Chapter 11: New friends and new enemies

Echo's mind

August 10th 2728

"CHAOS!"

"Alphega!"

Eli and the entity known as Discord tore Echo's mind apart piece by piece.

"CHAOS AND DISHARMONY!"

"Reconstruct Alphega!"

Echo's mind shattered and was now under the control of Eli and Discord.

UNSC Infinity

3 hours after the battle of the Dashing Loyalty

"Echo?" Nova asked.

As fast as lightning Echo pushed Nova to the floor and pulled out his pistol. Hicks quickly kicked the pistol out of his hands.

"What the hell?!"

Echo slammed Hicks out the bridge door. The ponies followed him, Anthony and Fernando tried to stop Echo but he tossed them both out the door along with Samborn. He closed the door and left Nova and Viper to there fates.

Eli's hologram and one of a Draconequus appeared around Echo's head. When he moved his hand over Nova's head Frost's hologram joined his 2 holograms.

"Frost?"

Echo just emitted a low growl. Eli circled around Echo's head.

"For Alphega!"

Echo swiped his hand over Viper. Boa was now part of Echo's collective.

"Leave." Echo opened the blast doors and tossed Nova and Viper out of the blast door and sealed it.

"What the hell just happened?" Fernando asked.

"Echo just took our AIs and there was some weird hologram next to the other AI holograms." Nova explained.

"Whatever brief us when we get off this rust bucket!"

The ship shuttered.

"That's the thrusters! He's turned control back to the bridge!" Samborn said.

"Shit! He's taking the ship!" Fernando said.

"Get to the boarding crafts!" Hicks ordered.

"Too far!" Samborn said. "Escape pods!"

Everyone followed Samborn to the air-lock where about 25 escape pods were located.

ISS Satan's Vengeance

"Decompression complete!" Weston reported.

"Alright pull us into the same orbit as…"

"Sir!" Doc (Azure) cut Sierra off. "The Dashing Loyalty is jumping to slipspace!"

"What?"

"It's preparing to jump!"

"We're detecting an escape pod."

"Contact the Infinity. Have them pick it up."

Echo's Mind

"Set a course for Reach! The AIs!" Eli said.

"Prepare for the CHAOS! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"We are reconstructing the Alphega AI!" Frost said.

"We'll need the AIs." Boa said.

Echo's mind was a fragment of what it was before. Echo's actual personality and his actual mind had been pushed aside now being controlled by AIs and alien entities.

UNSC Infinity

2 hours later

"So what exactly happened to Echo?" Hicks asked Nova.

"He took our AIs. He now has all 3 of our AIs and maybe a fourth. I'm not sure he gave me quite a blow to the head."

"A fourth AI?"

"It was a strange hologram. The head of one of the Equestrians and body parts of nearly everything."

"That is all." Hicks said.

Nova left the room. Suddenly the door bell rang.

"Come in."

It was Wash.

"Hello Washington."

"Sir." He stood at attention.

"At ease."

Wash sat down on the other end of table.

"What do you think about all of this?"

"I believe this is very similar to the freelancer program."

"I approved Project MERCENARY and was willing to give them more than 1 AI for use. Halsey just asked for one. Well she asked for an AI creation system. I'm not sure if this Alphega is based from Halsey or someone else."

"I believe that Echo is the next Agent Maine."

"Agent Maine? As in the meta?"

"Yes."

"You are dismissed agent Washington."

Wash left the room.

Official report on the destruction of most of Equestria

Fillydelphia, Canterlot, Manehattan, Cloudsdale, and Stalliongrad all received major damage. Cloudsdale is a complete loss. Canterlot and Manehattan can be reconstructed. Stalliongrad received minor damage and can be in complete operation within 1 week.

The humans have saved us from well other humans. This UNSC is welcome to Equestria. The insurrection is not.

The UNSC has offered to help rebuild the cities lost but I respectfully declined.

This report was filled out by Princess Celestia.

UNSC Infinity

2 weeks after Dashing Loyalty's escape

"We've traced the slipspace trail to an unknown system not in our data-base. It seems that this planet that the Dashing Loyalty has set itself upon is or was habited by humanoid life." Logan explained.

"Set a course."

"WAIT!"

Hicks turned around and saw Rainbow Dash coming out of the elevator as well as her friends.

"What are you doing here?"

"We're coming with you?"

"You're the bearers of the elements of harmony! Doesn't Celestia need you?"

"She approves and wants us to study the realm outside of Equestria."

"Then you're officially drafted. Welcome to the UNSC; Captain Dash of the UNSC marines. Dr. Twilight Sparkle. Private first class Applejack. Sgt. Pinkie Pie. And Medical officer Fluttershy."

"Sir!" Dash saluted.

"At ease. Karen! Set a course for the unknown system! We will try and capture Echo! If we can't capture him then we will have no choice but to kill him."

"Yes sir."

The Infinity jumped into slipspace and left the Equestrian system.

Well the end of this story but the next story shall be quite interesting.

(You're gonna go far kid- Rainbow Dash version)

Derek Hicks as himself

Anthony Brown as himself

Fernando Mata-Alan as himself

Mandi Samborn as Herself

Morgan Mason as Herself

Karen Riester as Herself

Dennis "Sierra" as himself

Weston as Himself

Doc as Himself

Kavi as Echo

Kalvin as Viper

Kristen as Nova

Matt Hullum as Sarge and Doc

Burnie Burns as Church and the MERCENARY AIs

Jason Saldana as Tucker

Joel Hayman as Caboose

Geoff Ramsey as Grif

Dan Godwin as Donut

Gus Sorola as Simmons

Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash and Applejack

Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle

Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity and Princess Luna

Andrea Libman as Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie

Michelle Creber as Applebloom

Claire Corlett as Sweetie Belle

Madeline Peters as Scootaloo

Nicole Oliver as Princess Celestia

And

John De Lancie as Discord

Master Derek would like to thank:

Lucky Dog Productions

Rooster Teeth Productions

Hasbro

Bungie

343 Industries

Snivytrainer

Sierra Strike

Blue Sky studios

20th century fox

And of course