Sons of Equestria
Chapter 7: Calling for Help
Previous ChapterNext Chapter“Come in, come in. Do you read, over?” I said into the mass communications device. “This is Jason Paladin Webster of the U.S. army, come in. Do you read?”
“Aye, this is Commander Sheppard of the Normandy. What do you need, over?” I heard the voice come from the other side of the channel.
“Commander Sheppard, we need you to come to our coordinates, make sure to come in out of planetary effects, over.”
“What you need us for, over?”
“We have a grade 10 universe here, repeat, grade 10. U.N. has also found it and is suspected to send in troops. We need you here to help hold them off, over.”
“Alright, we’re coming, over and out.” With that the line cut off.
I took a sip from my mug of tea and scanned down to the next name. I pressed in the numbers and sent off the call, which was responded to quicker than Sheppard had.
“This is John 117, Master Chief, what is it?”
“John, we need you to ship out with a good amount of troops to our current universe to assist in a war to come. We got a grade 10 planet here, repeat, grade 10.”
“Alright, we’ll be shipping out soon, over and out.” The other side once again cut off.
I checked off the universe and dialed in the next set of numbers.
“This is Jason Paladin Webster of the U.S. army. Do you read, over?”
“This is Heavy Weapons Guy. What is it?” I heard the thick Russian accent come through.
“Heavy, we got a grade 10 planet here and we need you and the other team to ship over here quick. Call all the other bases and tell them too.”
“Alright, we will be there soon.” again the static returned as the call ended.
I sipped some more tea and looked at the next name and address. I pressed in the code and waited for the other end.
“This is Alex, what do you need?”
“This is Jason Paladin Webster of the…”
“I know what you are from, just get down to it and tell me what you need!” I heard Alex shout on the other end, causing me to jump and juggle my tea for a few seconds.
“Alright, alright, no need to yell. We got a grade 10 planet here and we need you to ship out over here as fast as possible.”
“Alright, we’ll be there. Come on Gordon, we got work to do.” Alex said while the sound of clinking metal, probably a weapon loading, registered over the system.
“Yes, good luck Mr. Freeman.” I heard a new voice say just before the line closed.
I stood up from my seat and downed the rest of my tea. After whipping off the moisture from my lips onto my sleeve, being as my suit had not been replaced yet, I stepped out of the small building and out into the newly militarized Ponyville. Changes didn’t cause too much difference in looks, except the fact that several energy cannons and improved howitzers were scattered around it, along with a few huts. My father approached me with his usual calmness.
“Are we ready?” I asked him rather cryptically.
“Yeah, I told him that the rocks over there shifted now and then, just like you told me to. I think it was just barely enough to get him going.” He said as he gestured with a hoof to a pile of stones a little distance from the town.
“Good, the planted alien life forms we put there should keep him there until we arrive. Max, it’s time to head out.” Max came out from the cabin next to mine at him summon. I couldn’t help but smile at the Rahgahgogarian resilience. Only two days ago all his leg below the knee was nothing but cinder and ash, and now a thin leg like structure reached all the way to the floor, and in a few more days the structure would expand like it would for any Rahgahgogarian.
“We better move quickly, unless he leaves the spot.” Max said. My father and I nodded as we all set out.
The pace we had kept up was nothing but a brisk jog for a human and a light trot for a Rahgahgogarian, but for a pony, it was a full out run. My father, not being the most athletic for a human or a pony, was left farther behind, so much so Max and I arrived at the location a good minute or so before my father made it.
“I… know… time is of the essence… but… couldn’t you have… slowed the pace… a bit… for me?” my father said breathlessly.
“Sorry, we’ll try that next time it happens.” I said with a smile. My father grunted slightly and quickly shook off the fatigue, which is much to his credit. I did a quick sweep of the area for a mind signal, and quickly received something in return.
“AGAIN! Who keeps scanning my brain? Am I really that interesting to them?” The three of us look at each other his raised eyebrows.
“Well they never said he could detect brain scans, but at least we know he is here.” I said pushing it off quickly. “Dad, you go first, I’ll go next, since he knows humans, and Max goes last since we have no idea if he has seen your kind before.” We all nodded, and soon my dad climbed up the slope.
The Doctor was enjoying another outing. After being tipped off by a pony he considered to be a lunatic, he had been having a day of fun exploring a patch of creatures that looked a lot like rocks, well, it was fun except the brain scans that washed by him. The Doctor shook off the chills the last scan had caused and scanned the rocks again. The creatures were like nothing he had seen before, and that certainly is saying something.
Suddenly a shifting was heard off to the right. The Doctor jumped into a position where he could see who it was.
“Hello, Doctor, how’s it going?” A pony said after ganging its hoofing.
“Oh, it’s you. Well, surprisingly enough, some of these rocks aren’t rocks at all, but some sort of alien species. And even more surprising is that I’ve never seen anything like them. I mean, sure, camouflaging creatures are common because creatures that need defense are common, but these are different than anything I’ve ever seen!”
