DvN: The Last Stand (DvN AU)

Behold, the anti thesis to your impending victory!

Two rangers charged and shoots electromagnetic projectiles and exploded right in to their faces, Tempest and the other reinforcement charged forward and started to rain hell, the roads were now painted with guts and bloods.

In retaliation, the ponies pushed at them completely surrounding them but when they got closer, Tempest activated his electromagnetic pulse around him and turned the charging ponies into dust before they could even harm him. He shoots out bolts of lightning and it chained throughout the waves effectively put them down in a single hit.

Tempest pushed forward and hunted down even more ponies that came towards them, the dummies immediately moved and started to hunt down the ponies.

The ponies were not backing down either, their officer commanded them to open fire at the superunit, both of the opposing sides exchanged fires. Shielders blocking the incoming magic bolts, infantries gunning down the ponies from a distance, Saboteurs gunning down high valued targets and swiftly hides in the darkness, thanks to their cloaking device and rangers kept moving forward to harass the ponies and keeping them at bay.

Well, the Dominian Medic started to go down the battlefield and save the wounded Nusian soldiers while her counterpart, the combat medic one, Fixer is engaging in the battle and effectively mowing down waves of ponies with her Aerorig, despite being busy on the battlefield she kept supporting her teammates and occasionally giving them buffs with her Vitabow.

The Dominian Assaults followed Tempest's advance and they gave him support as much as they can do, along with the Nusian's reinforcements advancing alongside with them.

Tempest continued his charge, mowing through the ponies as the other units kept them at bay. Dominian Assaults and the Nusian reinforcements advanced alongside Tempest, pushing further away to the stronghold. They worked together seamlessly, covering each other's backs and keeping the ponies at bay.

After a few minutes, another wave of Nusian reinforcement teleported on the stronghold, this time there was an Engineer on it, he quickly went to the opposite direction to build his own nest and away from the heat. He eventually chose near the abandoned building, He built the sentry first and kept it hitting with his wrench and once its all set-up, he constructed the teleporter next behind him. Once done, he set-up the teleporter to be ready to use and soon it's light lit up slowly and emitted a familiar teleporter noise. The teleporter is up and ready to use.

Meanwhile on the battlefield, the Nusian 3rd reinforcements pushed through alongside with Tempest and the Dominian Assaults. Tempest kept the momentum.

The ponies on the other hand were having a very hard time from Tempest, their arrogance and pride crumble them so hard, their platoon leader dead laying on the ground lifelessly after the lightning bolts came shocking his body. Their formation a jumbled mess, they were losing the ground, they were losing this battle.

The Nusian and Dominian combined arms gave them no mercy and gave them no window to attack back, Skyhawk kept harassing the advancing ponies on the air gliding and taking advantage of his Voltaic Impact's ability together with their combat medic, Shiroko gliding on the the battlefield, slashing unlucky ponies who meet her melee range, Natsuki is having time of her life picking pegasus one by one with her remarkable marksmanship with her Armor Peeler with the help of Sayo and her Governor sentry keeping the skies clean and keep them at bay from the ground units.

Meanwhile at the back, Wisteria kept sending her rangers to help to support the other units pushing the ponies away from them, occasionally sending artillery strikes when necessary. Airi tend the wounded on the back, with the help of her medical practice and her Recurve healing efficiency.

The team worked on harmony and such coordination but the ponies held their ground strong. Earth ponies and Unicorns kept firing back at them, the pegasus doing barely help and busy dodging bullets from Aardvark and Blossom. The ponies were running out of option, their initial plan was to take over the final stronghold for 3 days and that's it, they thought that this will be over less than a day but they were wrong, with their platoon leader dead, there was no coordination in their platoon, they were just sitting there, holding the line, waiting for orders. With Tempest obliterating every platoon on every sides, their time was running out including their options.

[INCOMING EQUESTRIAN FREQUENCY]

"This mission is a lost cause! Let's retreat!" One unicorn suggested while the others just looked at him, skeptical whether if it was a best idea but they knew the situation was.

"Wouldn't that make us a deserter?! Do you have a death wish or something?!" The other pony retorted back

"WE JUST HAVE TO PUSH IT!" The Pegasus shouted and landed on to their position, the ponies looked at him.

"The command said they're not taking any losses and we have to take it right now." He added

"Can't they just send like bombs in their position?!" The earth pony said and this left the others nodded agreeing to his statement

"I already requested it, it'll be here any moment now." The pegasus retorted again and not too long, they heard a barrage of explosion on the stronghold and it was their time.

Meanwhile on the Nusian-Dominion side, they quickly scrambled to evade the artillery bombardment on their location. Seeing this as an opportunity for the pony side, they quickly pushed their position. The Dominians and Nusian soldiers were taken by suprise and they immediately returned fire as a retaliation but it was futile. They were quickly outnumbered and picked on the Nusian reinforcements one by one. They managed to kill two assaults from the Dominions side and killed a half of the reinforcement team on the Nusian's side. Unfortunately, Tempest was not letting that slide, he immediately ran back towards the battlefield and wreck havoc ones again. Being outnumbered is fine to him since his tesla gun was designed to crowd control, thanks to it's chaining effect.

He was greeted by a hail of magic bolts flying past towards him, a few did managed to hit him, mostly on his arms and torso but thanks to his heavy flak jacket, but even then, he felt a little pain that it could be compared by someone throwing a rock on him.

On his back, he was supported by his remaining reinforcement and the Dummies behind him.

