Multiversal Crisis: A Equestria Girls Story

As Princess Luna watches over the dreams of everypony, she feels a disturbance in the Dream Realm, something she has never felt before. She flies quickly at the source of this disturbance and witnesses a part of the Dream Realm that got contaminated with evil magic.

"What is this cursed magic?! Who could've done this?" Asks Luna as she walks with her guard up through this pollution, anger, rage and such hatred have never been felt by the Alicorn before, as she dwells now deep within the polluted zone, she realizes there's a being standing still in front of her, covered in this dark magic and spreading it around.

"WHO are you and HOW did you end up here?!" Asks Luna agressively as she feels the individual right in front of her is nothing but pure evil, a broken soul that was engulfed in darkness, swallowing it completely and turning it into an avatar of darkness, but that doesn't answer the question... how could this individual came here? The man turns around and replies with a deep voice.

"My apologies... but I got lost... who are you?" His yellow eyes show only how much hatred he keeps within him, it's Kylo indeed, but his face shows genuine confusion as he looks around him. "My name is Luna, that's all you need to know." Said Luna as she uses her magic to cleanse the polluted zone which was about to consume the doors that lead to the dreams of everypony, but despite her efforts, she's only capable of keeping the dark magic controlled, since eradicating it would imply to destroy Kylo Ren.

"(His shape doesn't ressembles the one of a pony nor any creature from Equestria, which means this being comes from somewhere else. Also, his description matches the one Master Chief said, despite his different look, the essence is practically the same as he described. This has to be the so-called Kylo Ren.)" Thought Luna as she stands with determination, Kylo seems clumsy with his steps as he easily falls by the shockwave of Luna's magic, but he stands up and chuckles arrogantly as he looks at Luna and says.

"Wow! You Equestrians should really know how to close your mind sometimes, I could hear everything you just thought... Luna." Said Kylo as he stands proud and with an evil grin, he pleases as he sees Luna's shocked expression and with disdain, he says. "I know this is not Equestria, and also it's obvious you're not its ruler since you struggle to keep my magic at bay, tell me... what are you protecting in this place, huh?"

"Nothing of your... concern!" Replied Luna with effort as she intensifies her magic output and pushes Kylo back as he only covers himself with his arm. "You were wondering who am I, and although you already know my name, let me tell you something. I am YOUR retribution, your days of ruling unaware of its consequences end now!! SUBMIT TO YOUR NEW RULER!!!"" Said Kylo as he unleashed an even stronger wave of dark magic, overwhelming Luna, and when she began to thought that she'd lose the battle, a golden light comes from behind her, aiding her to push back Kylo's dark magic.

"I won't let you hurt anyone, much less my sister!" Said Princess Celestia with determination as she and her sister stand next to each other and combine their magic to push away Kylo, making him fall back even more as his dark magic loses ground against the sisters' magic. But Kylo thinks otherwise, with anger he focuses dark magic in his hands and pushes the sisters' back by combining his power in The Force and his dark magic.

"I won't be defeated, by SCUM AS WEAK AS YOU!!!!" Shouted Kylo arrogantly as Celestia used all her power to keep Kylo at bay as she shouts to her sister. "DO IT!!" Luna then used all her magic to cut that part of the Dream Realm and separate it from the main section, leaving the sisters alone as they began to have a conversation as they breath heavily by their previous efforts.

"Should we... tell... Twilight? Her crowning was not much long ago... probably it'll be too much stress for her." Says Luna as she sees how the polluted section drifts further away each second, Celestia looks at her sister and says. "If he was able to come here at will and withstand our magic... Kylo's power matches one of an alicorn, we must warn Twilight. And also Master Chief, who knows what kind of danger this might represent in the future... wait... did you put a magical seal on the doors?!" Asks Celestia as she widens her eyes with concern and looks at her sister, who steps back as her sister got too close and says with a serious voice. "I always put a magical spell on every door to protect them... he won't be able to breach into anypony's dreams." After that, Celestia sighed with relief as she and her sister proceed to leave the Dream Realm to warn Twilight about this threat.

Kylo stands in bewilderment as he tries to understand what just happened. "(W-what? Did they just... separated a realm... that doesn't exist?!)" Asked Kylo to himself as he looks around the part of the realm he's in, alone, surrounded by his darkness, which begins to take spread in front of him and reveals one door, one unfortunate door that was trapped in Kylo's new realm, purple and turquoise colors along with little stars decorate the door, Kylo reaches the doorknob and his hand is suddenly repelled by Luna's magic spell, as a magical field surrounds the door, but it quickly weakens as Kylo's magic disrupts the magical spell, dark vines pierce through a hole in the magical field and opens it, only enough to make Kylo able to open the door.

As he slowly opens this colorful door, he sees a sleeping equine individual, as the features of its face show it's a female pony, she has a lilac coat and a purple and teal mane, Kylo leaks only a small trace of dark magic that gets into the mind of this pony, as Kylo's voice sounds in her head saying.

"You have to help me... your world... is in great danger..." As this words sounded in the pony's head, she noticed quickly there was something wrong and quickly woke up. But Kylo had already closed the door due to the magic spell repelling his dark magic and sealing the door again, but it was already too late.

"What?!" Asked Starlight aloud as she wonders what's the meaning behind what she heard and who could've said it.

On the other side of the events

As the team arrives at the Infinity through the portal, Richtofen greets them as he stands behind the controls of the portal machine.

"Gentlemen! You finally arrive! Tell me, how was your mission? I expect successful since 4 Hunters, a Spartan team and magical teenagers took part in it." Said Richtofen with an optimistic voice, John looks at him and replies.

"We're alive, and Kylo couldn't get what he was looking for." Said Chief as he was about to approach Sunset, when Richtofen interrupts him by saying. "Wunderbar Master Chief, but Captain Lasky needs us to discuss some important information, und by us I mean Tesla, Galen, your team and I." Chief looks at him and sighs as he replies with a calmed voice. "Got it, you go first, we'll catch up with you later." Said Chief as he looks back at the group and says.

"Y'all go and get some rest, we can discuss anything else later." The group nods in agreement as the Blue Team leaves the room, the girls went and changed her clothes at a locker room nearby, as they exited the room, Miguel approaches the girls and hands Sunset a communicator and says. "If you find any clue that helps us to get Sunlight out of Kylo's mind control, let me know."

"Weren't you with the people that wanted her in a cell?" Asks Sunset confused as she grabs the communicator, it's a bracelet similar to Miguel's watch, but thinner. "Not anymore." Replies Miguel with a calmed voice. "What made you change your mind?" Asks Twilight she looks at the bracelet Miguel gave Sunset, but since her visor was replacing her glasses and it was broken in the fight against Sunlight, Twilight narrows her eyes to have a better look, but Aloy hands her glasses which were on a table nearby. "Oh... thanks!" Says Twilight with a smile as she puts back her glasses, finally able to see normally again.

"Yeah... long story, I had a... talk with Optimus and he... made some good points." Replies Miguel reluctantly to Twilight's question as they look at Optimus, who was standing next to them, he then says with a calmed voice. "I gave Miguel what humans call... a scolding, but to be honest... I just said what it's true, no one deserves to be treated as an enemy by someone else's actions. Especially when their under the control of evil powers." Optimus then proceeds to introduce himself.

