War of the Assembly

   It didn't take Dynamo too long to take us to Delta-9, the darkest moon in the Nova system. Rather scary to say the least too. All this moon was just a bunch of jagged mountains and rocks, really, not much to look at.

"All right you two," I heard Dyanmo Spark start, "Make it quick, I don't want to be here longer than you guys. do."

Strange thing is that he was right, none of us liked the thought of Delta-9 in the first place.

   Twitch and I put our helmets on whiel Dynamo sealed off the pilot's area so we could exit into the low atmoshpere of this dark moon.

"All right Twitch, let's see what we can find. You cover my back and I'll cover yours." I told him and he responded with a nod.

As the back of the Eagle lowered to reveal the landscape before us, I checked our rifes and hopped out, big mistake.

I thought this moon would have a lower gravitational pull, but when I jumped it immeadiately puled me back down.

   "This... doesn't seem right." Twitch observed, walking down the ramp. He helped me back up and dusted off my armor.

"Truly, but where are the other Eagles that were supposed to be here?" I was looking around and only noticed our Eagle, not more.

"Dynamo!" I contacted the pilot over a frequency, "Did you land in the right spot?"

"Of course I did, the coordinates of the same sites that were here. I-" Is all I heard before static hit.

"Blaze.... something's here, and I don't like it...." Twitch stepped closer to my side.

"Keep alert." I started to wlak forward in a steady, slow pace. Twitch was keeping up just fine until we lost sight of Dynamo's Eagle, that's when he started to loose his cool.

   I simply just turned around smacked him across his face, the impact surely did reach through his helmet.

"Keep it together dammit! You're better than this!" I sternly told him, I could see those worried eyes beyond his visor. Before I could say anything else I was interupted by a hissing sound off to our left. Boy, what we found wasn't exactly a pretty sight.

It resembled a pony, earth, but had bald patches all over with no definable gender. We were warned about Hawker's ability to infect. Twitch pulled up his rifle and readied himself for an attack from the infected pony.

   "Halt." That simple word seemed to have stopped the Hawker Pony from making any further moves towards us. The voice that said it sounded like a male's voice, twisted just a tiny bit.

"That's no way to treat our visitor's, like many others you have come across." The voice said again, this time, it's origin came into our view.

"Well, if it isn't the Assembly, the sworn enemies of the Hawkers. What brings you all the way out here to the dank reaches of this moon?" The creature asked us, eyeing me with three eyes on one side of it's face.

   "We're here to investigate disappearences of scouts here, thought a rebel group might be stationed here. Attacking whomever they think is with us." I responded to his question. This one seems to have more brains, but the absense of jagged teeth in his mouth like his companion.

"I had no idea you were fighting rebels. Alas, no, it's just my companion and me on this moon. Atleast I know know who she's been attacking."

"That thing is a she?" I heard Twitch asked out of surprise.

    "Oh how rude. She was once an Earth pony until something got a hold of her. As for myself, I was once a proud pegasus stallion, like any other. Now look at me." He seemed to state then went on to explain his situation.

"So, let me get this straight," I started, "you can't remember your previous life or name other than this 'metamorphisis' phase you went through. When you woke up from your 'pod,' you were still able to speak, think, and not have a bloodlust, but manage to keep your companion in check." He simply nodded, closing his eyes and grimmacing slightly at his life.

    "She woke up with me out of metamorphisis, Hawker work like a hiveminded cult of aliens. Apparently, only her and I share that quality."

"You might have been a failed experiment." Twitch hypothosised.

"Or the greatest asset Assmebly can obtain." He twisted that idea into play. I smiled, only because he might have been right.

"I'll get our captain on the horn. Excuse me for a few." The Hawker excused me and I managed to get Tempest captain back on the line for debreifing and our findings.

    "Blaze, what'd you find on Delta-9?" He immeeadiately asked me before I could get a single word about of my beak.

"I think they might be something you want to see for yourself." I heard myself reply, feeling a slight smirk eminating.

"I'll take your word for it, nothing too dangerous is it?" Why did he decide to ask that? Just. Why?

"You'll see, sir." Were my final words to him before I went back to Twitch and the two Hawkers. Surprisingly, Twitch was still standing and the Hawkers didn't leave.

   "So... what did this... captain... of yours say about us coming aboard his ship?" I  heard the lead Hawker ask as soon as he saw me.

"I told him that he'll just have see what we we found for himself. C'mon you two, we're going on a little trip." I smiled a bit as I said that. Twitch walked over to my side and we started walking. The two Hawkers joining us as we headed back towards Dynamo's Eagle.