Hell, and despite Sunlight helped us out, we managed to corner him a few times... I think... which is a great achievement to be honest... Who am I lying to... I'm afraid... afraid of what can happen in the future, afraid of losing my friends, afraid of... losing you... forever." Sunset seems to have surrendered to overthinking stuff, the silence becomes prominent in the room, until a familiar voice replies.

"You've never been someone who gives up, Sunset... remember, you're not alone... I believe in you." Said the voice as it fades out, Sunset quickly raises her head and steps back from the capsule before asking.

"Flash...?!" Asks Sunset, but unfortunately, no one replied, but she's certain that Flash was the one who said that, she then looks at him in the capsule and with a smile, she replies. "Thanks, Flash..." Sunset places her hand gently on the capsule and says. "I love you." She then takes her hand off and proceeds to leave the lab, as she comes out of the basement's door, she can hear Chief and Aura having a conversation in the kitchen.

"John... I'm sorry, I just... got led by what the other Twilight said and..." Aura is then interrupted by Chief, who says with a calmed voice. "Don't worry... Princess Twilight is right, time is something I didn't think of when I decided to go to Hell. And it's a risk I'm willing to take, so if you want to be mad at me for weeks or months, it's fine... I only hope you can understand it." Said Chief while cutting some tomatoes. Aura then hugs him tightly, making him groan from the wounds of the battle, Aura then steps back and says. "Oh, sorry!! I totally forgot about that... I just wanted to thank you." Chief then turns around and says. "Don't worry, it's the third time this happens to me today." Sunset peeks through the corner and sees Chief talking with Aura, while Kelly checks a recipe book and Cortana stands next to her with the size of a normal person

"John, you're making it wrong... see? the oregano had to be chopped before the potatoes." -Said Kelly, who shows Chief the recipe book, he then replies.

"What do you mean? I've already read it, I can't mess it... fuck." -Said Chief after looking again at the recipe and seeing his mistake, everyone laughs except for John, then Kelly realizes Sunset is watching them and says with a cheerful smile. "Oh, hey Sunset!! Wanna help John cook?" Sunset then steps into the kitchen, but Chief interrupted Kelly.

"I don't NEED help, how can it be so difficult to... cook?" Asked Chief, who seems a bit outraged by Kelly's statement, Aura then replies with a smile, while washing some other vegetables. "Wow... you really don't know how to cook, John." After that, Sunset stops laughing and asks. "Where are Fred and Linda?"

"They are at the garage giving maintenance to the equipment, I offered to help them but rejected me and said that I'm not allowed to pick a gun for the rest of the day... *sigh* so now I'm making dinner." Said Chief as he finished cutting the tomatoes, then he starts to chop the vegetable Aura washed and Kelly helps him.

"C'mon, let me give you hand... you're going to mess the whole dinner otherwise." Said Kelly while she takes another knife and starts chopping a bunch of raw meat that was besides the vegetables, although his pride stops him from admitting he needs help, Chief accepts Kelly's offer. "Just... don't make me look bad, got it?" Said Chief as now both of them are next to each other chopping vegetables and meat.

"Of course I won't, what would everyone think of the great legend, the Master Chief, who defeated the Covenant, saved humanity from anhilation multiple times and fights for peace around the multiverse, is unable to follow a simple recipe." Kelly said with a mocking voice, although it seems like an insult, it's the way how both get along when they're not on duty.

"Aww!! Look at you... you two argue like a couple!" Said Aura with a smile as she looked at the scene, Chief and Kelly blush a bit, Chief ignores it unlike Kelly, who chuckles but keeps chopping, Aura, Sunset and Cortana laugh of the situation, but as their laugh lessens, Cortana then tells Sunset. "Y'know, Princess Twilight wanted to tell you something, but you were busy at the moment, she's at the courtyard with your friends."

"Oh... got it, I'll leave then guys... good luck, John!!" Said Sunset as she left to the courtyard, Chief was about to pour the vegetables into a bowl, but Aura stops him and says. "Hey! you forgot the drizzle of Olive Oil, you can't mix the vegeteables without it."

"Oh! C'mon...!!!" Said Chief aloud, Kelly and Aura then start laughing, as the sound of their laughs lessens, Sunset approaches a table at the courtyard, where her friends seem to be chatting and sharing stories. "Hey girls! What did I miss?" Asks Sunset as she takes a seat.

"Hahah... you only missed Applejack's story of how she lose a bet and was forced to collect all the apples by herself for a whole month." Said Rainbow Dash, who stops laughing, it appears it was a funny anecdote, as everyone seems to be in the same situation.

"Sunset... I think I finally got the answers for those visions... but you might not like it." Says Princess Twilight with a serious voice, changing completely the mood, Rarity then asks with confusion. "Visions? What kind of... visions?"