“That is certainly interesting, especially since I thought you’d seen most everything, being a Timelord and all.”
“I know, but the kicker is that you noticed. I spent my first several minutes watching these things and nothing happened, I would have walked away had it not been for my screwdriver falling out of my pocket and bumping with the ground in such a way that it activated for a second long enough for the creatures to be slightly agitated and begin moving slowly. This is truly remarkable. How did you notice them?” The Doctor asked, rather intrigued in what methods the strange pony had used.
“To tell the truth I didn’t.” The pony said in a deadpan voice.
“The how did you know these rocks weren’t rocks? You had to have found out somehow!”
“I believe I can answer that question.” A new voice arrived as something tall, very, very tall arrived. “Hello, Doctor, I’m glad we finally meet face to face.” The thing said as it knelt. When it finally reached a kneeling position the Doctor could actually make out what it was, since before it stood in front of the sun and the brightness of the sun in contrast to the shadow over its face made it hard to recognize.
“What is a human doing in Equestria?” The Doctor shouted.
I could only help but smile slightly. The Doctor used to live with humans, but after being stuck in Equestria for so long, seeing a human must be something as astounding as when I found out my dad was still alive after years of thinking him dead.
“Simple, we used a trans-multiversal transportation device, or a Rift Maker.” I replied rather nonchalantly.
“Alright, I get that. But how are you still… human?” The Doctor asked rather questioningly and in fact in a position where he could bolt away at a moment’s notice.
“We came in past the planets effects on us, and so we did not change into equines.” The Doctor still looked hesitant, but he was calming down a bit.
“Then, why are you here? As in with me here in this rock bed.” The Doctor said, still looking up and down at me.
“Easy, we need your help.” I said with a smile.
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“So let me get this straight, you brought war to Equestria and now you need me to help you fend off these forces?” The Doctor said after I explain what was happening.
“About right, we need a good tactical mind in our ranks to help us win so that Equestria is safe from harm that would come to it otherwise.”
“Well the fact that you thought to ask me and were able to lure me in shows you at least have some brains.” The Doctor said with a small smirk painted across his face.
“Will you join us then?” I asked finally.
“I guess I should. By the way you explained it; it seems that they really have no reason to be slaughtering you… just like the Darleks.” He said rather sadly.
“Well we aren’t dealing with organic beings that have been turned into stronger, emotionless, copies of their former selves; these are actual humans whose hatred runs deeper than I like to think. But in the root of all things, their motives are the same. But at any rate, we’re glad to have you aboard sir. Uh… do you wish to transfer to human from or stay as you are?”
“Well, I guess I could… wait. Do you mean you could turn me back into a human like form?” The Doctor added the last part nearly shouting.
“Well yes, all we have to do is send you via Rift Maker directly onto Earth and then bounce you back here, and presto your both human and in Equestria. Although, one thing. I suggest taking the Tardis to the Piranha, supposing it is still out of the effecting range, if not then we’ll have to send her a line to back up.” I said, explaining to the Doctor exactly how easy it would be, being as it was an easy process.
“Alright, I guess I’ll hop on over to this ship of yours, see you chaps later!” The Doctor said as he dashed off.
“And remember, it’s the smaller of the two ships you should see!” I shouted at him as he ran away from us.
Soon enough the Doctor was gone, and we left for the main center of our operations. The short time we had spent away showed its difference on the camp. We now had several more Howitzers and plasma cannons laying around then there were when we attacked the Gohoritykah home world, which was a full on assault. A man approached me and handed me a small pad. I tapped the screen and a message popped up… well, it was a hologram of the man who had sent it.
“Major General Jason Paladin Webster, Come to the council room, the board of generals is waiting.” I flipped the device off.
“Well, it’s about time to put my actions on trial.” I said after a sigh.
“What do you mean? What did the message mean?” My father asked.
“Well, the board of generals are the guys with two more stars on their sleeves than I do. They’re the head of the army, being as no one man can be trusted with all power. Well, my actions of permitting the Doctor to change into a human again or at least a simile thereof was a large stretch on my part, of the authority I can exert, not to mention doing things a member of the board would do and not some lower grade general like me. It’s likely they didn’t like me doing what I did recently and are either stripping me of a rank or discharging me. We’ll just have to see.” I said, hoping for the best outcome.
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“Sir, we have received line from Grey, he says he accepts and will send all necessary robots to us for deployment.” A man working one of the communication areas shouted to the commander as he took his place.
“Very good, at least that means we will have infinite amounts of the robots.” The commander said with a small smile.
“Sir, the Forerunner commander has sent line and says he will send all the units he can muster. Also the covenant has sent line saying their finest armada will come soon.” Another man shouted to the commander. The commander’s smile grew at the news of two of the strongest forces ever mustered joining them for this conquest.