As the battle continues to rage on, Tempest shown no signs of wearing down despite all the projectiles being thrown by him, thanks to Fixer's Vitabow buffs. He kept releasing a torment of lightning beam chaining through different ponies, shocking them to death. The enemy's artillery bombardment didn't stop though but the defenders kept the momentum to hold their stronghold despite all the odds. Thanks to their superior Nusian-Dominion technology that keep them away from dying.

The ponies kept appearing on Tempest in a predictable manner, it was quickly dispatched by Tempest himself, with his electric burst ability. He kept running and gunning down ponies within his line of sight.

The defender's confidence and morale increases until it was quickly cut off by a huge explosion on the battlefield. It struck the stronghold itself (except the Engineer's nest). The Dominian defenders slowly emerged from the rubble, breathing heavily and heavily wounded. The Nusian reinforcements were either dead or mortally wounded. The ponies seeing this as an opportunity, they quickly pushed the stronghold that took a heavy blow from the massive artillery bombardment.

Fixer saw how the scenario unfolds, but her determination didn't fade. She saw a battalion of earth ponies pushing towards the destroyed stronghold and she also noticed that her team was down there, disoriented from the earlier artillery bombardment. She glided down to protect her team from their impending doom. She lifted up the blade on her left hand. The battalion of earth ponies did expect her but they didn't expect that she would come down so fast. She sliced an earth pony in to its neck, raining blood on its neck. They were quickly alarmed and formed a defensive line. Meanwhile, the disoriented defenders left on the rubble safely, they retreated back to the ones that didn't touched by the initial bombardment. Wisteria treated them as fast as she could.

Meanwhile, outside the stronghold, Fray and Scarlet woke up, they slowly stood up and heard several gunshots on the stronghold. Tempest woke up later.

"Thought I was dead for a second there." He muttered

The Dominian assaults heard his muttered word but even they're agree to his statement. They were lucky to survive despite how violent the artillery bombardment was. They all re-geared up and they all went towards the gunshots were coming from.

Several Pegasus chased Fixer on the skies. Skyhawk did several powerful stomps on the several unicorns. Aardvark had run out of ammo earlier and her Prototype Armor Peeler was broken earlier from the artillery bombardment, he was only using his handaxes as his main weapon.
Blossom's contraption were put of commission and in beyond repair, he whipped out his shotgun and went to cover along with Well dragging Wisteria's unconscious body towards to the cover.
Fixer cannot help her comrades down below with a several unicorns chasing her. Tempest, Fray and Scarlet were on their way to get back on the battle.

Well, Blossom and Aardvark were trying their best to retreat to a nearby rubble, they managed to get into cover but they're cornered and the ponies were slowly closing in. They exchanged fires but their firepower wasn't enough.

"I'm on my last shell! Blossom shouted racking his shotgun, ready to fire once more.

"I'm out!" Well shouted, she wields her rallying cry tightly on her right hand.

"We're so dead..." Aardvark muttered to himself

Aardvark peeked and she saw how dangerously close the ponies were into their position. The three along with Wisteria's unconscious body, they were starting to lose morale and willingness to fight. As the ponies stopped their advance, a pegasi landed and slowly trotted towards the three.

"Surrender, we have you cornered." The pegasi said with his voice laced with an authority

They gritted their teeth, they are now facing a lose-lose situation, no more superunit, no more reinforcement, just them. Aardvark's hands were clenched her hands axes tightly and she's tempting whether to go or just to stay in her place. Blossom is staring at his shotgun, he checked and it has only one shell left, he knew what he was thinking but he refused the idea of surrendering to the Equestrians. Well was staring on the ground, staring into nothingness. They don't know what to do now. The pegasi glared at them and he sighed later, he turned to the several soldiers and nod. The ponies that he assigned knew what he meant. The earth ponies slowly advanced to their position, they stopped until they're near at the rubble that they're hiding, one earth pony took a peek very carefully but he found nothing but a teleporter.

Well, Aardvark, Blossom and Wisteria teleported on the roof of a tall building. They quickly catches their breath, they thought they were over, good thing Aardvark remembered that she had set up a teleporter away from the stronghold in case of dire situations. Wisteria finally woke up and slowly stood up.

"How long I was out?" She asked

"Couple of minutes or so." Well replied

Wisteria nodded in her reply, Aardvark handed her Steelforge and her equipments, Wisteria happily nodded and gets her weapon and equipments. She quickly spawned a ranger unit, Blossom went to a ammo fabricator to print ammo for his shotgun, Aardvark did the same and pulls out her stock submachine gun. Once they are done resupplying, they are going to finish what they have started, Fixer landed to their location, tired but still is combat capable. Tempest, Fray and Scarlet regrouped with them and the sound of the Terminal Velocity, Skyhawk landed safely to their location. Grouped up, they are going to end this.

The pegasi was pissed, they managed to escape to an unknown contraption that the recon made. He glared at his comrades and before he could even yell at them, his face was obliterated by a tungsten round of an Armor Peeler from Aardvark, seeing this, the remaining ponies were exhausted and frustrated. They were supposed to win this, not to lose by a bunch of eight individuals and a superunit. They have run out of ammo and rations as well, they were at the disadvantage. They had no choice but to force retreat. The remaining ponies marched away from the stronghold.

The defenders saw their retreat, they sat down in exhaustion and others celebrated. Tempest sat down and put down his weapon, looks at the skies and pondering something...

"Is this a labor of duty?" He asked to himself.

---Chapter 3 end---