Fire Streak stared at his son in shock, and Eagle Eye stared at his father in hatred.

“No… it… it’s not possible,” Fire Streak said out of disbelief.

“Is it really, father?” Eagle said, his voice filled with rage.

“How? How could you?” Eagle snickered.

“Yeah, how could I? Buck that! How could you is the real question Dad!”

“Son…”

“Shut up!” Eagle shouted. Fire Streak looked angrily at his son. “How dare you call me your son? Do you know what you did? Who am I kidding, of course you do. Do you know why I’m here, father? Do you?!” Eagle was shaking in rage.

“Eagle Eye, please…” Fire Streak said, trying to calm his son.

“Don’t try to justify what you did! You killed them!”

“I did not! They fell by the hooves of others! I had no knowledge that they would be there that night!”

“Bullshit! Your excuses mean nothing to me! And think of all the countless others that you’ve had your soldiers slaughter! What about all of them?! And that’s not even mentioning Mom and Ruby!” Eagle was barely holding onto himself. He was losing himself to his rage, but he didn’t care in the slightest.

“Do you honestly believe I wanted them to be killed?! I loved them more than anypony, Eagle Eye! They were my whole world!” Fire Streak protested, as he and Eagle Eye now circling each other around the surface of the roof.

“Really? Because, from my perspective, I was more of a father than you ever were! I said it before, and I’ll keep saying it until the day I die! You were never there for them! You practically shunned us from your life! It was always “business trips” this, and “murdering other ponies” that! You are a monster!” Eagle shouted to his father. His rage was raw and powerful, and Fire Streak felt the strength of Eagle’s words.

“You know nothing! I loved them Eagle Eye, why can’t you see that?!” Fire Streak asked his son, his voice just as angry as his son’s.

“Because it’s your fault that they’re dead!”

They stopped circling each other and fell into silence. They just stared at each other, their eyes filled with pure and utter rage. Eagle Eye broke the silence.

“How could you live with yourself?” he asked. To his surprise, Fire Streak smiled.

“Because I know, soon enough, our family shall be reborn. The Dark Flames of Heaven shall lift them up from their deaths, and they shall be with us yet again. Nopony has been lost, Eagle Eye. Our crusades have been to usher in a new era of pony kind. So tell me, how does all of that sound to you?” Fire Streak asked.

“It sounds like the biggest pack of lies I’ve ever heard. I don’t know what has brought you to believe all of this father, but it isn’t true. And, it doesn’t change the fact that my mother and sister, your wife and daughter, are dead. And it’s all your fault.

“Son, please…”

“Don’t call me son. I am not your son, and you are not my father. Not anymore,” Eagle said, staring at his father with eyes that were almost starting to tear up. Fire Streak sighed.

“Then… I will not regret your demise. I suppose it is time that you joined your mother and sister in the cycle of rebirth. May the Dark Flames of Heaven guide you Eagle Eye.” With that, Fire Streak used his magic to draw his mighty blade.

“Fine. Let’s finish this.” Eagle Eye sharpened his wing blades and slid out his left hidden blade.

The two warriors stared each other for one moment more. And then, they charged.

Fire Streak’s blade met Eagle’s wing blades with a clang, as Eagle protected his face with his wings. He pushed his father back and swiped at his chest, but the hidden blade only managed to scrape Fire’s thick armor. With a powerful punch, Fire Streak sent Eagle backwards.

The punch had managed to leave a noticeable dent in Eagle Eye’s chestplate, and it had even made Eagle cough up a small amount of blood. Eagle looked at the Master of the Dark Flames in anger, as he readied himself to strike down his father.

Eagle charged forward, flying fast towards his father with both hidden blades at the ready. Fire Streak blocked the strike with his sword, but Eagle managed to hook one of Fire’s frontal hooves and tripped him to the ground. Eagle pulled the sword out of Fire Streak’s magical grip and tried to drive his hidden blade into his throat, but the Master was too quick for the Assassin.

Fire Streak blasted Eagle Eye in the face with a quick beam of magic, sending the white stallion back again. The red coated father got back up, gripped his sword with his magic, and tried to bring the blade down onto Eagle. Luckily, Eagle was quick enough to roll out of the way.

Eagle pulled out his rifle and sliced his father in the face with the bayonet, leaving Fire Streak with a trickle of blood running down his cheek, and an angry glare beaming at Eagle Eye. He shot a powerful stream of purple flames at Eagle with his magic, but Eagle flew up into the air just in time.

The Assassin began to rain down bullets on the Master, two of which managed to connect. But, the bullets were only strong enough to bruise Fire Streak, rather than pass through his armor. Fire Streak blasted Eagle once again with magic, which sent the robed stallion back to the surface of the roof.

