Multiversal Crisis: A Equestria Girls Story

While Sunlight's mission was taking place, everyone back at the CHS world were discussing their next move, while John was taking a holo meeting with Richtofen, Tesla, Galen, General Poe and Captain Lasky. After showing Omega Team's recording, Richtofen said with a serious voice.

"Scheiße... how is this possible…?!” After this, everyone looks at Richtofen with concern, John then asks. "Do you know anything about these creatures?" Richtofen looks at him with a serious expression and then says. "Only about the Zombies, I've fought those filthy spawns since long ago, I thought that we would've got rid of them, but it appears not."

"Then what can you tell us, Richtofen? Anything can be useful." Said John with a serious voice, although he sees Richtofen shocked expression, they need as much intel as they can gather. "The Zombies I fought against in my universe were corpses reanimated by a substance known as Element 115, which was made by dark entities known as Apothicons, their objective was to bring chaos to every dimension within my universe, luckily..." Richtofen then makes a pause as he begins to recall all those events, he then continues with a sentimental voice. "Me and... my... friends, stopped the Apothicons and saved our reality, but it appears our efforts only brought peace temporarily."

"And how did you defeat them?" Asks Poe with curiosity, Richtofen sighs and with a calmer voice, he says. "It was... difficult, but as I see it, these Zombies aren't created by 115, their movement is clumsy, and they only seem to attack everything that's moving, see?" Richtofen points out a frame of the recording where many Zombies are attacking the Xenomorphs, devouring their meat.

"Hmmm... so they're an easy target?" Asks John as he analyses the footage. "Yes.. und no... these Zombies are easy to kill, but they attack in large groups, which means that they are a big threat regardless of their own weakness." Said Richtofen with a serious voice, after all, he's seen what these Zombies are capable of.

"And what about our other friends, what can we know about them?" Asked Captain Lasky regarding the Xenomorphs with his arms crossed and a serious expression, Tesla then replies. "Thanks to Cortana's analysis, we have tracked them down. These beings... are called Xenomorphs. Basically, they are endoparasitoid aliens that grow within a hostage's body and sprout from its chest in… gruesome… ways, also, they change their appearance regarding their host capabilities, this footage shows Xenomorphs but of the Human phenotype kind. Strangely... these species can be considered, perfect, since they adapt to the environment they grow no matter what, acidic blood, ferocity, otherworldly resistance to physical damage, tearing limbs off won't kill them, but total decapitation will."

John brings his hands to his face as a frustration sign as he says. "How the hell are we going to deal with that?! We already have enough with the Final Order and their allies." Galen then came up with his idea, the one he thought of alongside Red Team. "Gentlemen, I may have the answer to it, while looking among the Final Order's files Sunlight brought us, I found the Purge Trooper genome. If we make some alterations to it, we can revert it back to the Clone Trooper genome used in the Clone Wars long ago. We only need a dimension where time moves slower and cloning facilities."

"Hold on... you're saying that we can produce an army? That'll take a huge amount of resources, Galen." Said John with confusion, Galen then replies with a serious voice. "I'm aware of that, John. But... if we can pull this up, we can fight back the Final Order! Right now, we Hunters are the best card The Resistance has, and they're using us to keep the Final Order at bay, not even winning! We have to do something!"

"And HOW do you think we can pull that out, HUH?! We need solutions, Galen! Not dreams!" Said John with frustration, as many things are gathering inside his head, but Galen replied with a much calmer voice. "At least I have a plan, what do you have? A bunch of teenagers with great superpowers and yet, they can't win in a fight against ONE enemy."

John began to get mad as he said. "It's not that simple, Galen... there are many things that make it difficult." Galen then interrupted him by saying. "Then find solutions, just as you said, don't you think?" Before this arguing continues, Poe stopped them as he says. "GENTLEMEN! This is NOT the time for this!" Poe then takes a deep breath and says. "John, we truly appreciate your concern, but we're not in a position of denying solutions, Richtofen, Tesla, track down these rifts, we have to begin to locate if these creatures are spawning somewhere else. Galen, I can assign you a search party, look after any remains of cloning facilities, everything you can find is useful."

