After we made back to Doc's office, we decided to regroup and review our options. "OK, so not only is Dustykat out there powered up by the alicorn Amulet. But also a massive robot army by his side, AND Turbo Mecha Sonic's overwhelming power and weaponry?!" My right may have Twitched a bit as I was starting to losing my sanity. Hehe-*SLAP* "Snap out of it!*

I then shaked my head as I saw Spike in front of me. I saw him and some of the others look worried as I calmed down and said "Ummm...Thanks Spike. Sorry for almost losing it guys. It's all been rough. All at once you know."

Key frame then nodded. She understood what I was getting at. This was all so much in a short amount of time. And just as we were catching our breath, *Ka-boom* "What was that?!" We looked outside and saw that the some of robots were not only flying, but also blew up the exit to the train station!

Voice then said "Flying robots?! Those weren't in the original game! How are we supposed to escape those?!" OK, so the robots here can fly. Whoever made them must have upgraded them from the original design. Spike then raised his brow in confusion and said "Aren't some of you guys Pegasus? Why can you fly up and shoot them?"

We then began to think about when Toonkritics of all ponys said "Well, some of us are still trying to master our weapons, so it's harder to aim right." I rolled my eyes and said "You know, Aim bot isn't a instant win button."

Toon definitely got annoyed by the comment I made. The both of us were about to roast each other again when Ink stopped us and said "Look boys, this isn't the time to beat the snot out of each other. We have to beat that massive robot army out there. THEN you two can kill each other. Deal?"

The two of us, begrudgingly, agreed to the truce. Realizing that Ink was right, this wasn't the time to take shots at each other. They needed to focus on the enemy. That's when Ink rose reminded us "Plus, did you forget about the respwan generator? As long as we have that, we can't die. We can still win! We're immortal!"

That definitely was a good reminder! Basically having immortality may seem overpowered, but against overwhelming strength like Dusty's Mecha Sonic's and massive robot army out there, it was a god send. Spike however was confused and said "Wait, you guys have the secret of immortality? How come nopony else knows about this?"

Golden fox then explained saying "Well, if we did, can you imagine what Ponys like Chrysalis and Tirek can do? Their be no stopping them!" Eliora then chimed in and said "Plus, I'm sure that Celestia and Luna would think we would be a threat and arrest us on the spot. So, the respwan generator is our little secret for safety reasons. You can keep it a secret, right?" Spike nodded and did a pinkie promise to reassure us that he can keep the secret.

However...that's then the power when out and we heard Dustykat said "Oh? You mean, THIS respwan generator?"

Oh . That CAN'T be good. Keyframe then heard something and said "Everyone hit the deck!" We all took cover and the respwan generator crashed into the lobby, short circuited and got fried before shutting down. Welp, so much for immortality. "Yeah...I'm gonna go and let Doc and Firebrand know what ummm...just happened."

Meanwhile, with Twilight and co.

Twilight was walking in the morning light as she woke up in a mountain side cave. She had taken shelter for the night after rushing off to reach the train station after seeing her vision that night. She made good progress heading down the mountain as she was half way down the mountain side to the train station.

Despite the dangers of the short cut she found to get down the mountain, she was determined to make it down the mountain and reach ponyville. Ever since her nightmare vision, her guilt has been eating her alive.

The guilt she felt before she left was suffering. But after she saw him killed, her guilt was had built-up so much that she was at the tipping point. Her heart was pounding, her mind was racing, but she tried to calm down. She needed to get back. To make sure what happened in the vision didn't happen to Spear. She felt guilty enough what she did back at the library, she wasn't about to let this happen now.

She eventually got to a strange forest where something felt...off. She felt magic in the forest, and it felt like the magic came from the forest? While she wanted to know what was causing the forest to have magic, but she needed to get back to ponyville, Now!

However, before she made it halfway through forest, a strange mistake formed around her and began to develop into random ponys. They began to say "You failed us. What made you think you were worthy of being a ailcorn? Your the worse Princess ever!" The comments were hurtful as she tried to shut them out. She knew that they weren't real, and tried to endure their slander.

However, there was one voice that she heard that struck a verve, but not in the way most would think. "Twilight..." She opened her eyes and saw Spear in front of her. Bleeding and badly wounded. She also saw another pony, that looked like Dustykat, wearing the Alicorn amulet. He was about to pull the trigger on his pistol as Spear said "I'm sorry for being a horrible friend..." *BANG*

Twilight stood in horror as Spear's limp body fell to the ground, dead. She looked at the body, trying to feel for life. But she couldn't, the bullet when though his heart. He died instantly. Inside her heart, she was destroyed. Seeing her friend killed by her hesitant and pasamist nature was too much...No...it wasn't just her pasamist nature that cased this...She was scared. Scared of turning into a monster that loved destruction. She didn't know how Spear can weld his power with out feeling like a monster.