“I have to get past that armor,” Eagle thought to himself, as he got back up in time to dodge another swing of Fire Streak’s blade. Eagle put his rifle on his back and blocked another strike with his hidden blade, hooked his father with the other blade, and pulled him in close. Eagle punched his father in the face multiple times before punching him one final time. The final punch sent Fire Streak to the ground.

Eagle jumped onto his father and started tearing away at his armor with his hidden blades. Eagle managed to use his hookblades to latch onto the shoulder plates of Fire Streak’s armor, and with forceful pulls, he yanked them off. Fire Streak retaliated with a powerful punch to Eagle’s face.

Fire Streak got to his hooves and swung his blade at Eagle Eye once again. This time, it managed to connect. Eagle had managed to protect his face from the strike with his bracers, but the sheer power of the attack managed to cut the bracer right down the middle. It didn’t fall off, but Eagle’s left hoof received a deep cut, and was bleeding heavily.

Fire Streak then used his magic to teleport out of Eagle’s sight. Eagle was holding his left hoof in pain, anticipating where his father may appear next. He wasn’t quick enough to stop the Master from pouncing on him from behind. He used the handle of his sword to slam Eagle’s neck, receiving a loud gagging sound from his son. Eagle coughed up more blood before knocking his father over.

Both stallions got to their hooves, Fire Streak doing much better than Eagle Eye. The Assassin wasn’t doing so well. He needed to get under that armor some more to do some real damage.

Eagle used his quick speed to practically disappear from sight. He reappeared right on top of Fire Streak and yanked off the portion of armor protecting his back. But, the dark stallion was quick enough to buck Eagle right in the gut, sending him to the floor.

As Fire Streak lunged towards Eagle Eye, the Assassin stopped the blade that was nearing his face with his wing blades. Pushing his father back, Eagle Eye sliced his father’s chest with his wing blades, managing to cut through the thick and powerful armor. Then, using his bayonet, Eagle fully removed the chestplate of Fire Streak’s armor set. Eagle Eye’s reward for doing so, however, was a swift right hook to the face.

“Why do you continue to resist the inevitable, you foolish colt?” Fire Streak asked his son in a mocking tone. Eagle Eye shakily stood there, trying to defend himself from the punches and blows he was receiving. One last punch to the side sent Eagle to the floor once more.

“You shall not win this fight Eagle Eye, let me assure you.” Fire Streak walked over to his fallen son, but was quickly tripped up by Eagle Eye, who got back to his hooves.

“I’m not done… until you’re dead…” Eagle said, breathing heavily. This fight was taking a lot out of the young stallion, as he could barely stand anymore. But he persisted in the fight, lunging towards Fire Streak once again.

The Master managed to block the weak attack with his blade. Fire Streak then sliced through Eagle’s armor and cut his chest open. The wound was of a decent size, and Eagle was clutching his chest in immense pain now. He fell to his knees and coughed up large amounts of blood. He spat on the floor and looked to his father.

“Give up Eagle Eye. You have lost.”

Eagle just got right back up.

Fire Streak responded with a swift uppercut to Eagle’s jaw, sending him flying to the ground.

“Not… giving up…” Eagle barely managed to spit out. Fire Streak stepped over to his son, but then they both felt the building starting to shake. The battle that raged below was having an effect on the structure. Explosions erupted from the central building of the complex. One blast sent Fire Streak over the edge of the roof, with debris scraping him and leaving small cuts over his face and exposed fur.

Eagle got back up and walked steadily over to the edge. He looked over to find his father clinging on for his life. Eagle simply watched, making ready to kick his father to the ground. But he wasn’t fast enough to do the deed, as Fire Streak used his magic to blast Eagle in the chest with a powerful Dark Flame spell.

“AAAAGH!” Eagle cried out, falling back to the floor a few feet away from Fire Streak. The Master pulled himself back up onto the roof, now weak and damaged. Both father and son were bloody and wounded, and only one of them was going to win.

Fire Streak shakily crawled towards his son, wanting to finish the job. Eagle started crawling towards his father, his blades ready to kill the murderer of his family.

“Surrender… and I will spare you,” Eagle said. He raised his hoof, with his hidden blade ready. Fire Streak stopped him and pushed Eagle onto his back.

“Brave words… from a stallion about to die,” Fire Streak said, resting on top of Eagle Eye.

“You fair no better!” Fire Streak wrapped his hooves around Eagle’s neck, choking the life out of him.

“All those times when you appeared triumphant, and still, we rose again. Do you know why son? It is because the Dark Flames of Heaven are born of a realization. We have been enlightened, and sent on the path to righteousness. We are the change that this world truly needs. All we need is that the world be as it is, so that we may change it for the better. And this, my son, is why the Dark Flames of Heaven, will never be destroyed.”