"My apologies for not introducing earlier. My name is Optimus Prime, I come from a planet named Cybertron, I lead a group of automated robotic organisms... but you can call us Autobots for short, we've been fighting along The Resistance for a few years by now, it's a pleasure to meet you... uhm... Rain...booms?"

"Yeah, that's our band's name... but my name is Sunset Shimmer, and these are my friends, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy." Says Sunset with a friendly smile, but Optimus expression shows confusion as he now asks. "Twilight... Sparkle? Weren't you a princess from Equestria?" Everyone is shocked about this, since the only ones that know about Twilight's title are her friends, including John and the Blue Team.

"W-Well, that's another me... but... how do you know that?" Asks Twilight confused and intrigued at the same time, Optimus face shows reflection, as he's not totally sure of what he said, but he replies with a serious voice. "I'm... not very sure... since I began traveling across the Multiverse, my spark has memories of events I don't remember being part of... one of those memories was one where my fellow Autobots and I arrived to a world called Equestria, and we befriended Princess Twilight and her friends, but... I'm not sure if it was me the one who was there, but also... why would I remember that?" Asks Optimus trying to get an answer, but everyone is as confused as he is, except for Aloy and Miguel who seem to already know that, Miguel then says with a calmed voice.

"It was thanks to Optimus's knowledge that we were able to track down Equestria's coordinates, therefore we can now create portals that get us there. While also, we prevented anyone related to The Final Order to get to Equestria." Optimus then sighs in relief as he finally told what his spark told him to, and with a calmed voice, he says.

"I'd be taking my leave now, I hope you can find a way to help Eclipse Sunlight... and... if you see Princess Twilight again, give her my regards." As Optimus concluded his line, he transformed to his truck form and left by the huge door at the Science Division, which isn't big enough for someone as tall as Optimus.

"Maybe you want to learn how to use that crystal... what was its name again?" Asks Aloy as she looks at the golden light of the crystal in Sunset's hand. "It's... a Kyber crystal... does anyone knows it?" Asks Sunset as she shows Aloy and Miguel the crystal, but both agree on that it comes from another world.

"So... who can help us understand it?" Asks Sunset as she looks again at the crystal, its golden shine gives her an awkward yet comfortable vibe, like there's no need to doubt it, but Stark, who was taking off his armor and changed his clothes arrived and said. "That crystal seems kinda mystical... maybe you can ask Galen or his apprentice, they probably know a thing or two that can help you understand what the crystal is, don't you think?"

"GOOD THING I'M HERE!!" Says Rey as she comes from the main door, startling everyone, she then begins to do parkour around the many cables around the Science Division and lands on a chair next to everyone.

"I sensed something weird as I was meditating, and I followed the trace and it led me here." Says Rey as spins on the chair. "Rey, you can't do parkour here, the cables on the ceiling ARE important!" Said Stark as he rubs his eyes, but Rey replies with a cheerful voice. "Then why are they hanging from the ceiling? You should be more aware of keeping maintenance of this area if you don't want me swinging around."

"Y'know what? You may have a point, but I have more important things to do rather than attaching... cables back to the ceiling... someone will take care of that later." Said Stark as he leaves the group and heads to his lab. "That's what everyone says... anyway... may I know what do you need me for?" Says Rey as she stands up and looks at Sunset, who shows her the crystal and Rey's expression suddenly changed, amazed of what she's seeing, she says.

"A Kyber crystal?! And it chose you! Hahaha, these are good news, where did you get it?" Asks Rey as he eyes illuminate of fascination, Sunset smiles back and asks. "Really? What is it though?" Rey then takes her lightsaber and disarms it with the Force, all its piece floating around as the Kyber crystal lies in front of her, glowing with a powerful sapphire light as Rey begins to explain.

"Kyber crystals are minerals from my world that are connected to The Force, as Force users we can sense them and establish a connection where our thoughts and emotions flow through the crystal as energy. But the thing with Kyber crystals is... that they decide who their wielder will be. As Jedis, our connection to the Force seeks balance in it by keeping a middle point between light and darkness... in the past, the Jedi Order prohibited every kind of bond that distracts the Jedi from its objective, which is to keep peace. But as Master Marek said, it was their own obstination what truly caused their doom, that's why we're not like that, not anymore. On the other hand, the Sith bend the Force to their will to achieve their dark desires. They use their pain and suffering on the crystal to make it bleed and give it the crimson color you know. In a nutshell, Kyber crystals are Force sensitive minerals that work as the main power source for our lightsabers." Said Rey as she put the pieces together and ignited her lightsaber and swings it.

"WOW!" Said the girls in unison as they witness Rey's skill with the lightsaber, she then turns it off, and Rainbow Dash was the first to say.

"You're saying Sunset's gonna get a lightsaber and do all that amazing stuff?! AWESOME!!"

"That's the idea, but... only if Sunset wants to, this is a process that requires... space and focus." Says Rey as she attaches her lightsaber back to her belt and crosses her arms with a friendly smile, Sunset looks back at the crystal, it has magic... but also... it's part of a weapon, what may be its true purpose? Those thoughts are going in Sunset's mind, but one thing's for sure, better to learn as much as possible from it to know how to use it.

"It'll be a great idea, but... how much time will it take?" Asks Sunset as she closes her fist, holding the crystal with determination but with an optimistic expression. "Don't worry! The Infinity is now in another universe, and time moves different from your world, hours here will be minutes there and all that complex stuff." Said Rey with her cheerful smile.

"If that's the case, I don't see any problem... what do y'all think?" Asks Applejack to her friends, all agreed on waiting for Sunset to build this new weapon, the excitement of seeing Sunset wielding a lightsaber and also, some rest wouldn't be bad for them, Twilight adjusted her glasses and said.

"Maybe we can use this time to take a look around the ship, objectively speaking, we barely had any time to check everything the Infinity has to offer. Plus, there are many places I want to see, I heard the cafeteria here has the largest menu in the multiverse."

"It's settled then, we'll grab a snack and then we'll give a stroll around the ship, good luck sugarcube!" Said Applejack as she and the rest of the girls head to the exit. "See ya' later Sunset, you gotta let me use that lightsaber when you get it!" Said Rainbow Dash aloud as she leaves, Rey chuckles and takes Sunset's hand and heads to a room in the science divison, as the door opens, there's nothing but darkness until Rey claps her hands and the lights turn on, revealing what was hidden in the darkness.

"Woah! What is this place?" Asks Sunset amazed of what she's seeing, as Rey begins to move swiftly throught the aisles surrounded by shelves full of mechanical parts. "This is my... uhm... storage? Maybe you can call it workshop... it's where I keep all the good stuff I find everywhere I go, and just to make it clear, I don't steal... I only take what has no owner." Said Rey as she took a drawer with many parts and took it with her.

"C'mon, let's go to a more suitable place for you, we only came here to pick this stuff." Said Rey as she opened the door and waited for Sunset to leave the room as she now turns off the lights and closes the door, Rey gave Sunset context of the parts of a lightsaber as they were heading to her dorm room.

"This is my room! Feel free to make yourself at home, the only rule is to clean any mess is done in here." Said Rey as she enters first, followed by Sunset, who points at Rey's bed and says with a joking tone. "And I'm supposed to be the messy one." Rey notices it and chuckles, she then replies. "The bed is different... in my opinion, there's no point on making it up, I mean in the end..."