However, as the anxiety was getting to her, she then remembered a moment back before she battled Tirek.

Flashback

Tirek had just destroyed the library, her and Spike's home for two years since they moved from cantrlot. Owlicious had to flee to avoid Tirek's rampage, and her friends were nowhere to be found. She had felt devastated and didn't know what to do.

Till she heard a voice in her head."Twilight! Are you ok?!" It was Spear! He was talking to her though telepathy as she looked around to find him, but couldn't see him anywhere. "Spear?! Where are you?! I-" Spear interrupted her as he said "I'm making sure Ms. Cheearle and the kids, including my daughter, are safe from Tirek's claws. But the more important question is, Why aren't you fighting back?!"

Twilight then had chill go down her spine. The thought of fighting and using her power to hurt another was something she didn't want to do. But Spear sounded adamant and said "Twilight, you have the power of Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, AND Princess Cadence at your command, but your not doing anything! What's going on? You can fight him as a equal now!"

Spear felt the nerve Twilight had in her heart. The conflict she was having with herself had her still. She then said "I...I don't like to fight. To hurt another being...to be a monster like Sombra or Chrysalis...how can you deal with the fact your hurting others instead of working things out peaceful with them?!"

Spear then remembered something he heard long ago and decided to past on those words on to Twilight. He then said in a calming voice "Twilight...listen to me...there are some foes...that can not be reasoned with. You are allowed...to fight on the side of justice."

As Spear spoke to Twilight, the mental link he made to talk to her was weakening and his voice started to fade out. "Seize apon your anger...weld it like a weapon. I understand your reluctance... but holding it in is pointless."

Twilight still stood there in shock. Tears in her eyes as she was reaching her breaking point. He then said "Twilight...I...love ponyville. The happiness...the memories...the ponys with their shining personalities...the fun times we had with our friends and each other...protect them...for me... They need you."

After managing to tell her what he wanted to say. Spear's voice then faded out as she looked at Tirek at the distance, knowing what to do next. She then flew towards Tirek, for the big fight ahead.

End of flashback

Twilight thoughts returned to the present, and it all came back at her. The forest, the earth pony with a pistol, and Spear on the ground, dead. Even if it's a illusion or a dream, it didn't matter. One of her best friends was dead, killed in cold blood.

Her anger had builded to the limit Cas of her guilt over the pass month at herself. But seeing Spear dead,and she couldn't do anything about it, it cased her to reach her breaking point and to shatter her pacifist ideals all around Spear's body as she let out a angry and painful scream. "rrrraAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"

Twilight's magic exploded as her aura blazed like a mighty inferno. In fact, her horn, her wings,even her mane was set aflame in her newly released fury. She weared an angry look on her face with tears in her eyes. Her hesitant to fight was completely gone and replaced with a burning desire to protect those she cared for.

Whether it's a illusion or not, she didn't care now. She was gonna make the earth pony pay. And average her best friends death by her hoofs.

"TWILIGHT!" She turned around and saw the others behind her. But were they real? Or fake? "TWILIGHT! WHAT IN TARNATION ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE ALONE?!" THAT was Applejack no question. Rainbow dash then looked behind her and was shocked at what she saw. "G-Girls?"

They all looked and saw Spear's corpses covered in blood. They all were shocked. But Rainbow dash's face quickly turned to anger and said "What did you do to him?!"

"He killed him" Twilight said with suppressed anger in her voice. She could feel magic coming from this fake pony. So while this was a illusion, it was still real to a extent. Which didn't matter at this ponit. She was gonna make this pony pay. No matter what.

That's when the evil Dustykat illusion then put his hoot of Spear's head and slowly began to slowly put pressure on it. The girls knew what he was doing and tried to stop him. But, *CRUSH* it was too late. Spear's head was crushed and his brains bits flew near the main 6.

The main 6 couldn't believe what they saw. Their friends was killed in cold blood and was humiliated even after death. Each of them began to feel a anger build inside of themselves.

Twilight was already letting her anger flow as she stared down the monster in front of them. Rainbow dash's anger had hit its limits as tears fell from her eyes. Cursing at herself for letting this happen, even if it was a illusion.

