Halo: Contact Equis

10 minutes after touchdown

Rainbow Dash had split off with a small squad composed of Maverick, and Adam. They both were running down main street, by passing a lot of destroyed businesses. Dash had her gun shouldered as she ran, only pulling it out when she had a stable spot to aim. That's when they see a group of around 6 Unggoy wreaking havoc in one of the destroyed fashion stores.
"Sir, Contact!" Adam quickly positioned himself into cover on the outside of the door.
"Give em hell!" Maverick yelled as he tosses a grenade inside the store. One of the grunts sees the grenade bounce in front of him, causing him to let out a loud squeal as it explodes. Adam then peeked out with a silenced M7 and dropped any remaining covies inside. Dash, hesitated, she had aim, but she couldn't bring herself to pull the trigger. Maverick and Adam stepped inside the store, crouching when the wrecked ceiling got to low.
"Hello! Anyone here! We're here to extract any at all civilians." Maverick would call out.
"Sir! Back here, I hear a noise!" Adam called out from all the way in the back. Maverick followed the direction he took, quickly then followed by Rainbow Dash. They go deeper into the back of the store where they see a dead unicorn stallion leaning against a locked door. The stallion had a shiny white coat, almost silver looking with a blue mane. He seemed to have suffered multiple plasma burns.
"Fuck... Corporal, retrieve the body and leave it out on the sidewalk for retrieval afterwards." Maverick looked down at the body, sympathy filled his voice.
"Yes sir..." Adam responded by walking over, gently picking up the corpse of the stallion and walking back to the storefront.

Rainbow Dash quickly got out of the way, seeing the dead stallion's legs dangle from Adam's arms. Rainbow could feel her emotions starting to get to her. They haven't been on the ground for 20 minutes yet, and Dash was already getting overwhelmed. Her breathing was getting audibly faster, causing Maverick to turn and kneel next to her.
"You alright? You need a minute?" Maverick re-assured her, placing his hand on her shoulders.
"I... I can't do this... I can't do this!... I wanna go home!... I wanna look strong like you, but..." Tears started to form in Dash's eyes. "This is too scary!... Ponies are dying! I don't wanna die!"
"You're not going to die, I won't let them get 10 feet near you. I know this is really, really hard for you. But you and I have worked your skills at the ship, you could be a skilled fighter, just stay brave for me ok?" Maverick gave her a soft pat on the back. Dash looked at him and slowly nodded, still not sure of herself. Maverick stood up and approached the door the stallion was leaning on, he knocked on it, hearing gasps from the other side.
"...S... Silverhorn?... Sweety is that you? Please tell me you're ok..." A very shooken up female's voice was heard on the other side.
"Negative, This is UNSC Spartan Maverick-776. I'm here to escort you to safety." Maverick replied, trying to open the door.
"Where is Silverhorn?... Where is my Husband?" The voice responded.
"Ma'am, I just need you to open the door, please." Maverick assured her. After a moment of silence, the door clicks, and out steps a white mare with a red mane.

She was crying, and behind her was a filly with a white coat and a purple mane hiding behind her tail. She gasped at the tall human. Maverick slowly kneels down so he would be less intimidating.
"Ma'am, I need you to come with me, I'll keep you safe." He held out his hand too her, but she was only focussed on one thing.
"Where is Silverhorn! I need my husband sir!" She demanded, her eyes furrowing as more tears streamed down her face.
"Is he a white unicorn with blue hair?" Maverick would ask her.
"Yes! That's my Silver, where is he!?" Her voice got higher, anxious of what the human had to say of her husband. Maverick looks to the floor and back at her, giving her false hope would be cruel.
"Ma'am... He didn't make it. We're having him set up for pick up later." Maverick watched as the mare broke down in front of him.
"No!... NO!... Not my Silver!... Please don't take him from me!..." The mare fell to pieces in front of the spartan, crying her hurt heart out. The filly, who looked far too young to comprehend things, hugged her mother's leg, getting upset at her mother's tears.
"Sir! I got covies headed this way! We gotta move!" Adam yelled from the front.
"Ma'am, You're not safe here, You need to come with us." Maverick tried his best to convince her.
"Not without Silver! I can't leave him here!... Please don't leave him here!" She begged, crying heavily into her hooves. "Please don't make me leave him!..."
"Ma'am, we can't, we'll retrieve the body later. But you have to come with us, the survival of you and your child are at stake. Your husband's last moments were making sure you and your daughter were safe. He gave his life to protect yours, don't let him die in vain." Maverick finally convinced the mare who looked at him with distraught eyes.