"Sorry for not letting you know girls, but I had to find answers before telling everyone about them..." Said Sunset, who then makes a pause and says. "After the events at the observatory, I read Flash's notebook, where he used to write songs... but I found that he had also written about some visions he had when he visited a world with Master Chief, after reading them... I had to contact Princess Twilight to at least be able to know if they're real or not." Said Sunset with a serious voice, as she stops speaking, thankfully Princess Twilight replies.

"And what I found are mere possibilites... you'll see..." Princess Twilight then grabs a few napkins and starts explaining while giving examples. "Let's see this napkin as an event, I fold it like a rectangle and I get a new napkin, but this time is smaller..." She then takes another napkin and says. "But... if I take this other napkin and fold it like triangle, I get a different result from the same event... my decisions affected the final outcome... and the same applies to the real world."

"What do you mean?" Asks Fluttershy a bit confused, Princess Twilight then puts the napkins away and replies. "The visions Sunset told me about where related to events that happened or are about to happen... the problem is, it's uncertain to determine how would these events happen, probably your choices from now on will have a weight on determining the final outcome. And not only that, probably by learning of those events, you might want to do something about them and end up changing the whole course of time... and trust me... no matter how much you think of it, there are always possibilites you haven't thought of."

"But what were those visions about? Spit it out!" Said Pinkie Pie with a strong voice, she can't take the uncertainty of not knowing what Princess Twilight means. "The events weren't very clear, but as far as Flash described them, he foresaw a battle in another world, also the fact that something would happen to his mother, which was her kidnapping by the First Order... he also saw Twilight and Tesla fighting against something, but both were heavily injured, then there was a vision of Galen holding out a fierce explosion, which appeared to have consumed him. He also said that there was a Phoenix but that remains unsure to me... and last but not least, he foresaw someone's death, and by how he described it, it was his own death, the one he saw." Said Sunset while recalling everything she read on those pages, her face seems completely off by that, but she then takes a deep breath but is then interrupted by Sci Twilight who asks.

"Now... can we discuss the elephant in the room?" Everyone seems a bit confused, as they don't recall something that important. "What is it?" Asks Sunset confused by Twilight's question.

"Eclipsed Sunlight... why did you let her leave?" Asks Twilight with a serious face, she wants a good answer from Sunset, who only sighs and says. "I've already explained it to you... she saved me and wants to change..."

"She's a danger... Sunset!! if we don't do something about her, more people would end up dying!" Said Twilight as she stands up, she doesn't seem to be messing around, but Rarity takes her by the hand and gently invites her to sit down, Twilight accepts reluctantly but looks at Sunset with an angry face.

"Twilight, you have to calm down... if Sunset wants to believe in her counterpart, then she must have a good reason to do so... plus, I saw how she protected Sunset and faced Chief directly in combat." Said Fluttershy, trying to clarify the situation, but Twilight remains persistent on believing Sunlight is a threat that has to be deal with.

"Then Sunset... what is that reason that makes you trust on your counterpart?" Asks Rarity, intrigued on what Sunset has to say. Sunset knows what she has to say, but she doubts for a while, until she comprehends the only way of helping Sunlight right now is clarifying this situation, and convincing her friends to giver her another chance.

"Do you remember when Chief said that he went to Hell with someone else? Well... he lied... Sunlight was with him too, and the time they spent there helped her realize how her actions were affecting everyone around negatively... that's why she was so willing to help us back there, it's because she wants to fix her mistakes..." Sunset then amkes a pause and continues. "...Listen, these situation is similar to what happened to me... and if you could give me another chance... then what stops you from doing the same with her?"

"Yeah... you're right, let's just say... things are a bit different from then... but in essence... it's the same, plus... the first time we met her she was like... a villain, but if she wants make it up for what she did... who are we to deny a second chance to someone?" Says Applejack, amking the girls reflect and the situation, the girls agree to give Sunlight another chance, but also taking it with caution, after all, she still uses that dark magic necklace.

"Hold on... Eclipsed Sunlight... Sunset's counterpart... Dark Magic... what did I miss?" Asked Princess Twilight, who is extremely confused of what are they saying. "Long story short..." Said Pinkie Pie, who now starts to relate. "...One day, Sunset met her counterpart of this world who had to live competely alone since Sunset arrived and after they met again, Sunset invited her to spend some time with us, but it some bad guys from another universe contacted her before and persuaded her on working with them to have more power, unfortunately she found a cave with crystals that had magic inside them and use one of the crystals to create magical necklaces like ours... but hers it's totally different, her magic is violent, destructive and makes her even more angrier."

"Those bad guys... are the First Order?" Asked Princess Twilight, who tries to understand the whole story. "Yes it is... and trust me, they're on a whole other level... only Chief or anyone with mastered powers can face them." Said Rainbow Dash as she describes the level of threat to Princess Twilight.