Lasky then adds. "Once you do so, we can do as you say, move that equipment in another universe where time moves at our favor. Master Chief, you and your team have new tasks, to bring back Eclipse Sunlight in order to frustrate Kylo's plans temporarily, and also..." Lasky made a pause, as he is doubting if he should assign this to John, he then sighs and says with a serious voice. "Capture Starkiller... and bring him to the UNSC Eternity... alive."

John then says with a serious voice. "Understood... sir." After this, everyone finally calmed down and Lasky then said. "Alright people, we have our missions, let's get to work, General Poe and I will keep track of your progress, as long as we can, but good luck and we may all have success." After this, Lasky ended the call, followed by everyone else, except for Galen, who looks at John and both say at the same time. "I'm sorry."

"Ou... ahahah, that was awkward." Said Galen with a calmed smile, as John nods with his head and says. "Yeah, I let go of my emotions when I shouldn't have, it's just..." Galen then interrupts him as he sees John struggling to make up his mind. "I know, I get it, no one is having a good time, and I also recognize my mistake, but you should do something regarding those kids, we're in war, John... and... whether we like it or not, they're also involved in it."

"It's just... they don't deserve to live this, I wish we could do something more to not involve them but... I think we're now at a dead end... *sigh* I think I have an idea, thanks, Galen... I appreciate your sincerity." Said John as he turns around and heads to the exit, but Galen then says. "Can you deal with the task?"

"Saving Sunlight? Of course..." Replied John with a calmed voice, but Galen crosses his arms and says. "Y'know that isn't what I'm talking about." John then looks at him but remains silent, leaving room for Galen to say. "You and I know what Starkiller did, and I also want him dead, but we need him alive... and I've seen how you've struggled to hold back every time you faced him... and now after the observatory, it may be harder for you." John then turns around and heads to the exit, not before hearing Galen say. "This is not what Melodic Lightbolt would've wanted, remember the promise you made to him!"

John then exits the room, as in his mind resounds Galen's words. Melodic Lightbolt... was Flash's biological father, and also, he was John's informant and friend in this world, but he died long ago at Starkiller's hands... that day... John promised to take care of his family, unbeknownst to Aura and Flash, but John's duties required him to leave this universe longer than he wanted to. But now there's no time to worry about that, he exits the briefing room down in the lab and approaches the main room in the lab, where the girls, and Team Blue and Omega seem discussing the situation.

"Hey! You're back, how it went?" Asked Kelly with curiosity, John looks at her with his serious expression, giving her already the answer as he opens his mouth and says. "Team! Rally up!" After this, everyone gathered around him and John then begins to say. "Right now, the stage isn't very promising. The Final Order outnumbers us, Kylo Ren and his team have become a huge threat to everyone, and also we have these new threats to face, alongside anything else that comes up from those rifts."

"So... what's next?" Asked Rainbow Dash with enthusiasm and mostly concern, John looks at her as he then continues. "We discussed in the briefing our next move, and we chose to split our efforts in order to contain the Final Order, stop the incoming threats and deal with Kylo and his team." John looks at Leon and says. "Omega Team, we need all the hands possible to fight these new creatures..." John then gets interrupted by Robert who stands up and says.

"Yeah, we know... we'll have to deal with this..." Before he can finish his sentence, John interrupts by saying. "Yes, but this time, it'll be a much bigger operation, contact Commander Palmer and reassemble Strike Team Osiris, after Spartans II, they are of the most effective teams, then contact The Arbiter, we're gonna need all the Swords Of Sanghelios' help."

Fred then asks John with a serious expression. "And what about Red Team? Can't they help with this?" John looks down a bit before staring at Fred and replying. "Galen has a plan, if it works out... we may have a chance to turn the tables, so we gotta risk it, I'm going to ask Jerome if they can assist Galen on his mission." After this, Linda takes her sniper rifle and reloads it as she asks. "And what about us?"

John takes his time to process this, it'll be risky, but there's no other choice, with a serious voice, he says. "The Blue Team has been tasked with two missions, the first one is to free Sunlight and bring her back, the second one..." John then clenches his fist in order to contain his anger and says. "We capture Starkiller and bring him to the UNSC Eternity... alive. The Resistance's forces will be focused on fighting the Final Order, while the rest of the Hunters attack crucial targets in order to slow them down, so it'll be up to us."