She slowly stood up without saying a word, she was still crying. Maverick stood up and headed to the front of the store.
"Dash, stay on my ass, I need you to be the one to cover the civis ok?" Maverick asked, walking past Dash.
"Y-yeah. I won't let anything touch 'em..." Dash Responded as She motioned the mare and her Daughter to stay close to her. They stepped up back towards the front of the store, Adam was shooting around his cover presumably at incoming contacts. A bright blue flaming ball flies at him, and hits Adam's helmet.
"SHIT!" Adam yelled as the ball stuck to his helmet like glue. He had mer moments to take off his helmet and throw it. It blew up in mid air, sending him flying backwards. Dash Gasped as Adam landed on his back and began cringing hard.
"GAHHHhhhh!!! You son of a bitch!" Adam had a few minor burns on his face.
"Corporal! Status!" Maverick yelled as he took Adam's spot and continued firing.
"I'm fine sir... mostly." Adam groggily lifted his head up. Maverick looked to his motion sensor, he could see a few red dots coming up from behind and to the side of the store.
"Corporal! Dash! I got contacts on our left flank!" Maverick yelled out in panic.

Dash looks to the left and sees a Kig-Yar coming through a broken window. He lets out a terrifying screech as it aims its pistol from around its shield. Dash panics and fires a shot from her DMR without looking, her shot strikes the pistol, knocking it out of the jackal's hand. The jackal stumbles a bit, lowering it's shield and exposing it's head. Dash goes through the training Maverick gave her in her head, she takes a deep breath beforeing aiming. She pulls the trigger with her hoof and fires, the bullet strikes the jackal in the head, purple blood explodes out from the other side, and the jackal drops dead. Dash's eyes widen, she just took her first life. At first a wave of regret hits her like a train, she is almost horrified by what she had just done. Her stupor was broken from the whimpering sounds behind her. She looks back at the widowed mare, holding her child tight while laying behind some debris. What these monsters are doing to the innocent ponies, she knew her actions were justified. She forces herself to put on a serious face as two Unggoy then step through. She aims her DMR once again. BLAM! BLAM! She fires two more shots, again right through the heads of the aliens, dropping them to the ground. Dash couldn't hold back a growing smirk now begining to grow on her face.
"This is for Equis you motherfuckers!" Dash exclaimed.
"Dash! Watch out!" Adam yelled as she distracted herself for a split second.

A Sangheili in red follows after the grunts, growling angrily at Dash. Her eyes go wide and she begins to fire more shots, but this time very sloppily. The Elite's shield only flares up, but never breaks as he swats the gun out of her hoof and then backs hands her across the face, sending her to the ground. The Elite aims his weapon at her, till his shields light up again. Adam was firing his M7 while on the ground at the elite. The shields break, and the elite shields his head with his arm, avoiding lethal shots. Adam's gun clicks out of ammo, and the elite roars loudly as its arm begins to bleed. Before it can fire shots at Adam, a single bullet enters the side of it's head, killing it. Dash looks to where it came from to see Maverick standing over them. He quickly helps Adam to his feet and then checks on Dash. She had a swollen bruised cheek, but that was all.
"We have an opening, We must get to the green smoke and evac the civis. Come on!" Maverick commanded as he stepped back out of the destroyed store. Followed by a limping Adam, and Dash after retrieving her weapon. The mare and filly follow after Dash, as they pass a body covered in a white sheet lying on the sidewalk. Dash tries her best to shield the mare's eyes from the body as they race towards the green smoke in the distance. Dash looks up into the sky and sees many Pegasi in royal armor, the Equestria army has arrived.