"How did you learnt about them?" Asks Fluttershy with a intrigued voice, Princess Twilight then replies. "When Chief visited Equestria, he warned us about the threat The First Order represents... but if you're telling me that... Eclipsed Sunlight uses dark magic, I'm afraid that if you don't help her out soon... that magic will infect her consciousness, turning her into pure evil... and trust me... if you consider her a threat right now, once she passes the point of no return... she'd be your nightmare."

"Then we better find a way to make her take off that necklace before it's too late, am I right, girls?" Says Sunset with determiantion, her friends agree with her, after that Kelly arrives with a tray that brings some appetizers and says.

"Alright girls, sorry to keep you waiting but our chef was a bit... slow." Said Kelly iwith a smile as she hands over the dishes to everyone. "Slow?! Cooking is an art, if yoou can't appreciate... then don't judge." Said Chief as he arrives followed by Aura, Chief brings another tray with sodas and jugs, and Aura brings a tray with the dinner, and after the food is on the table, Fred and Linda arrive.

"Please tell me John didn't cook!" Said Fred with a mocking voice and smile on his face. "You're going to eat it whether you want it or not." Replied Chief, as a threat, Linda then chuckles and slightly nudges Fred. "Cut it out, you're going to make him feel bad." Said Linda with a mocking voice.

"Cut the jokes you two and sit down already." Said Aura with a smile, everyone starts to eat, chat and laughs share this great moment with friends and family. Once dinner is over, everyone seems satisfied with the food, but then Pinkie Pie asks.

"Y'know... since I saw Chief smile, I wonder if he can actually laugh." Said Pinkie Pie with curiosity, Chief only looks at her with a serious face and replies. "The last time I laughed was when I got shot on my first mission, and it wasn't because I got shot, it was Fred who made me laugh." Aura and the girls widen their eyes. "Now that's... quite... shocking." Said Applejack as she cleans her mouth with a napkin.

"Ok... so... now that everyone's done eating, I have a question... do you girls know a place where we can take John?" Asks Kelly with a smile, she's now planning a whole vacational trip, after all... Chief is of those who are always unavailable, so this is a one in a lifetime event. "We'll, there's a lot of places where you can go... want me to list them?" Asked Pinkie Pie with enthusiasm. "If you're so kind, please." Replied Kelly, Chief only looks at her with displeasure, he then says. "I can have a great time here at the house, there's no need to..."

"This not in discussion, John... we're taking you wherever we can while you have free time, so you're going whether you want it or not." Said Linda with a smile, she noticed Chief doesn't want to go anywhere, but this is the perfect chance to enjoy the wonders this world has to offer.

As they now began to discuss the plan of their trip, we now visit a remote world, where the First Order arrived, the Death Squad is being deployed along with many platoons of stormtroopers. "Supreme Leader, we noticed there's rebel activity near the objective, we've already jammed their communications." Said a First Order officer on the communicator.

"Excellent, commander... they won't be able to call for any help." Said Kylo as he puts on his helmet and then his cape. "So, what we're looking for lies...?" Asked a confused Sunlight, who doesn't know where is the thing they're looking for.

"In a cave, that's being guarded by multiple Rebel forces, that's why are gonna kill them all." Said Starkiller while putting on his cape, Sunlight doubst for a bit, she has killed demons but... living beings... that's too much even for them. "Don't you think our powers would be too much for them?" Asked Sunlight, thinking on the possible massacre that will take place.

"You may be right, but despite that... they're only a bunch of soldiers, so we can take them down the old fashioned way." Said Kylo as he grabbed his lightsaber. As now the rebel forces have noticed their arrival, a rain of plasma shots begins to hit their gunships, the TIE fighters begin the bombardment as they destroy the anti air turrets, giving the gunships space to land.

The gate opens and as the Death Squad descends, the firefight had already begun, some stormtroopers were taking cover behind rocks while others where moving forward while shooting. "Let's destroy them." Said Kylo Ren, giving away the signal, the Purge troopers were taking the front whilst Starkiller and Eclipse Sunlight took the flanks, Kylo then ignites his lightsaber and charges forward, beginning the massacre.

Whilst Kylo and Starkiller ends their enemies mercylessly, Sunlight only knocks them down, despite fighting against them, she refuses to kill them, but Starkiller quickly notices that. "Why aren't you killing them?" Asked Starkiller after slashing some rebels.

"Because there's no need, when they wake up, we'll already finish our business here." Replied Sunlight after knocking down a bunch of rebels with swift consecutives blows, but then her head starts to ache, and she grabs it as she falls to her knees. "Sunlight? What's happening?" Said Starkiller, whose voice fades out in Sunlight's mind, she only sees him in front of her blocking multiple shots, Sunlight's mind comes numb and she hears nothing but that sinister voice from before.