Applejack's anger was boiling at this point too. She held alot back when her parents died Years ago. But to see somepony else that was close to her die in front of her...she wasn't about to let him walk away, illusion or not.

Rarity ladylike patience had ran out. Her anger was blazing, the air around her heated up intensity as she was set ablaze by her rage. She was putting aside her elegant self and letting her anger spark her fire inside. There were only two beings that set her off this bad. Her darling Spikey-wikey, and Spear the hedgehog. The Two darlings in her life. And she was gonna tear this pony apart piece by piece.

Pinkie pie and fluttershy had the similar reactions to this. They embraced their rage and let it burn. The massive anger they felt could only be satisfied by averaging their friend's death. Even if this one wasn't real, if he was dead, they didn't know what to think.

All of the main 6 stood together and changed at the illusion and prepared to avenging their friend and breaking this illusion once and for all. One of the most intense battles they'll have was about to began.

Meanwhile, back at Coal Town

I knocked on the door and saw both Doc and Firebrand trying to planning a strategy to get us out of Coal Town in one piece. "Hey, umm guys? We kinda have a problem."

Firebrand turned around and said "Let me guess. Dustykat trashed the respwan generator?" I nodded and said "How did you-"
"We heard the explosion outside the room."
Ahhh...that explains it.

Firebrand then asked Doc "So...Doc? Have you figured out a plan to get us out of here?"
However, Doc just breathe in and out as he looked at the plans of Coal Town. And I officially started to get concerned. "Doc? We DO have a plan to escape from here, right?"

However, the silents was getting nerve-wracking and it cased firebrand to panic a bit.
"Doc, I don't know if you know this, but huge Jackson out there destroyed the respwan generator and is on his way to KILL us! We need a plan NOW!!!"

I decided to try and calm firebrand down and said "Whoa firebrand, chill out! I know this is a scary moment, but calm down. I'm sure that Doc will get a plan together soo-" "I have a plan." Oh...that didn't take very long. "It's very risky. But given the alternative, I believe that it's the best chance we've got."

I was a bit worried, but said "Look Doc, whatever plan you have in mind, we'll go along with, but... what IS the plan you have in mind? Pincher attack? Bullhorn formation? Enders gambit?"

At this ponit Doc and Firebrand gave me weird looks as firebrand said "Ok, I'm a trained soldier, how do YOU know those terms?" I gave him a small look and said "What? I read. Plus, Shining armor forgot his strategy guide the last time he was in ponyville, soooo..." I could see the anger in firebrand's eyes and said "You know what? I'll deal with him later."

I nodded as Doc sighed and said "There is little time you two. Just focus on keeping everyone alive. Rally their spirits, keep the robots from overwhelming this position, and most of all, stall dustykat for as long as possible."

Me and firebrand became worried as he said "Wait, your not staying here with us?!" I gulped as Doc said "Once you, IF you see the signal flare, head back in here. You'll know what to do." Firebrand looked concerned and said "And, what if we don't see the flare,what's plan b?"

Doc then dawned a downcast look and said "Leave beside the heavy equipment, and save as many lifes as you can." I suddenly had a pit in my stomach as I said "Doc, you don't mean...but, I'm just the new guy here. You really entrust me with this? I mean, i get why you would ask Firebrand here, But i-"

Doc then placed a hand on my shoulder and said "You already proved that you can be trusted with this kind of leadership. And with our survival on the line, I need the both of you to work together and protect one another. Lead them on you two. I believe in you." And as he said that, Doc left though the back door as Firebrand and I stood there, motionless. "...Well that's not funny at all." I looked at Firebrand and said "I don't think this was meant as a funny moment F.B."

The two of us then walked out of the office and as soon as they saw that Firebrand wasn't smiling...well, they all when Bat crazy out of fear. Of course me and Firebrand stopped this fast as the two of us said "QUIET!!!" I then said "Ok you guys, we've got good news and bad news. The good news is, We might have a plan to get all of us out of here. Bad news? We kinda have to fight."

Fin then begins to ask "Wait, where's Doctor wolf?" Firebrand then said "He's umm working on the plan to get us out of here."
I then said "So while Doc works on his part of the plan, he left us in charge here for the time being."

Thespio then looked skeptical and said "Wait...he left you two in charge? I mean, Firebrand I kinda get, but you? We just gotten to know you, yet Doc trusts you with this already?" I started to panic a bit, but kept a cool head about this.