"... It will always get messy." Said Sunset, finishing Rey's line, both look at each other amazed, as if one understands the other, both laugh and Rey said. "I've never met anyone who thinks like me."

"Finally I met someone who won't criticize my way of sleeping." Said Sunset as she ceases her laugh, Rey then heads to a door next to her bed and opens it, revealing an illuminated room with a circular symbol in the middle of the floor.

"Sit in the middle of the circle." Said Rey with a serious voice as she placed the drawer with the many parts in front of Sunset, who's now in the middle of the room, with her legs crossed, Rey then moves her hand in the air and the lights around turn off, leaving only the light that reveals the symbol at the center.

"Why did you do that?" Asks Sunset with curiosity, Rey replies with a serious and calmed expression. "Sometimes, you can only find the light after dwelling enough in the darkness." She then sits right in front of Sunset and says. "Listen Sunset, this is something you have to do on your own, I won't be able to tell you how to do your lightsaber, as its something YOU have to discover... but what I can tell you, it's how to start..."

Sunset then replicates Rey's posture of meditation as the young Jedi says. "First, I have to tell you the basics about The Force..." Said Rey as Sunset listens carefully and replies with a calmed voice and a sarcastic smile. "So... there's like a guide of The Force for dummies? That'll be hillarious." Rey chuckles a bit but then replies with a serene voice. "Haha, I'm afraid there isn't anything like that, yet... whenever you think you understand anything about The Force, you realize how much little you know about it." Rey then proceed to give Sunset the instructions to begin this process.

"Now then... I need you to close your eyes and focus." Sunset follows Rey's instructions but she feels... nothing, only darkness since her eyes are closed, which is... kind of confusing for her, since she expected anything to happen, with a serious voice and her eyes closed, Sunset asks. "Focus on what, exactly?" Rey looks at her slightly smiling and replies.

"Focus on your magic, but not in using it... but in feeling it. The Force and Equestrian magic are very similar, I have my theory that The Force is a variation of the magic of your world, both flow throughout the universe connecting every living being in existence, we are born with a sensitivity to this powers, but some people are born with a stronger bond, which grants us abilities out of the ordinary, since you have a strong connection to Euqestrian magic, you should be able to have a connection to The Force. In order to awake your sensitivity, you have to ignore the outside world and focus on the inside... you have to be able to see... with your other eyes." Said Rey as Sunset focused even more, removing all the sound her ears receive, she was able to feel the magic in the past, but she'd never put so much attention to it, a small blue light appears in front of her, that should be Rey, but it's not her body... but her essence, Sunset then notices a golden light coming from her, both her and Rey's light are connected in harmony by some sort of... spiritual bridge that's not actually there, but she can feel it.

After learning how this sensation feels, she senses more lights, there's a group of them that share different colors and have different essences, Laugh, Honesty, Loyalty, Generosity, Kindness and... Magic, those are her friends' soul or core, from then everything was easier, Sunset could then feel everyone's essence in the ship, thousands of people and all of them are... connected without them noticing, creating an insivisible bond that helps this essences interact with each other.

"I want you to open your eyes now." Said Rey with serenity, Sunset was able to hear this and followed her instructions, but then asked her. "How could I hear you if I was ignoring all sounds?"

"I spoke to you from the inside, The Force helps us communicate what words can't sometimes, we can also make our desires flow through The Force, interacting with everyone around you, a good example would be whenever you feel that something's going to happen like you wish someone falls over since they were mean to you, or when you wish for the line at the cafeteria to move faster and someone moves out, leaving room for you to get there faster." Said Rey with a calmed smile as she prepares to give the next instruction to Sunset.

"You learned to feel other living beings, it took you an hour! That's a new record! Your next task is to sense objects... hmmm... why don't you try to open the locked door behind you, using only The Force." Said Rey as she placed the box with many lightsaber pieces behind her, Sunset sighs and focuses again, she feels Rey's essence, but there's no box she can feel, sense or see. "How am I supposed to do that, though?" Asks Sunset as she keeps trying, Rey then gives her a hint. "Focus on using that light you see, since that's your eyes in the darkness. It can guide you through the darkest hallways, whilst also giving you the information you need about everything around you."

Sunset focuses again, following Rey's advice and senses the light within her, and with the desire to illuminate the room, the light within her emitted a wave that resounded like an echo throughout the room, giving Sunset the perception of the room she's in. After understanding how this works, Sunset now recognizes everything around her, Rey's sitting in front of her, next to her there's the box with the pieces to make a lightsaber, Sunset even feels where she's standing, along with what pose she has, and there's the door behind her, Sunset can see it as clear as day, but... how can she open it? "I can sense it, but I can't open the door." Said Sunset as she frowns of effort, but Rey smiles and says.

"Think of your body as a transmitter, your... light is the source of energy and your body is the one that uses this energy to do stuff (Or at least that's how Master Marek made me see it)... you need to focus on what you really want to right now, and with your arm, you make sure that energy gets to object in question." Said Rey with serenity as Sunset sighs and focuses again, sensing the door and she then extends her arm with her opened hand, she feels how she's touching the door as she stands at least 2 meters away from it, as her light echoes and highlights the shape of everything around her, Sunset moves slightly her hand as she feels the control panel of the door, and with the mere wish of opening the door, Sunset manages to focus her magic on the edge of the door and feels how she grasps it and then pushes it by moving her whole arm, opening the door and letting the light of Rey's room leak to the meditation room.

Rey is astonished, she's never seen this kind of progress before, not even in her. "Great job! 40... minutes, Master Marek would be really shocked right now!" Said Rey with excitement as Sunset opens her eyes and sees the opened door, slightly smiling with a triumphant smile, but her achievement is then interrupted by Rey who says with cheerful expression. "Now close it." Sunset looks back at the door and closes her eyes, focusing her energy and grabbing the edge of the door with it, she then moves her arm pulling it towards her as she closes her hand, closing the door and receiving applause from Rey.

"How did you felt?" Asks Rey with a smile, intrigued of Sunset's experience, since she's the first being using The Force that doesn't come from her universe. Sunset looks at her hands with a reflective expression as she says. "It felt... weirdly familiar... is like, using magic but... different. Whenever I have to use magic it's like I'm using a tool, which is my necklace... but now... I can see everything differently, magic is not something that is exclusively for Equestria, but it lies... everywhere... connecting us."

"Now you've learned the basics! That's precisely what I was looking for you to achieve." Said Rey with a smile as she stands up and changes her epression to a more calm one. "Now, you have to put all these teaching into effort to make your lightsaber, here are the pieces and you have your crystal... Oh! If it serves of advice, you need to establish a bond with the Kyber crystal. Remember, it's not a tool, but an extension of your soul, if you're not right, neither will be the crystal... this is task only and exclusively yours, I won't be able to interfere... I'll be waiting you outside, good luck Sunset!" Said Rey as she opened the door and left Sunset alone, silence flooded the room until Sunset broke it by grabbing the crystal and saying.