"Destroy them... kill them all... Do it.... Sunlight....DO IT!!!!" Said the voice, Sunlight tries to resist it, but she feels a boiling rage flowing throughout her, she tried to take off the necklace but as her hand was almost grabbing the necklace, it was already late... the dark magic... had taken over her, her sclare turned completely dark, and her eyes start glowing purple while emitting a light trail of dark magic. Without saying a word, Sunlight stands, confusing Starkiller all out of sudden, but as he turns around to check on her, he only sees Sunlight with a wide but sadistic grin, chuckling while she creates two blades with her power and charges against the rebels, killing them in ruthless ways, combining both her weapons and martial arts.

In her mind, Sunlight sees herself trapped in a empty dark plane.

The only thing besides her are the dark chains that tie her to the ground, Sunlight stands up and tries to free herself, but it seems useless, as the chains doesn't seem to even crack. "Why is this happening to me? I have to break... free!!" Said Sunlight while doing an extreme effort to break her chains, the desperation becomes such that Sunlight starts screaming of rage, as she can't free herself, and after a while, she managed to break her chains, returning to her body.

As she takes back consciousness of her body, she realizes that they weren't at the battlefield anymore, although she can still hear the sound of blasters and explosions on the surface, they're on a cave, it appears to be a command center, she sees a glowing light coming from the middle of the room, but as she now tries to stand up, she sees that one of her blades pierced through a rebel officer's chest, making her spit out blood, Sunlight leaves her blade as soon as she sees the scene and realizes that wasn't the only thing that happened, around her, there were many bodies spread all around the room, Starkiller was turning off his lightsaber as a dead rebel's body falls to the ground, the Purge troopers were moving away some bodies that were obstructing the path, while one of them brought a metal container and places it on the ground.

Sunlight then turns around and sees Kylo leaning on the edge of a rock, as he sees the glowing vortex in the middle of the room. A Purge Trooper commander was meddling with the main computer, it appeared like he was uploading something, but Sunlight didn't give it much importance and looks back at Kylo.

"It's... here." Said Kylo with amusement, he then extends his hand with dark magic and aims it to the vortex, his dark magic starts to melt with the vortex, changing its blue color to a dark purple one. "Now... give me the helmet." Said Kylo without removing his sight from the vortex, a purge trooper opens the box and takes Vader's helmet and cautiosly hands it over to Kylo, who then looks a the helmet and after a while, with determination, he sinks it, and an intense purple light starts filling the room, Sunlight covers the light with her hand in order to not get blinded by it, whilst Kylo and Starkiller seem unaffected by it, afterwards, a strong ace of light peirces through the cave's ceiling all the way to the surface, and it looks like a beacon, foreshadowing a calamity.

When the ace faded away, a figure glowing with dark magic appears in front of them, Kylo steps back and as the light fades out, the figure now takes a better shape, the one of a man, clad with dark ropes and with a lightsaber hanging from his belt , he seems to have the same age as Kylo but in his eyes, there's nothing but pure evil, and his dark presence flood the room, making Sunlight silghtly tremble of fear, what kind of power he has that freezes me? I can't move... all my senses scream... fear." Asked Sunlight in her mind, neither Kylo nor Starkiller had this kind of pressure on the whole ambient.

Starkiller and the Purge Troopers kneel and bow their heads, Starkiller then says. "Master... I'm glad you're back." Kylo doesn't kneel, but he welcomes Vader. "Welcome back... Darth Vader." Sunlight stills frozen in place, Vader then looks at her and that sight was enough for Sunlight to know that he's the biggest threat that exists, there's no emotion other than anger, hate and pain.

"Starkiller... who are these people?" Asked Vader with a serious voice, he seems not to have killing intentions towards anyone, at least. "The man standing in front of you is Ben Skywalker, your grandson..." Starkiller wasn't finished with his pitch but Vader then walks toward Kylo and stands right in front of him. "My grandson... you say?" Asked Vader to Starkiller while he doesn't remove his sight from Kylo, who then takes off his helmet and says.

"Yes... Darth Vader... I am your grandson... I followed your path and now became a Sith." Said Kylo with determination, Vader only looks at him with a serious face, but he seems to accept it, he then turns around and walks toward Sunlight, she can't do anything but only expect the worse to happen. "And who might you be, young one?" Asked Vader with a calmed voice.

"*gulp* I'm... Eclipse Sunlight... I... come from another universe..." Said Sunlight with effort, she can't even articulate the words properly, fortunately Vader seems a lot more relaxed, and he then asks her. "Then... Eclipse Sunlight... would please tell me what did my grandson or my apprentice offered you so that you chose to join them?"