Thankfully, Maddy was the first one to come to my defense, saying, "Hey now! Spear IS a competent fighter! He DID stand up to dustykat so me and AnY can escape. Plus, he's the ONLY one to challenge me to a cider drinking contest. Still expecting you to hold up your challenge after this!"

Surprisingly after her,Golden fox was next to come to my defense, saying " I do have to agree. Even after a accused him being with Key, he forgave AND helped me get the class thay fit me. Plus, Key seems happy when he hangs out with him so..." Golden blushed in embarrassment as he said "Thanks for that."

Then even Lightning bliss stood up for me too. "Plus, even when he DOSE make a mistake, he's quick to try and fix it. Trust me, I've been there before. I'd follow him AND Firebrand anywhere!"

And lastly, Spike jumped in and said "Not to mention he's just as kind as he is strong! My big brother can handle anything those tin cans throw our way!" Spike then tackled me into a hug. I was glad that I came here and made such great friends here.

However, Toon made a surprisingly good ponit, saying, "Well, not to sound like a downer here, how are we supposed to beat a whole army of armed tin cans when most of us are armed with hot air?"

Really Toon? You had to said it that? Ink was definitely pissed at what took say and replied "Why you stuck up, half witted!" Aaaand Everypony when Bat- crazy again. The frustration me and Firebrand had over this was so immense I could barely hear keyframe as we both said "Ok,ENOUGH!!!"

Both of our auras exploded in frustration. I accidentally when into my chaos boost form glowing red and Firebrand...Wait, do he just turn into a SUPER SAYAIN?! Well, I'll ask him about it later. Right now, we needed to stop this infighting and get everypony straightened out!

Firebrand started by saying "I don't have a clue what he's doing, But Doctor wolf entrusted this mission to the two of us! I don't know if he was in his right mind at the time, but by every PG euphemism I can think of we'll see this misson though, or die trying!" I then followed up by saying "SO, quit your infighting, stop complaining, and focus on the enemy in front of us!" Both of our auras grew as we shouted "IS THAT UNDERSTOOD MAGGOTS!?"

Everypony then stopped fighting as they finally snapped out of it. But we still needed a plan to stall Dusty and keep the robots at by AND deal with Mecha Sonic. Thankfully, Firebrand and I came up with a plan.

First, Firebrand talked to the scouts."Ink and k.p, we need to bonk behind enemy lines to distract Dusty. Dangle a donut in front of him, I don't care. Just make sure you stall him at any cost!" Ink and K.P looked at each other with determination and said "Hah! I got the bonk!/I got the dounts!/ BEST JOB EVER!" When they hoofed bumped I said,"Be careful Ink." She nodded as she and K.P got ready.

I then turned to Voice of reason and Golden fox and said "Snipers, your job is to protect Firebrand and Keyframe. Make sure they stay alive at all cost." Golden grined and said "Heh, I do that anyway. Piece of cake!" Voice then said "Huh, kinda Meta when you think about it. Any reason why?" I then explained "Well, it's simple. Firebrand and key will be making sure to heal us and to keep us alive. And with the respwan generator out of commission, them healing us will be more critical then ever. So protecting them will be top priority."

They nodded as Firebrand briefed Sweetie And AnY. "Demos, your mid range and do the most burst damage. And if anything gets too close, use your swords for the speed and health boost." Sweetie bloom seem a BIT too excited as she said "Yay, stabby!" Yikes. AnY then chugged down a whole bottle of cider. Personally, I don't blame him.

I then said "All righty then. Soldiers, your long range, you do Precise damage from a distance. I need you to bottle neck the droids before too many get close. Light them bastrards up!" For the first time since we met, me and Toon were on the same page. He grinned and said "You got it! This time, it's personal." Thankfully, Maddy was able to roast him for me and said "And are you going with or without aim bot this time?" Toon tried to defend himself by saying "OH come on. I know what I'm doing. I've gotten better...ish." Maddy fired back and Said "Well, your more competent then Thespio, so your NOT entirely doomed." Toon replied with a "Hey!" I silently snickered as Firebrand said "Shut it black and red oc."

He turned his attention to Silver Quill and Lightning bliss and said "Heavys, your keeping the Perimeter. Any bots that try to break off, turn them back or turn them to scrap!" Silver then said "OH hey, I know that reference! Come on cutie me slaughter!" OH heck no. He did not just call her cute. So it's time for punishment. And protection for Blissy. "Hey Silver! Bliss maybe a heavy but she's not as durable as you. So try and absorb as many bullets as possible!" I saw Blissy show a cute smile while Silver looked like he was about to have a Aneurism. Luckily, She gave him a hug and he claimed down. I say that Blissy hugs are on par with Spike hugs.