"No pressure Sunset... remember all the steps, focus... sense... and connect with your surroundings." Said Sunset as she held the crystal with both of her hands opened and closes her eyes, despite the empty room, she can feel the crystal, it's a warm light... similar to hers, Sunset focuses her energy into the crystal and this one begins to float, ending right in front of Sunset's face, strangely, her power activates and her mind is transported inside the crystal, where she finds herself in an empty realm, filled with darkness, but she feels the warm light of the crystal behind her and as Sunset turns around, she sees how a memory begins to plays.

The ruins of a city appear right in front of Sunset, it took her a few moments to recognize where she was, it's... Canterlot City, but... why's in ruins? Asks Sunset to herself as she sees a cloaked figure approaching to some ruins and removing the debris, revealing a hidden door, Sunset follows this figure and as the person opens the door and goes inside the dark lair, Sunset begins to wonder what is she seeing and why is she seeing this.

The figure in front of her turns on a flashlight and begins to walk through a dark hall, seems like an abandoned train station, as they keep moving forward, a dim light can be seen at the end of the tunnel, when they arrived, there's a locked door in front of them, the person turns off the flashlight and takes off its cowl, revealing the person's identity, which is none other than Sunset Shimmer, wearing her now damaged battle suit, her expression seems tired, exhausted, but also, grieving, she sighs and then removes a brick next to the door, revealing a pinpad where Sunset introduces a passwrod, unlocking the door, revealing a hideout.

Many people live there, as this seems to be one of the last safe places across the city, as Sunset walks across the tunnel, she sees Applejack and Rainbow Dash helping some wounded, they're also wearing their battle suits, but they're also damaged, Rainbow Dash has a robotic arm whilst Applejack has a patch on her left eye, covering a scar that goes from the base of her cheek to the bottom of her forehead.

"Sunset!" Said both AJ and Rainbow Dash when they saw their friend, Rainbow was the first one to run and hug Sunset tightly and said. "We're so glad you returned, tell me... did you find anything useful?" Asked Rainbow with an excited smile, but Sunset's expression only discourages Rainbow, and with a sarcastic voice Sunset said. "If sadness, sorrow and misery are useful, then yeah... I found lots of them." AJ approaches them and says with an optimistic voice.

"Don't be down sugarcube, I know you feel like barkin' at a knot right now, but if we keep looking, we may find something that will better our situation." Said Applejack as she placed her hand on Sunset's shoulder, Sunset looks at her and sighs, with a serious voice she says. "Where's everyone? How's Rarity?"

"She's fine, still recovering though. John and Twilight are with the Hunters discussing our next move, maybe you'd want to pay them a visit first." Said Rainbow Dash as she points a distant door with her robotic arm, Sunset leaves her friends and heads to the door as many thought invade her mind. Sunset Shimmer, the one who sees everything as a memory from the crystal, manages to look at a calendar in one of the refugee's tents, this events are taking place a month away from her time, meaning... that this, is the future? Where are Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie? What could've done such chaos?

Returning to the memory, Sunset opens the door and walks on dark corridor with a locked door, she places her hand on the door knob, which recognizes her biometry and unlocks, Sunset opens the door and finds everyone discussing something at the war table, or at least... that's what it seems like.

"...Did I make myself clear?" Asked Master Chief to everyone in the room before Sunset entered, she sees John, Twilight, and many Hunters around the room, although, the only familiar face is Miguel, who wears his upgraded suit and replies to Chief's question.

"I think you'll need to repeat the whole plan again since someone joined us." Said Miguel referring to Sunset's arrival, Twilight turns quickly and sees Sunset, without hesitation, she hugs her friend, followed by John, who remains still and only asks Sunset. "How was your scouting?"

"Again... nothing useful, only ruins, debris, and a gloomy city." Said Sunset with a serious voice, she's tired and it's obvious, not only in her voice but also in her behavior.

"Remain calm, young one. There's no point in giving up already." Said Hanzo with a neutral voice, Hanzo and Kuai Liang are Hunters that go by their warrior names, Scorpion and Sub-Zero respectively, it appears they've joined Miguel and other Hunters to fight... whatever caused this mess.

"It's easy to say when none of this was your fault, Scorpion." Replied Sunset as she changes her expression to a more guilty one, but John places his hand on her shoulder and says. "Sunset, stop blaming you. Don't feel bad if you haven't found anything yet, all the survivors are here and safe, why... don't you get some rest?" Sunset takes off John's hand and replies.

"I appreciate the invitation, John. But I can't rest, not now... there are things to do here and everyone is giving their best. I'm glad that y'all fine, but if you excuse, I need to leave." Said Sunset with determination as she gives a quick look at Twilight, who says. "If you're so eager to help, Flash and Adagio are distributing rations among the refugees, maybe you can lend them a hand." Said Twilight with a friendly smile as Sunset only nods her head in agreement and leaves, John then sighs and leans on the table.

"There's conflict within you, Master Chief... probably you also need rest." Said Sub-Zero with a compassionate voice as he stands up from his seat, John looks at his friend and says with a grieving voice. "She...she'll never forgive me.... am I right?"

"Hey, this is the first time she talked to you in a week, that's some progress!" Said Twilight with an optimistic voice, trying to cheer John up, Scorpion the says. "Don't regret your choice Master Chief, you had no other choice." John then leans back and stands firmly, with a serious voice, he calls fro Cortana, who appears on the war table, Chief then said.

"Cortana, I need you to run simulations with Twilight's model, we need to know how can we make it work..." John then looks at the Hunters and says. "There are still many soldiers fighting, Rey, Arbiter and Lieutenant Whilhem will need our help to clean the area around Canterlot High, call the remaining Hunters, we need to draw Kylo's attention away from our primary objective. I'll join you briefly. Twilight, you and your friends stand by for new orders, but make sure y'all know about this plan, got it?" Said John with a serious voice.

"Got it!" Said Twilight with serious expression, John looks at the everyone else and says. "Let's move team, we have job to do!! Check on your magical seals, monitor its time, stay hidden, be efficient and procure protecting everyone!" Everyone leaves the room and proceeds to head to their current missions, Twilight heads to check on Rarity whilst John heads to his room, an old metal door blocks the entrance of it, John pulls the doorknob and enters the room.

John takes off his helmet, revealing his tired expression, his face shows the lack of sleep, but his eyes show determination, as it's the only thing that's left in him. John heads to his desk and opens a drawer, revealing what once was Sunlight's pistol, the one she retrieved from Hell.

As John takes the gun, flashbacks of what he's done struck his mind, how Lucifer gave him another magazine with the order of killing Vader once and for all, since these bullets have the property of erasing every trace of darkness. John succeeded in his task, but when Sunset's life was in danger by Sunlight's threat, he had no other choice, but... to pull the trigger, only one of these blessed bullets right in the head was enough to take Eclipse Sunlight down, John's hand begins to shake as he remembers Sunlight's expression, begging for him to take the shot as she was slowly getting swallowed completely by the dark magic. And how the bullet pierced her head, blood and pieces of her brain were lying on the floor as her restless body fell. He desperately tried to make another deal with Lucifer to bring her back, but the problem was... that since her heart was already consumed by dark magic... the bullet erased her soul from existence, there wasn't... any way... to bring her back.