1 hour After Touchdown

Carlito was with Spike, they were on a roof of one of the taller remaining buildings. Carlito had his sniper out and handed Spike a pair of binoculars.
"Here, Help me spot the higher ranking officers." Carlito looked through his scope.
"Ok, how does this work?" Spike examined the binoculars closely.
"Look through them, they magnify whatever you're looking at." Carlito explains, watching a group of Covenant around what seemed to be a makeshift headquarters in the center of a plaza. Spike looks through them, and finally understands how they work.
"Whoa... cool!" He exclaimed, looking at the different Aliens at the headquarters. "Ok, who am I looking for?"
"Officers dawg. Tell me if you see any Elite down there with a different color other than blue or red." Carlito asked, examining the different targets.
"Uh... Oh! Right there near the destroyed hotel, there is one in white armor." Spike pointed out. Carlito got excited, hoping it was a Spec-Ops commander, but as he zoomed in on it, it was only an Ultra.
"Good spot dawg, but I'm looking for a higher rank than that." Carlito said as he looked for a different target.

Spike kept looking, not finding a lot of elites out in the open, but he soon finds a pair of Elites talking, both wearing different colors.
"Carlito, in the middle, I see two of them. One is in purple, the other in black.
"Spec-ops! nice job buddy!" Carlito exclaimed as he examined the pair. The one in black had his back to Carlito, while the one in purple was faced in his direction. Carlito lined his sight onto the one in black and took a deep breath. "Concédeles el descanso eterno, oh Señor, y brille para ellos la luz perpetua." Carlito then began to pull the trigger. However, just before he did, the elite in purple seemed to look right at him. It raises it's head and spots them. it quickly pushes the one in black out of the way, stepping into his sight. As Carlito pulled the trigger, it struck the Purple one and killed it, the bullet breaking through it's shields, and entering the skull. Chunks of the elite's skull and brain matter explode out the back of it's head. "Chinga de Mierda! Asshole spotted me and made me miss my target! Ok, dawg we gotta get out of here before they storm this building!" Carlito quickly got up and shoulders his rifle, pulling out his magnum.
"Are we in danger?" Spike asked, looking up at him.
"We will if we don't book it!" Carlito ran towards the stairwell they used to get up there with Spike close behind him.

They quickly headed down the stairs, but before they got to the bottom floor, Grunts were spilling into the building.
"Die you fucking assholes!" Carlito began to empty his mag into the crowd of grunts. Spike aimed his as well, but was shaking. He had been taught how to use the magnum, but he just couldn't bear to use it to kill someone. Carlito replaces the magazine in his magnum and hops over the rail and onto the ground. "Come on Dawg! More are on their way!" Spike gulps hard, ashamed of his hesitation before jumping down after Carlito. The two went in through the back entrance plasma being fired at them from behind. They get back out into the street and Carlito begins to book it. Spike tries to catch up but a stray ball of plasma strikes him in the back, causing him to fall face forward.

"¡No! ¡Chinga de Pendejos!!!" Carlito yelled out before pulling his sniper back out. He unleashes his full magazine at the approaching forces. An Elite steps out into the street and begins to approach Spike. Carlito goes to reload, but he is out of magazines for his sniper. "No! Spike!" The Elite ignites its energy sword and uses its foot to kick Spike over onto his back. To the elite's surprise, Spike didn't appear to be injured. Spike had a very angry expression on his face and quickly breathed in and then out, spewing hot green fire at the Elite. The fire breaks through the shield and sets the elite on fire. It began to roar and scream out in pain as its whole body was soon engulfed. Spike begins to scoot backwards towards Carlito as the elite drops to his knees as its flesh burns from the intense heat. It then falls onto the ground, its screams of pain finally coming to an end.
"Jesus fucking Christ!" Carlito said as he grabbed Spike and pulled him into cover in an alleyway.