I turned to Eliora and told her, "Eli, we need you stay close to the medics so they don't get into danger if there is a chance that a bot or two slip by the snipers and the heavys. Check for spy bots and support everyone with air blasting as much as you can. Burn everything that's sounds and looks like glorified trash can." Eliora then said "Got it!"

I then felt a claw tugging at my suit as Spike said "Is there anything I can do to help guys?" I then thought about it and realized, Spike CAN help with something here. We do need all the help we can get, so this is perfect! "Alright then. Spike, you help Eli with protecting the medics by shooting any bot she misses. Cover her flank by any means." Spike then asked "But how can I cover her?" I looked around and thankfully, I found a shotgun nopony was using, so I gave it to Spike. "Here Spike. Use this to blast those tin cans to tartarus!" Spike nodded and joined with Eliora. But then I told her "Hey Eli?" She turned around and I said "Take care of him, ok?" She nodded and when to him to give him tips on how to shoot with the shotgun.

I then turned to Thespio and said "Alright Thespio, Since we won't have our scouts, it'll fall on us to slow down the giants. However, be expecting Mecha Sonic to come after us once the giants start coming down. So, I'll engage Mecha In combat, While You Infiltrate their ranks and Cas chaos from the inside. How good is your robot?" Thespio then did a Robot impression and- "Bep-bop, I AM A ROBOT,ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!" Ok...that will have to do... At least Ink got a laugh out of it.

Firebrand when to brief Finn on his orders,but surprisingly, he got the gist of it. To set up a dispenser and a century at the choke ponit. That way he can hold the line AND we will all have a dispenser for health and ammo when need. Things were going great...till Doc called and said he needs Finn someplace else...Crap. and this causes Firebrand to blue screen himself.

However, K.P was gonna throw a rock at him to snap him out of it, But~ "Allow me K.P." I then Summon my Piko-piko hammer (Its basically looks like Sonic's piko piko hammer but its green and black with dark purple stars on it. And its A birthday gift from Amy rose) and *PIKO* bashed Firebrands head to get him working again. "Ok...slight change in plans. We won't have engineers with us so keep in mind that we only have limited number of health and ammo packs. Medics get priority on health packs and heavys get priority on ammo packs." Silver looked too happy there. Time to change that. "And Lightning bliss gets double priority!" And all right in the world.

I then said "Ok, that's covers everything and You have your orders. Any questions?" Everyone shook there heads in response. I noticed that Keyframe was still a bit bothered but I decided to ask her later. "OK then. Let's get ready to do this! Will show those Creeps the REAL SUPER POWER OF TEAMWORK!!!" "YEAH!!!"

As we armed up and readied, I was talking to Keyframe. "Ok key,how come you've been acting weird since the briefing?" She sighed and said " You know, just because he yells doesn't mean he's a great leader." I sighed and said "Look, I get what your getting at. but right now, let's focus on the task at hoof here, OK?" She then replied "Dosen't mean we can't have a intriguing sub-plot with character development." Really? "Oh, go bep-bop yourself." She smirked and said "heh, you barely know how to do that to YOURSELF." I looked shocked as I blushed. Ohhhh Two can play at that game. "What? Speaking from experience?" Ohhhh the face she had was priceless! "Ok, well played there." She said as we both blushed. Then Firebrand then shouted "Get OUT THERE!!!" Yikes!

As the robots roomed around town we all waited for the signal to attack. Out spirits are steadfast, are weapons are loaded, and out thirst for carnage was ready. We were all eagerly waiting as firebrand then said "NOW!"

The door blasted open as we all ran out guns ablazing. LITTERLY! The snipers shot the robot snipers, the soldiers and demoponys blasted the bots to bits, me and Thespio slashed and shot the metal giants into submission, the heavys shot any bot that were close, Eliora and Spike protected the medics that were healing us, and the scouts began to make their way to Dustykat. Who all the while, he started to grin and say "And I thought this was gonna be boring." He then hit his hoofs together and said "Let's rock!" Mecha Sonic looked at the battle and said "They have more fight in them then I thought. " he then laughed and said "Let see who's strongest, rodent."

The last scene was all of us charging at the massive robot army as the biggest battle of our life's was underway. Let the games officially begin.

Author's Note

Ok, THIS was a monster of a chapter. But it was SO worth it! Get ready for epic action! For part 4 as both partys engage the enemy in a epic showdown!