Since that moment, Sunset hasn't said a word to John until now, she believes he broke his promise of helping Sunlight, but what option could he choose? If he hadn't done that, Sunset would've ended up severely injured, maybe even dead. John checks on the gun's chamber, it had three bullets left, he remembers whom received the other three, Vader, Starkiller and... Sunlight.

John closes his eyes, trying to stop himself from crying, but when he opens them again, he says the dog tags of his family, the Blue Team and Aura Sentry's police badge, how she died at Vader's hands, and time later, each member of the Blue Team sacrificed themselves to ensure John and the others survive. "It should've been me." Said John with a grieving voice as he grabs a photo portrait he had on his desk, it was a photo of everyone together, happy, before all of this had happened.

"I... I've failed you all..." John makes a pause as tears began to run down his cheeks and then he says. "I couldn't protect them, Sunlight... Pinkie Pie... Fluttershy... please... forgive me... I could've done better... I could've saved you..." John then puts the photo back where he picked it up and took Sunlight's pistol and holsters it in his right leg. He then gets his hand beneath his bed and takes out his blades and sees them as he says. "But now... there's a chance to fix everything... And I won't let this repeat, never... again." As John made this oath to himself, his blades glow intensely with their crimson lightnings, John attaches his blades to his back and puts on his helmet and receives an incoming call from Jerome.

"Jerome?" Said John through his helmet communicator, his voice changed quickly from grieving to serious, just like Spartans were trained to do so.

"I heard you're leaving, mind to tell me where?" Asks Jerome with a serious but relaxed voice, as John heads out of his room, not before taking a paper with a magical seal, John remembers Princess Twilight made these to hide their presence from magical sensitive beings, such as Kylo Ren... but it wasn't long ago when she was struck down by Kylo's lightsaber, she tried to buy everyone enough time to escape The Eclipse, but battling Kylo directly wasn't the best option, since his power was way abover hers, plus... there wasn't anyone else to back her up.

John sighs and replies to Jerome. "We need to carry on the plan I told you about, me and the Hunters are going out, the Lindholms and Dr. Ziegler will stay in the bunker, I need you to look out after Flash and the others... please." John only hears how Jerome sighs, but he understands John's feelings only with the sound of his voice, Jerome then replies. "Got it, I've been thinking on taking them out, since being here for more than three days might drive them mad." John then replies with a calmed voice.

"Thanks... Jerome, I..." He's then interrupted by Jerome, who said with a relaxed voice. "Don't mention it... it's been a hard time for all of us, especially for you... we've lost too many people, we can't afford to having grumpy faces around, heh... Kelly would've gather everyone and play a game with the children, don't you think?"

"Yeah, she... always... had her way with people... *sighs*" John makes a pause to think of her lost friend, how she was always the opposite of John, her attitude and charm always managed to lighten the mood even in the worst missions, how she use to make jokes mocking John, her revitalizing laugh, her shining blue eyes and the angular beauty of her face are things John can't forget not even trying it. And the fact that he always looked after her, and that in her final moments, she told John the truth of her feelings towards him, this made it even tougher for him when John lost her, a weigh grows bigger in his chest, as his memories of his friends and familiy, along with Kelly's make John tremble and lean on the wall next to him. ("I could've at least... replied to... her feelings... but I said nothing!)" Claimed John to himself as he feels the weigh of his chest grow even bigger, but Jerome's voice made him snap out of his trance.

"John! Are you ok?" Asked Jerome through the communicator, John breathes heavily as he stops himself from shedding a single tear, and with a serious voice, he says. "Yes, I just... needed a moment, I'll be leaving now Jerome, if anything happens... let me know." Said Chief ending the call for his own sake, if he keeps dwelling in his failures, he'll never make it to the exit, he needs to focus in order to carry out this plan... since it's their last hope, Jerome was shocked about John's sudden reaction, but he understood it at some level, John's been stressed since Kylo won, despite alll his efforts and plans to change the tides, nothing worked... this plan is Twilight's greatest achievement, putting all her effort in finding an answer to her deceased mentor's greatest doubt. "Can we go back in time?"

Meanwhile, Sunset gets to the supply depot and grabs a box of rations, despite their bad flavor, they cover the basics in nutrimentation, that should be enough, she exits the supply depot and heads to the tents in the south side from the entrance to the bunker, as she begins to give the refugees their rations, Sunset thinks of the misfortune all these people had, as many lost their families, their homes... everything... as Sunset immerses herself in her thought and her body moves automatically, a familiar voice snaps her out.

"Sunset Shimmer?!" It was Principal Celestia, who came out of a tent after seeing her former student walking in front of her, her messy look and torn clothing couldn't wipe off the feeling of calmness whenever Sunset heard her voice, since she's been like a mentor and a mother figure for her. "Principal... I'm glad to see you're fine." Said Sunset with a smile of relief, she hasn't seen her since everyone was evacuated of Canterlot High before... the TIE Bombers arrived and... wiped out the whole building, along with Vice-principal Luna. Principal Celestia holds Sunset cheek, as she looks with pity Sunset's face, she's tired, and it can't be hidden. "But you, Sunset...? Have you been eating well? You must to take a rest every now and then, Sunset." Said Principal Celestia with concern, Sunset only sighed and took off the Principal's hand and said.

"Does it matter? There's a lot to do, and since Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy... are..." Sunset begins to remember the events that took them away, Fluttershy died fighting Eclipse Sunlight on her own, but Sunlight died later that day when she was fighting her and in her pursuit of not killing Sunlight, Sunset ended up severely injured, almost at the edge of death. John came in and after fighting Sunlight and many Sith Troopers, he picked that... "heavenly pistol" and shoot a bullet right through Sunlight's head. Pinkie Pie died not much long ago, in a mission to retrieve some "important" things from one of The Final Order's base, the exfill didn't get there in time, and Pinkie used all of her items to create a explosion big enough to cover their escape... but... to create such an explosion... demanded Pinkie to stay behind.

Tears begin to run down Sunset's cheeks, but she feels how her head lays on Principal Celestia's chest, who said with a warm voice. "It's... fine, let it out." Sunset then drops the box with the remaining rations and hugs tightly Principal Celestia, she then lets all her emotions out in the shape of tears, Principal Celestia caresses her student's hair, calming her down. "They... were... my friends... and now... they're gone." Said Sunset with a sobbing voice as Principal Celestia says.

"I get it... everyone has lost someone close to them, but we have to cope with their loss and move forward." Sunset lifts her head and looks at Celestia in her eyes and says with despair and grief. "But... how?! I just want... to lay down and... do nothing."

Principal Celestia smiles at Sunset and says. "Remember, hope is the last thing we lose... just take a look!" Sunset then turns around and sees all the refugees, sharing stories, jokes, the children are playing and laughing, there are also a few dogs that play with the elders and the adults, despite the bad conditions they're in, they manage to have a good time. At the distance, Sunset sees how Sonata plays tag with some kids, while Aria is preparing stew for dinner along with the help of other refugees. Sunset sees how Adagio is distributing the last of the rations in her box as the people greet her with a cheerful smile, Flash then comes out from behind a trash can, as he pretends to be a monster playing with the kids, he then catches a little boy and lifts him up and sits him on his shoulders, the kids laugh as they ran away from Flash, Sunset can't help but to smile after seeing this, Principal Celestia then says.