Carlito would pull Spike into one of the destroyed buildings, giving him and Spike a chance to hide and regain their composers.
"Dude, that was too close!" Carlito exclaimed as he pulled off his helmet. Spike was wide eyed, freaking out at what just happened. "Yo dawg, you alright? Are you hurt? You got shot with plasma." Carlito was concerned for the dragon, but he shook his head no.
"Scales are heat resistant. I've swam in lava hotter than that." Spike said as he started to calm down, and began to realize what he just did. "I... killed that alien." He said as he looked down at his hands.
"Take a few breaths, the first time is never easy, but it was you or him." Carlito put his hands on his own knees as he was catching his breath. "He had full intentions of killing you."
"That doesn't make it easier..." Spike clenches his fists and narrows his eyes. What would Twilight think? What would Rarity think?
"Listen to me amigo, look all around you!" Carlito lifted his hand up and moved it all around him. "Look at what they are doing to your home! This is what they have done countless times to ours! You need to understand that this is war! Innocent ponies are dying as we speak, you need to understand it's kill or be killed right now! I need you to understand that, you-" Their conversation was interrupted by a sudden activation of an energy sword.

Both their heads turn, standing where they had entered was the elite in black armor. Spike Immediately pressed himself against the back wall as Carlito stood up and drew his knife. The elite chuckled mockingly, seeing the ODST pull out its puny knife. Carlito charged the elite, but he was far more agile and quick. The elite knocked the ODST back, and swung his sword upwards, slicing through Carlito's armor, almost slicing skin.
"Carlito!" Spike yelled as the ODST was knocked to the ground. The elite then focuses on the dragon. Spike gasps as the elite approaches him, grabbing him by the throat, lifting him up and pinning him against the wall. Spike grabbed the elite's hand around his throat as he was being choked.

"You, Native!" The elite Spoke, getting in Spike's face. "You will reveal to me how you are able to manipulate the world around you!"
"Wh-what!?" Spike choked out, struggling in the elite's grip.
"What you call magic! How do you use it!? Answer me before I rip your tiny head from your body!" The elite commanded, pushing spike harder into the wall.
"GAG!... I... don't.... use... GASP!... that kind...of...magic!" Spike sputtered out.
"Then who does!?" The elite growled.
"Uni... unicorns... and.... alicorns!" The elite ponders for a minute to soak up that information.
"Very well, now little one, tell me where I can find the one named, Princess Twilight Sparkle!?"

Before Spike could respond, Carlito jumped on the elite's back, and put him in a choke hold. The elite dropped his sword and spike as he fell to the floor, gasping for air. The elite struggles to get Carlito off, until he flings himself backwards into a wall, the crushing blow between the wall and the elite's body forces Carlito to release. The elite picks up his sword and approaches Carlito, raising his sword and planning on finishing the job. Spike grits his teeth and looks at the elite. He takes another deep breath and unleashes another ball of flame from his breath. The elite's shields were stronger than the last one, staying up long enough for the elite to dive out of the way. His shields shatter and he looks back at Spike. He lets out a battle cry before Spike breathes out more fire. The elite quickly dashes out the entrance to avoid the fire. Spike then goes running to Carlito who lays on the ground.

"Carlito! Are you ok!?" Spike ran to his side, seeing the destroyed chest armor on Carlito.
"Easy dawg... it takes... it takes more than a thrashing... to keep me down." Carlito responded as he slowly sat up, wincing in pain. He gets to his feet and leans on the wall. He picks up his helmet and begins to limp out of the entrance they came from, spike close next to him.
"We gotta get back with the others, to the green smoke amigo." Carlito was limping more and more, and even falling down to his knees. Spike was there to quickly help him back up and they both hurried their way down the war torn streets to get to the smoke.