After this, Kelly looks around and says. "Wait... only... the four of us?!" John then looks at Kelly and says. "Technically, yes, but we're going to need your help girls." Said John as he looks at the Mane 7, but Fred interrupts him by saying. "Chief, this is a higher level operation, they lack the authorization to take part in such a risky mission."

John then seems reflective as he then replies. "You're right... but... what if we change that, Cortana, can you add a subdivision to Blue Team?" Cortana appears right next to John, she seems reflective but she quickly says. "I can." She then shows a holographic control panel, where she accessed the database of Spartan teams, on Blue Team's section, she added a slot below with the names of The Rainbooms. "What would the name of this team be?" Asked Cortana as she looks at John, who says with determination. "Axios."

"Axios..." Said Aura to herself, only to then hear Rainbow Dash shouting with excitement. "AWESOME!" John then looks at the girls and says with s erious voice. "Calm down, Rainbow Dash. Although you feel excited, take it seriously, the moment we head out, you will become soldiers, warriors, your actions will have consequences and also your inaction, so you better keep this carved in your heads, this... is war."

"Hold on, John... don't you think you're going a bit too fast? They also have things to deal here." Said Aura with a calmed voice, trying to emphasize the fact that the Rainbooms will be overwhelmed by all of this, but John replied with a serious voice. "I know... but if they don't fight now, there won't anything left to fight tomorrow."

Sunset then steps forth and with a determined expression, she says. "I'm in." As expected, her resolve changed since she saw that lost future. "If you're going, then so we are, aren't we girls?" Asked Twilight to her friends with a determined smile. "You know we'll always got you're back sugarcube, no matter what." Said Applejack, followed then by the rest of the girls, who nodded their heads in agreement. "I'll go too!" Said Flash with determination, but he's then stopped by John who says. "No, kid... this time, you're staying here."

"But I want to help!" Claimed Flash with outrage, Aura then replies wth a serious voice. "The last time you went to a mission, you ended up swallowed by a strange rift, I don't want to expose you like that again, son. I hope you understand." After this Flash sighed with resignation, he can't beat his mother's argument, also, what could he possibly do against these new enemies?

Sunset smiles them back and says. "Thanks, guys... I truly appreciate it."

After this, John suits up and calls a reunion in the main room at the lab.

"Team, we're going to face unknown enemies where we're going, but one thing might be certain, we will end up fighting Sunlight, Starkiller, Vader or Kylo, so let's make sure we know what we're dealing with." Said John with a serious voice as a hologram of the four people mentioned appears in front of them and John says.

"First, let's start with the easiest ones to understand, Dart Vader and Starkiller, according to Galen's testimony, both are skilled duelists, the difference remains on Starkiller using Force techniques to deal with large numbers of people, and Vader using it to completely overwhelm his opponent, and with their necklaces, they have access to a whole loadout of magical techniques, mainly focused on darkfire, energy beams, dark blades and mind control, while also amplificating their connection to the Dark Side of the Force." John then looks at the group and says.

"Girls, Flash, you've fought against them, what can you add to this intel?" Flash then seems thoughtful but quickly replies. "Starkiller is skilled in both single and dual blade combat, he's really tough to handle, since his ferocity and ruthfulness completely exceed anything I've seen, I could barely manage to keep at his rythm using everything I had. All I can say is keep the fight close and personal, if you leave enough gap between you and him, he'll use his Force Lightnings, which are extremely dangerous."

Sunset then says. "And Vader... he's really good at close fighting, he doesn't need two blades to be a big threat, while also being able to counter our magic easily without using his necklace, *sigh*... to be honest, I feel like the Vader we fought back then was just testing us out, the only way we can have a chance against him is by coordinating all of our moves, and even so, we're going to struggle a lot. He's powers are so intense, it's like... when we faced Starkiller at the observatory but 3 times stronger."

John then says. "According to Galen's testimony, Vader is the only one capable of stopping him while fully enraged, and since Vader has an absurdly strong connection to The Force, he is capable of doing small feats with astonishing power, I think the key of succeeding would be to fight fire with fire." Said John as he looked at Sunset's lightsaber, while also thinking about Sunlight's blessed gun.