"There's still hope, John and Flash have always done their best to encourage us... heh, I gues you can call it magic, but it's like their presence transmits hope to everyone else, also... I never thought that I'd see The Dazzlings helping everyone. Even in the darkest of hours, you and your friends have managed to be the lights that illuminates our hearts, if there's anyone who can find a solution, I know it's you."

"She's right, but... let's not think too much of that, shall we?" Said Flash as he approached Sunset and Principal Celestia, his optimistic smile has been cheering everyone up since the war was lost, despite his scar on his cheek and the many scratches his suit has, his charm hasn't fade away, Sunset runs towards him and hugs him tightly, these were the few times Sunset felt safe, as Flash wraps her around his arms and says. "I also missed you, Sunset." Said Flash as he kisses gently Sunset's forehead, Principal Celestia looks at them with a smile as both Flash and Sunset's communicator began to beep.

"Axios Team, Jerome here! Meet me at the armory in 3, we got assigned with a mission and I need all of you." Said Jerome with a calmed voice as the message ended, Axios Team is a division of the Blue Team, though it was formed initally by The Rainbooms, the situation forced them to include The Dazzlings in this task force, Jerome's message was broadcasted throughout their communicators, Flash sighs and with a smile says.

"I swear if we have to clean up the sewers of the bunker again, I'll make Jerome go instead of me." Said Flash as he turned around and said goodbye to the children, who were waving back at him, Sunset turns at Principal Celestia and says with a smile, something Sunset hasn't done in quite a while. "Thanks, Principal... I-I really needed to hear that."

"Don't even mention, Sunset... now go, you were called for a mission, I'll deliver the remaining rations, sounds good?" Said Celestia with an optimistic smile as she grabbed the box of rations Sunset dropped a while ago. "Sounds perfect, thanks... again!" Said Sunset as she and Flash left the south part of the bunker and headed along with The Dazzlings to the armory.

Once there, the whole team reunites and begins to chat, except for Twilight who arrived late as she was putting on her bracers and connected them to her Tesla coils. "Sorry everyone! How long you've been waiting?" Asked Twilight as she tries to catch her breath, Applejack helps her to make the final connection of her suit as she says with a smile. "Meh, not too much, sugarcube! How's Rarity?" Asked Applejack with an optimistic look, Twilight sighs and heads to a desk and takes a small metal foil and welds it to her chestplate, closing a small crack there was on her left side.

"She's fine! Actually, she finally woke up but Dr. Ziegler said it'll take some time for her to recover her strength, so she won't come with us to this mission." Said Twilight as she finished welding the steel foil, Adagio looks around and says. "Uhm... where's Jerome?"

"That's a good point actually, and where are our suits?" Asked Aria as she looked around the room, before his death retrieving all the documentation regarding Twilight's investigation, Tesla made suits for The Dazzlings, although this weren't as resourceful as the Rainbooms' battle suits, these battle suits have configurations that allow The Dazzlings to create different weapons depending of the situation, powered by the energy of their restored geodes, the only problem... Tesla never managed to discover how to invert a magical artifact's nature, so their geodes still power up from negative emotions, luckily... Tesla isolated the radio of action and made it so that the geodes only work with their wielders' negative emotions, such as anger, hatred, envy, arrogance, only to mention a few.

Jerome then comes from another room holding a huge box with a label that says weapons and with an optimistic voice he says.

"Alright people, Isabel and I made some adjustments to The Dazzlings' suits, I adjusted your combat modules for you to have more weapons, although they are only three, they'll come in handy." Said Jerome as he opened the box, revealing the suits he mentioned, as The Dazzlings suit up, Jerome and Flash hugged brotherly, as it's been a while since the last time both saw each other.

"It's good to know you're still with us, bro!" Said Flash as he greeted Jerome with a wide smile. "Someone needs to watch over John, plus... we need as much hands as possible." Said Jerome as he took off his helmet, revealing his face showing an cheerful smile regardless of the many scratches his armor has, his optimism seems to be unyielding.

"Tell us Jerome, what's our next mission?" Asks Twilight as she and the team approached Jerome, who replies with a smile. "On our last patrol, Arbiter and I found a few shops at the mall that were in good conditions, I was thinking if we go out there and bring everyone something.... now that I think of it, there was a candy shop that didn't seem destroyed, we might find some edible candies for the children down here."

"Really? Don't you think we'll be beatin' the Devil around the stump instead of helpin' the fight out there?" Asks Applejack as she scratches her head, it's not that she dislikes the idea, but how things are going right now, she thinks it'll be better to focus on winning the as many battles as possible. "Nah, don't worry AJ... there's another mission we have, Richtofen asked us to retrieve power cells from an outpost of The Final Order and deliver them to him." Said Jerome as a holographic map appears right in front of him and Isabel appears next to it.

"...And if we take a look at the map, we can go first to the mall and take some supplies and we can go to small outpost on our way back, it'll be to kill two birds with one stone." Said Isabel with a confident voice, as she and the holomap dissappear and get inside Jerome's helmet. "But, if we want to have success, we better leave now. Is everyone ready?" Asks Jerome as he puts back his helmet and looks around, although no one spoke, the fact of seeing everyone looking at him with determination was enough for Jerome to understand that they were craving to do this, with a serious voice, he said.

"Alright, Axios... let's move!" Said Jerome as now the whole team heads to the exit of the armory, but Sunset stays behind as she seems unsure of this mission, the last time they thought a mission would be easy, they lost Pinkie Pie, but Sunset snaps out of her inner thoughts as she feels Flash's hand on her shoulder, and his kind voice saying.

"Hey, don't worry... we'll be fine, I'm sure of it." Sunset still gets amazed of the amount of optimism he has, Flash has lost most of his family, remaining only John and Jerome and yet he seems to be doing fine, Sunset then smiles back at him and both exit the armory, as they stopped at the main tunnel, they hear someone running behind them.

"Applejack!" Shouted Applebloom as she approach her sister with her hat on her hands, after hugging Applejack asks. "Hey, why the rush sugarcube? Did Granny Smith and Big Mac are ok?" Asked Applejack concerned, but her sister catched her breath and said. "Yeah, we're fine... but when I heard you and you're friends are heading out, I had to give you this..." Said Applebloom as she hands Applejack her hat, which was left behind by Applejack when it got torn by a blaster shot, but Applebloom managed to patch it up. With a moved expression, Applejack said.

"Aww! You shouldn't have!." Said Applejack as she put back her hat, although her reaction, Applejack indeed felt bad when her hat received the shot, but to see it now restores, only draws a smile on her face. "We're apples, helping others is part of what we do!" Said Applebloom as she hugged her sister tightly, Applejack hugs her back and after a short while, she says. "Alright, now go back sugarcube! I'm sure Granny Smith and Big Mac will need your help." Applebloom smiles as she salutes as a soldier and leaves, after this... the team walks through the main tunnel as they head to the exit.

"Twilight, would you mind to tell us about your plan?" Asks Jerome as he seems to be calibrating his weapons. "Yeah, John and you have been working on that for quite the time already, but we don't even know what it is!" Claimed Rainbow Dash as she stretches her arms, she does have a point though, the mission where Pinkie Pie perished was related to this plan, the only thing the rest of The Rainbooms knew was that they had to steal a portal machine, but that's it, they didn't question it then since the whole idea of Kylo Ren conquering Equestria and invading many universes at the same time wasn't easy to digest.