"A chance... to take revenge..." Replied Sunlight, afraid of what can happen from now on... Vader only looks at her in detail, Sunlight knows he can sense her fear, but he says nothing about it, probably because it's normal for someone like her to witness someone like him for the first time. "You have great potential... deep inside you... there's anger, hate and pain that can be easily used to make you far stronger than you are right now." Said Vader as he now turns around and goes to Kylo and says. "You can update me on the current situation later... but I see that you're on a battle on the surface."

"Yes... there was rebel opposition when we arrived, but we're already dealing with the remaining forces, although it may take some time, considering that they had enough time to prepare themselves for any possible attack." Replied Kylo, who now puts on his helmet, Starkiller and the Purge Troopers stand up, Vader then takes his lightsaber and ignites it, illumanating the room with the crimson red of his blade.

"Please... allow me to hasten the process." Said Vader, who was about to jump up to the surface, but Kylo stops him.

"Wait... I'd like you to use a new power Starkiller and I achieved..." Said Kylo, as now he hands over to Vader, a necklace of dark magic... Sunlight can't believe, she thought that the fragment of the crystal she took only made three necklaces, but it appears Kylo lied to her, if Vader has a such power already, what would happen if he uses dark magic? Asked Sunlight to herself, she though of any way of stopping that, but every outcome was the same, she'd end up fighting the three of them, and ending up likely dead in the process... although she hates to admit it, but she can only watch how Vader takes the necklace and puts it on, unleashing an agressive burst of energy, making tremble the whole planet... Vader groans of pain as the dark magic flows throughout his veins, achieving even more power he never imagined., the burst of energy was not only physical, but also affected the equilibrium of the universe, specially the Force.

The massive output unleashed by Vader, reached even to other Force sensitive user across the multiverse, and at the Infinity... Galen was practicing with an apprentice.

"I want to try out a new technique, have you ever combined lightsaber wielding with the Force?" Asks Rey, who was about to spar with Galen.

"Well... I've only imbued my lightsaber with Force lightning, but I'm willing to know what you can do, Rey." Said Galen who ignited his lightsaber, they were about to start their training, but before anything could happen, they got struck by the energy burst Vader unleashed, Rey falls to her knees while Galen only loses his balance for a while.

"Did you feel it?" Asked a concerned Rey, she seems confused and afraid of what exactly could've done such a burst in the Force.

Galen stands still, his eyes widened and his face in shock. "I-It can't be... b-but... how?" Asked Galen, who seems lost in his thoughts, that presence, he hasn't felt it since a lot of time ago... before he was put in that cryogenic capsule, that same man was there... but that was 30 years ago in his world.

"What... is it?" Asked Rey, who now stands up but remains confused, Galen looks at her with a shocked face and says. "Darth... Vader, lives again."

A FRIGHTENING NIGHTMARE
A few days passed since the reunion at the Aura's house, Princess Twilight had to leave but not before leaving some advice with Sunset and after a short discussion, everyone agreed on going into a field trip, but they couldn't leave the headquarters alone, mainly because of Chief's insistence on leaving someone to check the monitors in case any intruder arrives to this world, and by volunteering herself, Sunset remained in charge of the house, along with Cortana.

Now at night time, Sunset walks around the house, is even much bigger than she thought, but it makes sense, after all, the Blue team lives here and most of the time, they bring guests, Sunset then turns on the living room's TV and sees a report about an increasing number of people that has gone missing, the news say that these disappearances began a few days ago, and the number increases exponentially every day that passes.

"Hmmm... now that's weird, it'll be better if I check the monitors." Said Sunset as she heads to the lab and Cortana grants her access to the monitors. "Cortana, what do we have?" Asked Sunset while seeing all the readings that are displayed.

"Sunset... when was the last time someone checked on the monitors?" Asked Cortana, her voice sounded serious and also a bit mad. "Well... if I remember correctly, Fred was the last one who checked them and it was the day Chief returned."

Cortana sighs and then says. "A few days ago, specifically before John left, a portal was opened in this world... worst of all, it's from the First Order..." Sunset is now confused. "Then why didn't we detect it?" Asks Sunset, Cortana then shows an alert history. "Because these systems were made in order to have a quick response, but since I left with John, I didn't receive any alerts... besides the fact that all of you left this world and trained somewhere else." Replied Cortana, who admits is a bit of her fault, but also the team's fault for not checking the monitors manually.

"So... we better go and check, don't you think?" Asked Sunset while looking at the marked spot, an empty storage in the city's outskirts. "Yeah, but wear your armor because I'm coming with you, got it?" Asked Cortana, she's concerned of Sunset's welfare. "Don't worry, I have it covered." Replied Sunset as she opened another door in the lab, revealing a hall with all the battle suits of her friends, she heads to her armor and unlocks the capsule that contains it, Sunset suits up and takes Cortana with her, she heads to the garage, but Cortana asks her. "Don't you think you'll need a weapon?" Sunset then stops at the garage's door and says.