"Which means...?" Asks an intrigued Applejack, John then says with a serious voice. "Sunset, you're the only one with enough power to at least match Vader's, if you master it, maybe we can have a chance against him. I'll be with you..." John then takes out Sunlight's gun and says. "...With this gun, we can weaken him enough to erradicate Vader. But for it to be possible, you need to learn how to use that lightsaber." Sunset nods in agreement, John then continues with his explanation.

"And now... last but not least... Eclipse Sunlight. A high-skilled fighter specialized in close quarter combat, data gathered on our previous encounters indicates she masters many martial arts and uses her own style, which makes it even more difficult to fight her. Also, her necklace grants her physical enhancement along with the ability to use many powers which include, weapon creation, energy beams and magical shields."

"Don't forget her new form, the one we fought against in Aloy's world." Said Twilight, interrupting the explanation, Cortana then shows up some footage taken from Chief's perspective, it's really blurry since he didn't fight her as much as the girls did. "What can you tell us about it?" Asks Chief seriously, Twilight grabs her chin and begins to think aloud.

"As far as I know, when someone gets imbued with Equestrian magic, they take a different form, most of our encounters have shown a drastical increase in height, but Sunlight's case is different, she just grew a few more centimeters, I still can't figure out why, but she shows a great increase in all her previous abilities, she's faster, stronger and much angrier." As Twilight made a pause, Fred then says with a serious voice. "

"It's a combat form." Twilight looks at him reflective, leaving room for Fred to continue. "I've checked Flash's recordings, the Fall Formal, Friendship Games, Camp Everfree, and that woman at the mall... the one with the mirror. All of them shared one thing, their form is an expression of their power, therefore, changes such as an increased height seem to be part of the perception people have on themselves, but this... it's totally different, Sunlight knows how to fight, being taller makes it easier to be taken down, while also leaving less room to check your blind spots. But she can't help but to feel more powerful, hence the small increase in height. But, besides that... Sunlight can be as lethal as she is in both forms."

Kelly then feels intrigue, she was as old as Sunset Shimmer, but those fighting skills, are quite odd for someone her age, with confusion she asks. "How does she know how to fight like that in first place?" Applejack then replies with a calmed expression. "When we first met, she said she has been practicing martial arts since she was a kid and hasn't stopped not even once." With a serious voice, Kelly replies. "Did you really buy that idea? A teenager that knows advanced martial techniques seems logical, but after seeing this footage, there's something that doesn't fit her story, she knows how to kill, and not in a common way... it's like..." Before Kelly can speak her mind out, Linda interrupts her and completes her sentence.

"She has practice on killing. Her movements aren't the ones of a rookie, whatever she told you about that, it's probably not true, I know she and John were in Hell and you had to kill a bunch of demons, but everything aims that she knows how to kill people, swiftly, so you better watch out from now on until you can bring her back to our side."

Sunset takes her lightsaber and clenches her hand, holding it firmly, she then looks at John and says.

"What can I do to learn how to use it, Chief?" After this, John looks at Sunset and says calmly. "Galen and Rey can train you, not only in The Force, but also with your sword techniques, I've seen you did some fencing, but it won't be enough, you need to learn the fighting skills of the Jedi. So you won't be coming with us."

"Hold on a sec! What y'mean she ain't comin'? She just said she's in." Claimed Applejack confused, John then replies with a serious voice. "And I appreciate that, I also respect your Sunset's determination, but if we go there and we face any Sith Lord, what guarantees you can win or even fight at their same level? That's something we can't risk, if we're gonna fight, I'd like to have as many options as possible." Rainbow Dash crosses her arms and says with a concerned voice.

"So... while Sunset stays, the rest of us will go with you? I mean, Starkiller is there and most probably Sunlight, we're going to need a lot of hands to handle them." John looks her and replies with a calmed voice. "This is a capture mission, our priority won't be engaging in combat, that's why not everyone's coming. Also... since we're running out of time, we need to divide our efforts. Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, you're coming with me since you're the most suitable for direct combat against a Sith Lord. Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, you stay here, help Flash to keep an eye on any possible threat and register it, you'd have to proceed with caution. Sunset... Galen and Rey must be in the Infinity, head there to begin your training."