"She's right, why have you been keeping it away from us the whole time, Twilight?" Asks Sunset confused as she begins to think of the reasons, mainly because they're friends is that she feels kind of... betrayed. "I know I did wrong by hiding it from you all, but Cortana suggested that both John and I kept it in secret in case any of us got captured, that intel will be safe in someone else's mind. But now since it's almost finished, there's no point on hiding it from any of you..." Twilight then makes a pause as she begins to thin of where and how to start, but after mustering enough determination, she says.

"When... we lost... Tesla knew we will lose definitively if we don't have a plan... but, what could we do in our situation? Well, he had an idea, and it was if we can be able to go back in time?... I mean, you can go forward thanks to time-space relativity, but his theory suggested that we could also go backwards..." Everyone was making an idea of what Twilight was suggesting, but Rainbow Dash was the first one to react. "W-Wait... hold on! You're saying that everything we've done so far was to built a TIME MACHINE?!! That's... awesome!!" Twilight then replies with a gentle smile.

"Kinda... before his death, Tesla managed to upload a copy of all the documentation and research made by the science division into Cortana's memory, all of this was moments before the Infinity's destruction. The only problem, is that the machine requires a humongous amount of energy, to send only ONE person back in time, this because you literally have to enter the quantum realm while also travelling faster than light to be able to move a little bit into the past." Said Twilight with a confident voice as she begins to remember all the times she and Tesla had to lose sleep to make the calculations work, but that was oly the theorical aspect, Cortana is now running simulations to make it work in the practical way.

"So, how does it work?" Asks Adagio intrigued by Twilight's plan, even for a magical being like her, the fact of being able to go back in time is complicated. Twilight then looks at her and says. "It's more like a super accelarator that creates a portal with enough power to send you into the quantum realm, while also accelerating your molecules until they become a tachion, which means that you're moving faster than light, the only thing left to see, is how to make a safe jump." Twilight's expression changes from confidence to concern, as she knows that is a crucial part of the process, but she hasn't figured it out yet.

"Safe... jump?" Asks Aria as she looks at Twilight with confusion, the idea now doesn't seem very convincing, Twilight shrugs as she says. "Yeah, we know how to go back in time, but the problem is that you will appear in another point of time and space, and after the machine loses its effects, we don't know how to change someone's form back, unless there's someone in the past already waiting for you... *sighs* that's the only thing I've been thinking lately."

"And... who's going to make the jump?" Asks Flash as he reflects over this plan, but Twilight replies with an ashamed expression. "That... remains to be decided... but John said that it'll be better if I do it, since I understand how the machine and its effects work, but I haven't said yes..." Twilight's expression seems a bit saddened, but Jerome then stops them and says. "Don't overthink it Twilight, right now, we have other things to focus on..." Said Jerome as the team realizes they're right at the exit, a massive walls of debris covers the entrance, making sure only those who know the path can enter. Jerome takes a paper with the magic seal Princess Twilight made and he rips off one of the edges, as the seal begins to illuminate, indicating it's activated and the countdown began before it completely fades away.

"Minus the time we'll make to the city, we have 3 hours team, let's make them count." Said Jerome as he approaches the wall next to the entrance and pushes a misplaced brick, which opens a door-shaped hole in the wall in front of him, as they exited the tunnel, the look of their destroyed home leaves nothing but a pain in The Rainbooms' hearts, as they had the role to protect it, but they failed. After walking for several minutes, they finally made it to the city, but the sight didn't improve, it got even worse. A star destroyer sieged over the observatory, as it fights against X-Wings, Boradswords and Pelicans, but it's obvious they're only buying time for something else to happen.

As rain begins to pour, the team kept walking down the abandoned streets of what once was Canterlot City, now destroyed and filled with the sounds of blasters and assault rifles at the distance.

Destroyed buildings, smoking homes, Canterlot High had pieces of TIE Fighters and X-Wings inlaid in its infrastructure, Sunset can't look very long at it as she keeps moving forward. The team arrives at once was Flash's home, destroyed, the whole ceiling crumbled as a small squad of TIE Bombers attack them, in their efforts of protecting the lab, Fred blew it up with an explosive, taking a big amount of Sith Troopers along with him. As the team kept walking, they began to see the remnants of their city, Crystal Prep was now nothing but debris and broken glass, destroyed police patrols and tanks all over the city, Pelicans that were shut down crashed against buildings, filling the streets with broken glass as pieces of concrete sprout from the broken street.

As they keep walking, bodies of troopers lie dead in the streets, Resistance troopers, Banished, Sith troopers, and many more fought in the city, the ravages of war turned the city into a battlefield, the remaining troops of the Resistance fight only a few battles against the Final Order, only to ensure the civilians will survive and Twilight's plan succeeds, but all their efforts are placed in that plan, which is something that disturbs Sunset, as she thinks they're holding onto Twilight's plan as their last hope. "(All these deads, their sacrifices, are they worth of something? I hope they are, we're running out of options...)" Sunset then walks towards Jerome as she asks him in a low voice.

"Jerome... do you... think, we failed?" Jerome looks at Sunset, his helmet hides his reflective expression, but with a calmed voice he replied. "Sunset... war is always changing... but our duty... remains the same. We have to protect this world and its people, yeah... many have died since we lost Equestria, but... as far as there's still people that lives, there will be hope of a better tomorrow. Or at least... that's what John always says."

Sunset's expression seems thoughtful, but another question takes her mind, and her tongue can't help but to ask. "Sometimes I think John doesn't know what he's doing." Jerome then turned his head at Sunset abruptly, she had no need to look under his helmet to know he was partially offended, but also, he understands why she said that, his calmed voice then says. "John and I were raised as battle tools, the perfect weapons... but the moment we arrived to this world, John began to appreciate life with a new perspective. Not only as a soldier, but also as a father and as a friend... when everything began to go south, John and I had to rely on our first teachings... which are to fight... no matter what." Jerome makes a pause as he orders the team to stop moving, with another handsign, the team leans on the wall of a building next to them. There was a patrol of Sith troopers around the corner, thankfully, they were looking away from the team's position, the sound of the rain pouring and thunders in the sky hid the team's voices and footsteps.

Jerome points at a rock and Sonata hands it to him, after peeking, Jerome saw how they were finishing off a squad of marines, the sound their blaster shots filled the empty street as Jerome hid around the corner. There was nothing they could've done, Jerome then clenches the rock and throws it at the abandoned Sweet Shoppe, causing enough noise for the patrol to head there and ignore their rear, giving the team a chance to run to the other side of street, after walking away from the patrol, the team is now closer to the mall and Jerome resumes his conversation with Sunset.

"The whole point is... John is not someone who gives up, he never does... you might think he's plans are desperate, and probably they are, but... what else can he do? He has to protect you all along with the refugees, if fighting grants us another day to live, that's enough for him... also, he's human... and you aren't the only one who lost someone, we all did..." Jerome's voice changes from calmed to somber as he continues. "... I hope you can be more comprehensive, besides... he's also like you, trying to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders... that's never good, for anyone."