"Thanks for the offer but I'm more skilled with my powers." Sunset then opens the door and takes the Razorback's keys and hops on, she starts the vehicle and leaves the house, as she now heads to the spot.

After returning from their mission, the Death Squad regroups at Kylo's Star Destroyer, but Sunlight heads to her room and makes sure no one follows her, she begins to grab her stuff and puts it on her backpack, she has to warn everyone of what just happened, but there stills one doubt, how am I supposed to explain that I have to leave? Asked Sunlight to herself, then she remembered something, back at the Starswirl Festival, she worked for a band as sound technician, but they didn't pay her that day and they committed to pay her once the festival was over, but because of some events... Sunlight couldn't meet with them and therefore, she forgot to receive her payment.

That's it! She thought, probably if she uses that as an excuse to leave there won't be any problem, Sunlight takes her backpack and was ready to leave, but as soon as she opens the door, Kylo is standing right in front of her and asks. "Where are you going?"

"Hmmm... listen, believe it or not... there's some people back in my world that owe me some money, and since I haven't worked this whole week, I need to make up for the money I didn't earn with that payment." Said Sunlight, despite Kylo startled her, she managed to remain calm and say that without slurring up.

"Good... because something happened in your world." Said Kylo as he entered Sunlight's room. "Really? What happened?" Asked Sunlight confused, she wasn't expecting that one, but it'll help her to leave easier. "It appears someone used a portal gun from ours and opened a portal in your world, I'd personally go but I have business to attend with Darth Vader, so I'm counting on you to solve it, is it clear?" Asks Kylo, assigning Sunlight to solve this problem.

"You can count on me Kylo, do you want prisoners?" Asks Sunlight, trying to help with the mission, but Kylo then replies with a serious voice. "No... find out who opened the portal and why... then, you can eliminate them." Said Kylo as he now leaves the room, Sunlight sighs of relief as everything went better as she thought, she then heads to the portal room.

Back in CHS world, Sunset arrives at the storage and leaves her phone at the Razorback.

Sunset breaks the lock and opens the door, she then enters and begins to walk around the facility.

"Wow! this place surely looks creepy." Said Sunset while seeing the insides, she then uses her gloves' repulsors as flashlight to illuminate her way.

"Sunset... I detect moving around this corner, be careful." Said Cortana, Sunset then begins to move slower, as she now begins to see traces of blood in the floor, walls and ceiling, so this is what happened to the missing people, but... what could've done this? Asked Sunset to herself, as she keeps moving, the blood becomes more prominent and a pungent smell invades the room, it's not even a good odor, it smells like dead bodies, Sunset then steps on something and as she raises her boot, she sees something like biomass, she then raises her sight and sees something she wished that was a dream, but it wasn't.

A Flood hive was there, Sunset realizes that and with fear she said. "Oh, fuck!" After that, a shriek can be heard from the other side of the room, quickly and without warning, combat forms bashed through the door, samshing it alongside the wall.

"Run Sunset, RUN!" Said Cortana, Sunset then begins to run and uses her power to stop the combat forms momentarily, allowing her to scape on the Razorback, Sunset begins to drive at almost full speed and says.

"How?! But... why... dammit!!" Said a frustrated Sunset, she has seen what the Flood can do in Chief's memories, but how is that they're here, what should she do? The fear overwhelmes her but Cortana calms her. "Hey hey hey! Calm down Sunset, I know is frightening but we have to return, call everyone and then we have to contain the infestation as soon as possible, got it?" Asks Cortana, despite being also concerned of why is the Flood here, it doesn't matter, right now, they have to stop the infestation before it spreads out.

Sunset arrives at the hideout and quickly picks her phone and starts calling her friends, while Cortana begins to call the Red Team. Once they were done, Sunset said with despair. "They're not going to be here in time, we have to go back there and slow them as much as we can." Said Sunset, but then she receives a call, from an unknown number, she calms her self a bit and then picks the phone, and asks "Yeah?"

"Sunset! Oh... thank god! It's me, Sunlight... listen, something really bad is happening and I need to talk with you... where can we meet?" Said Sunlight, her voice sounds like she's running, but Sunset ignores it and replies. "Sorry Sunlight, but now I have a big problem and I have to..."

"I can help you! send me the direction and I'll go right away!" Said Sunlight with determination, she's following the coordinates Kylo gave her about the last place where the portal opened, she then receives an image from Sunset with the coordinates she has to go... and surprise! they're the same.