"So this is how it's gonna be, huh? What about school? We also have a life back here y'know?" Asked a concerned Applejack, such series of events really make everyone be overwhelmed, John then replies. "I'm aware of it, that's why I didn't take everyone out to the mission, the fact that some of you stay here helps to not raise too much suspiscion..." John is then interrupted by Cortana, who appears standing right next to him and says with a calmed smile. "And don't worry, I've already sent your school Principal individual messages using your profiles explaining why you won't be going to school for a few days in the worst of cases."

"Wait... you hacked our phones?!" Asked Twilight as she widens her eyes, Cortana says with a confident smile.

"I cracked into your phones, if I had hacked them, I would've used a Malware or some kind of virus, which I didn't." After this, Fluttershy asks. "So, when are we leaving?"

"Right now." Said John as he heads to the portal room while The Rainbooms say goodbye to each other, before opening the portal, Fred and the rest of the Blue Team go with John, where Fred is the first one to talk. "I guess I get the lead of the team again, *sigh* any homework you have left to do?" Fred reffered to tasks as homeworks, since John often leaves the team in his charge, he lefts tasked missions for the team to complete while he's gone on another mission, but all of them take it now as jokes since they're all aware of the duty they have to carry out in this war. Chief then takes his blades and says with a friendly voice. "I did my homework this time Fred, so there." The team chuckled after this, John then change his voice to a more serious one and said. "You heard Lucifer, there are unknown threats lurking in the Multiverse without being stopped, he said that there are people dealing with it, but I'd like to assign you this personal task. If you can search for the prisoners of Tartarus and eliminate them, no blessed weapons will be needed, only bring your Hunting kits, don't hold back team."

"Got it, before you leave, there's something else you should adress." Said Linda with a calmed voice as she looks at John with a serious face, as if expecting an answer from him right there. "What is it?" Asked John, who tries to make up his mind, all the missions have been assigned, then what could he be missing? John's mind finally enlightened, with surprise he said. "Oh shit! You're right... Flash's birthday, how could I forget? It's tomorrow! Uhmmm.... Kelly, do you know any music shops that are open?"

Kelly then rolls her eyes up and begins to think, with a doubting voice she replies. "I think so... what do you want me to buy?" Kelly looks at John who seemed reflective since he can't think of anything to gift Flash, but his thoughts are interrupted by Kelly's calmed voice. "Don't worry, I got it, I'll tell you when I get it." John looks at Kelly and says with a calmed voice.

"Thanks, Kelly... I truly appreciate it." After this, the portal opens and the Rainbooms get in the room, John looks at them and says. "Are you ready?"
Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash step forth, with determination, Twilight says. "Let's do it." As the three of them line up behind John, they cross the portal, but this time, it feels different, the fact that not everyone is coming, and that now there's no turning back takes away all the curiosity of a journey.

A light blinds Twilight's eye and as she begins to feel the soil of this new ground, she opens her eyes and witnesses the entire landscape.

"Where are we?" Asked Rainbow Dash as she and the others see the landscape, John then reads the readings from the portal that provide some information of this world, with a serious voice he says. "We're in Teyvat, more specifically, in the nation of Liyue, we better get moving, according to our trackings, Starkiller should've fallen into the nation of Inazuma..." John then uses the holo display of hi bracer and shows himself a map of the nation.

"Liyue's harbor is on the other side of the nation, if we walk downwards, we'll get there in 3 days, considering possible hostile intervention." Said John as he turns off the holo map and takes the lead, not before saying. "Make as less interaction as possible, we don't want people making more questions that needed."

This being said, the group begins their journey to find Starkiller, but little did they know, that their presence has already been noticed. On a nearby mountain, a young man drinks some tea sitting on a rock table under the tree surrounded by a small pond.

"Hum... interesting." Said the man to himself as he looks at the horizon, after this, a white crane with gold, blue and black plumage asks.

"Rex Lapis, may this one ask you what's that of your sudden concern?" After this, the man named Rex Lapis, God of Contracts, and Geo Archon of Liyue, replies. "I felt the rocks' shaking due to an unknown event, my Gnosis somehow reacted to it, causing a burst of elemental energy within me. I sensed it in Qingce Village, so we better keep our eyes sharp, Cloud Retainer." Said Rex Lapis to the crane at his side, named Cloud Retainer.