Sunset now reflects on what Jerome said, she realizes how this war got her bitter, John is still her friend, or at least... that's what she hopes, probably she should apologize once they return from this mission. "Alright people, we're here." Said Jerome as he and the team stops at the entrance of the mall, but the doors are locked with debris of concrete and metal, after Jerome and Applejack removed all the debris, there was a still a metal foil blocking the entrance, Flash then unsheathes his blade and imbues it with fire, and with a cross slash, he cut through the door and with a kick, he opened it.

"C'mon, let's get in... just make sure not to make too much noise." Said Flash as he enters first, followed by the rest of the team as they now begin to search for anything useful that might be in the remaining stores, the darkness of the halls and the light that pours in from a hole in the ceiling gives off the vibes of emptiness, there was a small battle here time ago, but now... there's nothing.

Meanwhile on the other side of city.
John moves jumping from the rooftops of the buildings as he sees how the Final Order movilizes towards an unknown destination. "(This ain't good, where are they going?)" Thought John as he hears a grappling hook clinging on the edge of the rooftop his in, a cloaked person climbs the rope and sits on the edge of the roof as he catches his breath, he then takes off his mask and hood, revealing his identity.

"Timber, how was your mission?" Asks John as he approaches Timber, who was carrying a leather bag, he shows it to John and says. "I... got it, Chief." Timber then opens the bag and takes out a device from the Final Order, he was tasked on stealing it without being noticed and then rendezvous with John as soon as possible.

"Just as you said, we'll have track of their next moves for at least a month." Said with a proud smile, as infiltrating a Final Order base isn't easy at all, John then looks at the flash drive and says to Timber with a serious voice. "Good job, you weren't followed?" Asks John as he takes the flash drive and plugs it in his bracer, displaying now a menu of many files regarding the Final Order's next plans. "Nope... rain makes a great job hiding your traces, although I had to run amidst the danger of receiving a blaster shot from the many battles there are across the city." Said Timber with a concerned voice as he remembers how his life was on the edge many times on his way here.

John then begins to examine the many files by date, ignoring Timber, who stands up as he says. "Y'know... I never got the chance to properly thank you for saving me when those creepy guys kidnapped me and Gloriosa, Chief... you really saved our skins back then." John then stops, he remembers that mission, there were many casualties, but the main objective was to save Timber and his sister, yet... John feels like he doesn't deserve any thanks.

"I don't deserve any grattitude... many people died when Kylo blowed up the building... I tried to deactivate the bomb, but... it had a biometric mechanism... I couldn't stop it... but I know I could've done it if I had arrived sooner." Said John with a serious voice as he resumes his research, Timber then reflects on John's words and says with a compassionate voice. "I know you're going through a lot, but... you don't have to carry the guilt of everything... it wasn't your fault." Said Timber as he looks at John concerned, but he ignored his words as he found a file with a sweeping route a platoon of Sith troopers will take in 20 minutes to make sure there aren't any survivors with The Resistance... and it goes right through the bunker. John began to make quick calculations to ensure the safest escape route.

"Fuck... Timber, take the flash drive and head to the bunker, right now... I'll warn Cortana, evacuate the bunker and relocate... the sweeping routes are slow, so if you're fast enough, the seal won't burn completely and you'll be safe, everyone needs to move at this coordinates, it's a far spot, take shelter in the deep woods and wait until we arrive, got it?" Said John imperatively, he wasn't asking Timber if he wanted or not, it's a direct order... Timber takes the flash drive and puts on his mask as he activates his speed boots, which are similar to Rainbow Dash's, but lack attack power. Timber slides down the rope he took to climb and begins to run towards the bunker.

John then uses the communicator of his helmet and begins to transmit a message to Cortana. "Cortana, prepare an evacuation plan! The Final Order is heading towards the bunker, get everyone into safety, now!" Said Chief imperatively as he receives a call from Rey. "Master Chief, we have a big problem here!" Claimed Rey with a desperate voice as John asks. "Rey, what happened? How's the situation with you and Arbiter?!"

"One thing... Kylo... Ren" Said the Arbiter through the communicator, John froze in place as he hears that name, knowing it only means one thing... "GET OUT OF THERE!" Claimed John to his friends, holding onto the hope that if they were fast enough, they'll be able to escape, but a deep part of him knew there was no way out of this situation, which got corroborated by Arbiter's voice. "I'm afraid that's too late, old friend. Don't worry, Cortana already has our part of the plan..."

John tried not to believe this, but his friends' last words made him swallow the crude reality. "Farewell... John... it's been an honor to be your friend." The communicator got smashed ending the call abruptly. John then looks at the building where Rey and Arbiter are. There's a secret base that worked as a research lab at the top of the building, Richtofen used it to get the main parts for Twilight's machine, but he had to abandon it when it got attacked by a dark magic wave, indicating only one thing... they're doom was upon them. At least, their sacriface will buy enough time for Richtofen to escape.

"Are you ready, Jedi?!" Said Thel'Vadam as he ignited his energy blade.

"More than you think, Arbiter!" Said Rey as she ignites her lightsaber after placing an explosive on the column next to her, both knew what will come out of the smoke in front of them, as they see a crimson blade ignite and flooding the whole floor with his dark magic, as his figure dissipates the smoke of the explosion.

"I wondered why this world was taking so long to fall... but now, it's your time for it to DIE!!" Shouted Kylo as he tries to overwhelm Arbiter and Rey with his dark presence, but their determination doesn't flinch, they're ready for the outcome and won't hold anything back.

"Let's see if you can do that, BASTARD!!" Shouted Rey as she and Arbiter rushed against Kylo, who engaged combat against them only for mere fun, he has absorbed such amount of magic that only Sunset and her friends can match him, but after all... he enjoys a good combat, it only took him a short while to stab Arbiter with his lightsaber and when he got to fight Rey, he began to use a warp technique, but his jumps were imprecise, he began to lose his ground easily as he couldn't know where he was jumping. which overwhelmed Rey quickly, as she's now on the ground with Kylo's heel on her neck.

"At the end, you weren't even match for me." Said Kylo arrogantly as he mocks of Rey, who tries to take off Kylo's heel but fails, with a smug on her face, she says. "If you focus only in the enemy in front of you, you'll lose focus on your surroundings." Said Rey as she made a hand gesture, which pulled her lightsaber towards Kylo's head, but as soon as it was about to reach him, he snaps his fingers, turning the whole weapon into a rubber toy.

"W-What?" Asked Rey as she couldn't understand what just happened, Kylo chuckles as he says. " Chaos magic really does unbelievable things, I'm really glad that I absorbed it from that wretched creature from Equestria."

"Yeah... you might be right, but you still lack training... you can't even control your techniques, you only pretend to, and that's why you'll lose!" Said Rey with a mocking expression as she looks at Kylo, who only angers by her statement and snaps her neck with his boot, but as he hears rocks moving, he turns around and sees how the Arbiter reached for a detonator and press it. The whole floor blew up, but the strength of the explosion was such that the whole building was brought down as John only looks at the distance.

If Kylo was now in this world, it meant they have to rush their plans or everything will go to waste, there's not time to think of any Plan B, John takes his blades and heads to the defensive position of Lieutenant Whilhem's platoon. If that position fell, the whole plan will fail and that is something John can't afford.

END OF CHAPTER