"Ahh shit! I'm also heading there, I'll be there in 10 minutes, got it?" Said Sunlight as she ends the call and speeds up using her powers. "C'mon we finally got some help!" Said Sunset with a bit of relief, but she's still unsure if both of them will be enought to hold the Flood for enough time, after that a the portal machine in the basement activates and quickly out of the door Jerome appeared followed by the Red Team and also the Omega Team.

"Alright team, this is serious... Omega Team, you take a vehicle and spread to the north part of the city, scout the are and if you find any infection forms, eliminate them at all cost." Ordered Jerome with a serious voice, he ressembles Chief in that aspect.

"Understood, good luck y'all." Said Leon as now the Omega Team prepares to leave. "Sunset... where did you find them?" Asked Jerome with a serious voice, Cortana then shows them the exact coordinates of where they met with the Flood infestation. "Ok... listen up, my team and I will deal with any possible outbreaks around the area, but you and your friends have the difficult job... you have to destroy that hive, at any cost, got it?" Said Jerome as his team returns from the basement with some special equipment.

"Don't worry kid, whatever tries to escape that location, will be eliminated by us." Said Alice, another member of the Red Team, after that, Douglas, the last member of the Red Team, says with excitement.

"Alright, let's go and kill some Flood." Jerome then takes his hydra launcher and proceeds to leave the house, Sunset goes with them as they head to the same place, but Sunset loads her friend's battle suits on the back of the Razorback.

Sunlight was on her way to the abandoned storage, but a Flood combat form shows up, startling her as its the first time she sees the Flood in action, but as Kylo said... they're dangerous, so Sunlight shoots a beam that makes the combat form lose balance, and then Sunlight created a dark blade and slashes the combat form into pieces.

"No no no no... this nothing good..." Sunlight said witha frightened voice as she sees the combat's form corpse, she then raises her sight and sees even more combat forms and a bunch of infections forms leaving from the abandoned storage. Sunlight then uses her power to create a magical shiled around her body, she then shoots many beams to eliminate the infection forms first and fights against the combat forms, Sunlight seems to take them on properly, but suddenly she sees out of the corner of her eye an even bigger combat form, this one was a Flood Tank, who tackles Sunlight with it's claw and sends her flying away, crashing with a car and triggering the alarm.

Sunlight stands up as the Flood Tank growls loudly, Sunlight then sees a bunch of civilians on the other side of the street. "Go away! you're in danger!!" Said Sunlight aloud, the civilians didn't hesitate and began to run, Sunlight then holds the Flood Tank directly, stepping on its back and arm locking it, making it unable from leaving that area, but as Sunlight struggles, a Flood Ranged Form appears on top of a car and was ready to shoot Sunlight with many spikes, but fortunately, Twilight crushes it with her power, then Pinkie Pie blows up many incoming infestation forms with her magic, Rainbow Dash takes all the civilians away with a high speed while Rarity protects them form the attacks of more Flood Ranged Forms, Fluttershy then called for some birds to give her information about the locations of more Flood.

Sunlight looks at how the girls work together and gets distracted only by a fraction of second, but it was enought for the Flood Tank to free itself, making Sunlight fall backwards and lands on her back, then the Flood Tank tries to infect her with its apendages, Sunlight tries to held it back but its weigh it's too much for her, sheonly sees how the apendages slowly get closer and closer, almost piercing her flesh and infecting her, but Applejack then appears and with a heavy punch, sends the Flood Tank away and crashes with a car, flipping it by the impact, Applejack then helps Sunlight get up.

"How did you find me?" Asks Sunlight as she check if there's not a single cut on her body, fortunately, there's none, Applejack then replies with a confident smile. "Well... let's just say Sunset told us something really bad was happening and sends us a location, we were heading there until..." She's then interrupted by the Flood Tank, that pushes the car away with its claw and growls with anger, and then many smaller combat forms appear behind them. "...We came across with you." Said Applejack as now the girls and Sunlight take fighting positions. "Listen everyone... whatever you do, don't let those apendages on its heads touch you, got it?" Said Sunlight with a strong voice, so that everyone hears her.

"Got it! Let's do this!" Said Pinkie Pie as she now throws multiple explosive sprinkles towards the Flood Tank, stunning it and giving them a chance to immobilize it, Rarity uses her magic to create a cage around the infection forms and stops them from moving forward, Twilight then lifts the cage and focuses her magic, compressing the cage into much smaller levels, squashing all the infection forms inside it, Rainbow Dash then overwhelmes the Flood Tank with multiple and fast kicks, making it unable to hit her, Sunlight then creates multiple blades that appear above her, and with a move of her hands, she stabs the Flood Tank, crippling it where it stands, she then creates a hammer and gives it to Applejack.