Fire Streak tightened his grip around his son’s throat, waiting for Eagle Eye to finally die. But, with one last push, Eagle slid out his left hidden blade and drove it through Fire Streak’s throat. Fire Streak let out a short grunt, let go of Eagle, and put his hoof on his open wound.

Fire Streak stepped back and looked at his bloody hoof. He then replaced it on the wound and looked at his son.

“Don’t think I have any intention of caressing your cheek and saying I was wrong,” Fire Streak started, taking a breath. “I will not weep, and wonder what might have been. I’m sure you understand.” He fell to his knees. “Still… I’m proud of you in a way. You’ve proven yourself to be a true warrior. You’ve shown great conviction, strength, courage, responsibility. All noble qualities.”

Fire Streak looked at Eagle Eye one last time.

“You’ve grown to become just the stallion I was hoping you’d become. Sadly, you were on the wrong side of the coin.” And with one last breath, Fire Streak spoke his last words.

“Farewell my son.” And with that, Fire Streak fell to the floor, passing from the world. Eagle Eye groggily got back to his hooves and walked over to his father. He knelt down and closed Fire Streak’s open eyes.

“Requiescat in pace… father.”

Eagle Eye stood up and walked away from where his father’s body rested. He found the hatch that led down to the control tower of the entire complex. The room was empty, other than the dead soldiers that littered the room. Eagle turned on his communicator.

“Sharp Side…” Eagle called to his friend.

“Eagle! You’re alive! Which, I guess means…” Sharp Side said, his excited tone falling into silence.

“My father is finally dead. My mother and sister have finally been avenged.” Eagle stood alone in the room, resting against a wall, not feeling as triumphant as he imagined.

“So… now what?” Sharp Side asked.

“I don’t know,” Eagle Eye answered. He listened to the war that continued to rage on outside. He didn’t have the strength in him to keep fighting alongside his allies, so he slid down the wall and rested for a moment.

“Eagle, you can’t stay there. If you do, you might not survive your wounds. You need to get out of there.”

“I can’t Sharp Side. I’ve got nothing left in me.”

“Just try to fly back to Ponyville, something! You need medical attention according to my readings.”

“Sharp Side, I just killed my father. Doesn’t that entitle me to a breather?” Eagle said, chuckling. Sharp Side couldn’t help but chuckle as well.

“I guess. But, just try to stand back up,” Sharp Side said. Eagle shakily got back to his hooves and looked out the window.

Judging from what Eagle could see, the forces of Equestria were driving the Dark Flames of Heaven into the ground. Eagle Eye’s quest was finally being fulfilled. The entire air fleet that the Dark Flames had amassed was destroyed. Thousands of Dark Flames of Heaven soldiers had fallen to the Equestrian Guard. Truly, this was a glorious day.

Eagle then watched as Celestia and Luna flew high into the sky and began to combine their magic. In a beautiful streak of light, they unleashed their magic to the ground, enveloping all remaining forces that stood. Their magic was something else, as it not only eliminated the soldiers of the Dark Flames of Heaven, but it also protected the Equestrian Guard soldiers. It must have been a safeguard of the magic they used.

“Sharp Side, I wish you could see this.”

“You forget that I can see it, bro.”

“No, I mean for real. It’s amazing.”

“Damn right.”

And as the magic of the Princesses subsided, all that was left were the victorious Equestrian Guard. The Princesses hovered to where Eagle was watching. They both smiled at him, and he nodded his head to them. But as his smile started to fade away, so did his consciousness. He fell to the floor, his head feeling extremely light. The Princesses teleported inside the room and started to tend to him.

“Eagle Eye, can you hear me?!” Princess Celestia asked, holding his head up.

“It’s over… we won…” Eagle said, feeling himself fade away.

“Rest now, child. We shall see that you are properly tended to,” Luna told him. Eagle nodded his head and fell asleep.

In that moment, Eagle Eye didn’t care what happened to him. All he knew was that he had avenged the memory of his mother and sister, and that he, along with the Royal Sisters and the Equestrian Guard, had saved Equestria. The Dark Flames of Heaven had finally been defeated for good.

Author's Notes:

Anyone else like how I ripped most of that dialogue from Assassin's Creed 3 and used it here?

Like I said in the last chapter, I wanted this fight to have its own chapter. That, and I wanted to include the beginning dialogue between Eagle Eye and Fire Streak. It added a degree of drama to the whole situation.

So yeah, Eagle Eye finally won. Does that mean this story is done? No. I've got a few more chapters for the story. So, you've got some stuff to look forward to.