“That is very good, yes, very good indeed.” The commander said as his smile grew larger.
“Sir; Sontarans, Darleks, and Cybermen have sent line saying that they will join forces for now and fight together to help capture our newest acquisition.” A man shouted again.
“Good to know we have them together and not fighting for once.” The commander smirked.
“Sir, we have a line from the Reapers. They say they were in the middle of a battle with the enemies in that universe but are more than willing to send several of their own forces to aid us.” A man said to the commander.
“Very god, be sure to send them a few ships for assistance in their cause after we are done here.” The commander ordered the man. A Gohoritykah ran up to the commander and said,
“Sir, the U.N. H.Q. said that they are going to send a large number of ships and units over, estimated time of arrival is in a few minutes.”
“Very good, now go back to your station soldier.” The commander said as he sent the Gohoritykah back to where he came.
“Sir, we have line from the Combine forces, they say that they will come with a few Vortegon slaves to help fight.” A man shouted to the commander.
“Very good, we’ll certainly have enough men for this attack.” The Commander smiled and walked off of his platform and back into the council room, a few rooms away. The commander entered the room and took his seat.
“Sir, engineers have reported in and say the ship is completely rebuild and is even better than it was before. Our crew has increased by fifty thousand members, of which three quarters are Gohoritykah.” The Rear Admiral reported to the commander.
“That’s good to hear. And this is our one advantage in this war, besides numbers and brains, U.S. forces believe that Gohoritykah numbers are low, but in reality they are in great numbers than they were when they were still in their home world. So tell me, what are the recent activities of the inter-multiversal division? Are any U.S. people coming besides those that are already here?” Admiral Sandusky inquired.
“The only known forces of U.S. that are coming are home land support. The Piranha lives up to its name though. It’s small, fast, and packs a punch. Our shields are holding up nicely, but their Ion cannons are almost cooled down, and we are dealing with ultra accelerated ion blast cannons, instead of the normal ion cannon.” One of the commanding officers stated to the Admiral.
“We’ll activate shield-lock when that happens, we’ll be fine.” The admiral replied confidentially, “Besides, reinforcements are coming soon enough, and the Piranha will be no more.”
“But sir, what if the U.S. sends for more troops and they arrive before our allies?” A man asked, not so sure of their situation being the best one.
“Soldier, we are the U.N.S. Hailstorm, now second only to the Warhorse. Anything those U.S. scumbags can throw at us, we can more than handle. This meeting is over, no more things to discuss, so head back to your stations.” With that the members went back to their stations of command on the ship.
The commander walked into the command center and went onto his platform. He looked onto the massive screen that gave him a massive view of the surrounding space. Suddenly the multiversal disturbance alarm went off. In an instant a blue gateway-shaped aura formed. It warped and twisted as I began to take a more definite shape. Slowly it shifted from blue to purple, and from purple to red. Suddenly the portal seemed to snap as it took a much more rigid shape.
“Sir, our forces have arrived.” A soldier shouted to the Admiral.
“Which ones, soldier?” The Admiral asked, wandering who he would see first. Suddenly eight more portals formed and began shaping the same way as the other had. The soldier turned to the commander as he removed his headset.
“All of them, sir.” The Admiral then smiled as the news of full forces coming through all in one go. Truly, this is what they needed. Slowly the portal began to act as if they were pools of water with a stiff rim around them, as they began to shimmer as things began to emerge from their centers. The portals began to widen and spread farther apart as the objects they transported came closer to that side of the portal. Slowly, but ever so surely, the portals began to fade from view as the object entered the junction of space, and soon the ships were inside the material universe, but not the visual spectrum. Then, the creeping images of appearing ships came to view. Bright, bold, white letters stood out on the sides of the U.N. ships, and soon the light of the host star shone on their metal surfaces. Their shield flickered back from being the visual guardians of the ships, reacting to the strange forces of the U.N. equivalent of the Rift Maker, and becoming again their invisible protectors, until something caused them to react again that is. Suddenly the ships of the other worlds appeared. The black metal Sontaran ship appeared next. Then the Darlek fleet, the golden metal ships, and the plain Darleks simply floating in space. Then Cybermen fleet, made of shining, metallic ships, with no outside optics, then the Combine ships, the semi-biological abominations, began to appear. Then the Reapers and the robot ships, although the robot ships were usually ground based. Then the two crowning jewels, the Covenant and the Forerunners. The Covenant had their gigantic purple colored monstrosities, and the dark blue energy flowing through the visible pipes. Then the Forerunners orange based theme ships, each stocked to the brim with fighters.
At this the commander smiled widely. Truly this is what the U.N. needed. First they find a world covered with magic wielding creatures, and now they had the force to back up their claim on it, and as long as one creature with magic made it through, it would be all they needed, for this was the age of the United Nations, and the United States of America, would fall under their crushing grip.
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