AJ then charges with the hammer and smashes the Flood Tank's head with it, bring it to the ground, Sunlight then jumps on it and pierces it's chest and with a magical burst, she makes the Flood Tank explode, covering Sunlight with what appears to be blood and guts.

After that, Sunlight steps back and asks. "...Why are you guys helping me, anyway?" Said Sunlight as she tries to clean her clothes. "... Sunset convinced on giving you another chance... but although she trusts you, I'll have my cautionary measures." Said Twilight as everyone groups up. "Heh... I couldn't ask for more... now then, let me give you a bit of context on what are we facing...." Sunlight then makes a pause and starts explaining. "...Those things are called The Flood, they consume practically everything that it's alive and use it to grow, and they become smarter as they consume, those apendages are used to infect their victims and turn them into zombies."

Fluttershy then steps forth and asks. "So... if they capture someone...?" She's then interrupted by Sunlight, who knows already what she's going to ask. "...Then that person will loose all traits of identity and will attack everyone around it... *sigh* I know it doesn't sound good, but we'll have to kill them, got it?" Asked Sunlight, that's the only method she knows about dealing with the Flood, but unlike her, not everyone shares the same resolve, fortunately, the silence is broken by the sound of a vehicle, it's Sunset and the Red Team the ones who arrived.

"Girls! Is everyone ok?" Asked Sunset, concerned about her friends, including Sunlight, the Red Team drops off the Razorback and groups up with the girls. "Did you ancounter the Flood?" Asked Jerome as he loads his launcher. "Yeah... but we've already taken care of them." Replied Applejack with relief, Jerome then looks at Sunlight and asks her. "Why are YOU here?" Sunset comprehends that she doesn't need to get involved at all, she calls her friends and takes them to the back of the Razorback to give them their armors.

Sunlight then steps forth and replies. "I was assigned by Kylo Ren to deal with this issue, but also... I have some good intel that may serve The Resistance..." Douglas then joined the conversation but he aimed one of his flame cannons towards her. "What kind of intel...? Don't forget to be clear." Said Douglas with a serious voice, but Sunlight isn't intimidaded, she then replies with a determined voice. "...Kylo Ren brought someone back from the dead, but not like resurrecting... it's more like bringing that person back to life... and it's someone much more powerful than all of us can imagine, his name is.... Darth Vader." Said Sunlight with a serious voice, she still remembers that dark pressence of him, overwhelming her at first sight.

"Who is that?" Asked Alice confused about the question, but also Jerome doesn't know who is that Darth Vader, but Sunset intervenes and says. "That's... Galen's... old master, but how did Kylo managed to do that?" Asked Sunset confused about the situation, but Jerome interrups the conersation. "We can save that for later, we have bigger think to deal with... Cortana, where can we locate the infestations forms that spread trough the area." Cortana then appears on Sunset's hand and replies.

"Well... if we consider their average speed and the topology of the area... probably you'd find them..." Cortana is then interrupted by Fluttershy, who got the answer earlier.

"There's 6 groups heading towards the city, 3 head north, 2 northwest and the last one heads northeast from here." Said Fluttershy, leaving the Red Team and Cortana amazed. "How did you know that?" Asks Cortana, intrigued on how did Fluttershy found out first. "The birds told me." Replied Fluttershy.

"Understood, we're going to hunt them down... you girls, make sure to stop this madness... we're counting on you, good luck." Said Jerome as now he and the Red Team hop into the Razorback and leave the girls, who now activate their battle suits and prepare to leave. "So... what's the actual plan?" Asked Rainbow Dash, despite Jerome said what they had to do, he wasn't very clear on how they would do it.

"Alright, listen up! the spartan teams will help us to hold the infestation away from the civilians, which is much harder than we're going to do, we'll head to their hive's location, and we're going to destroy it." Replied Sunset with determination as she steps forth, the girls stand beside her and with excitement, Rainbow Dash says.

"Alright people! Let's save the world!" Said Rainbow Dash as the girls now head to the abandoned storage, although they are running, it's not that far away from their current position. Despite the doubts around the Flood being in their world, all of them are now determined to stop this infestation, but it won't be such an easy job, after all... the Flood is a threat both Kylo and Chief are afraid of.

END OF CHAPTER.

Author's Note

Hi everyone! So... finally the new chapter came out, although I posted a blog regarding the path the story should take, but as I didn't receive any feedback, I had to continue the story following the first path.

I hope you liked this chapter, I made the divisions in it to make it easier for you to read because I thought that it might be a bit boring for you to read it all, just like that. Anyway, I thank you again for following this story. I couldn't be any more grateful for that, and feel free to leave a comment if you liked it (it can be anything you want to say regarding the story... obviously). I'd appreciate any kind of feedback you can provide me of, in order to improve the story.

As always, you have my best wishes and see y'all next time.
-DReep