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C-98 Pain In The Ass. The standard U.S.E demolition charge for the U.S.E

Night Predator Trithreat scope: Used on SR-98's and MR-91's.

Star Map: This is contains the locations of Sky Haven and Earth.

P.M.D: Personal Mission Display.

Dark Phoenix knew he had most likely attracted attention to this area and once they found the grave they would look for him in any nearby area that could possibly be a shelter to him. He quickly activated his ATCS and made his way towards the castle to gather his Star Chart. The last thing he and U.S.I.A.N.A.C needed was these ponies to have access to star records of humanity and where their new home planet was located. If that fell into enemy hands that were capable of space travel it would not only present a problem but a serious security breach into Section ten of the U.S.I.A.N.A.C command structure. He continued to run until he came across the castle which now several dozen of the damn ponies now hovered or walked around. They all looked to be the armed forces of this planet which would not be a problem as they could easily be dealt with but he prefered to avoid bloodshed if he could as did any soldier of the U.S.E. He crouched, opened his black and white wings, flew across and landed quietly to hear two voices talking about the Star Chart. He jumped up and landed gracefully on one of the turrets and looked down to see what appeared to be a high ranking officer and the two Alicorns studying the Star Chart. His P.M.D highlighted them in red and he scanned the area for any possible distractions to get them away from the map, his sights stopped on the bridge which was being used to move supplies to and from the castle. He smiled, climbed down, and silently headed towards the bridge.

Celestia looked at the weird map "What do you think of this map of sorts sister? It seems highly advanced and it appears to have multiple star names including this place called Sky Haven. It's highlighted as the capital."

Luna sighed. "We believe the creature is using this Star Map for some purpose that we do not understand. For all we know this could be part of plans for an invasion."

Celestia sighed. "That does make sense in many ways but why would he leave a Star Map this advanced lying around?" She looked up to see a pegasus patrol return and they had worried and shocked expressions on their faces. "What's the matter Blade Breeze?" She asked in concern.

Blade Breeze was shocked beyond all belief at what he had seen. "We found a large clearing five times bigger than Canterlot and it looked like a major battle had happened. We found this plus sign in the dirt above a burned and battered body. It looked like the one you call Discord and it also looks like something beat him to death like he had met his match. He was severely burned and several bones were broken while what was left of his eyes showed horror. This is the sign we found." He held out the sign and it said. "Here lies Discord. An enemy to Freedom and Liberty. Tyrant and oppressor that died during a battle against a U.S.E soldier. Let his death be a lesson for all evil that they're acts will not be tolerated. Rest in peace you bastard."

Celestia was shaken by the words and almost threw up from the message and the description of the body. "We need to find the creature it might be linked to Discord's death." She sighed and then jumped as an explosion was heard from the direction of the bridge. She ran to find the bridge destroyed and burning while a new twenty foot cut off became clear as she approached.

Dark Phoenix chuckled as he place the C-98 explosive on the bridge as this was a massive demolition charge used in the U.S.E for anti-tank matters and bringing down buildings. He flew back up to his perch with a smile. "Happy fourth of July." and detonated the explosives. He watched one Alicorn leave the room which was the white one leaving the blue one with a small group of they're guards to protect her. He frowned as the explosives had not drawn away all the attention which forced him to resort to killing the guards. He didn't enjoy killing, no soldier did. To many people thought was about shooting the bad guy when in truth you were there for a reason. When he killed someone it weighed heavily on his mind which is why he had six scratches on his left armor shoulder plate. Some would think he only killed six people and that he didn't deserve his position when in truth each mark stood for a million beings dead by his hand. He pulled out his SR-98 and sighted the first two guards that stood next to each other. He aimed for the bodies as his instructor had taught him not to go for the head shot's since center mass was not only easier to hit but it also kept him from missing. He rarely tried to go for headshots unless it was unavoidable. He pulled the trigger sending the sixty caliber energy and melted crystal round towards it's target with a small Pfft killing the guards instantly as it passed through their hearts. He moved to the next turret as it was never wise for a sniper to stay in the same place after taking a shot. He settled down in the turret and looked through the Night Predator Trithreat scope to see the ponies looking around frantically which allowed him to fire off another two shot's killing three guards as the rounds collided with they're bodies. "Scratch five." He whispered to himself. He moved once again to a low wall as he made his way towards the Star Map and took out the last two guards leaving only the blue Alicorn with a now sickened and scared expression in the room. He snuck up behind her, grabbed her horn, placed a hand over her mouth, and whispered into her ear. "It's not nice to remove stuff from graves not to mention touch stuff that isn't even yours." He said before slamming the butt of his rifle into her skull knocking her out completely. He then grabbed the map and looked around to see two very stunned guards looking at him. They attempted to shout but were silenced as he tore out one of their throats and stabbed the other with a eight inch purple blade of energy killing them instantly. He didn't want to draw more attention to himself and activated his ATCS vanishing from veiw. He then left a message that read. "I killed Discord for his acts of cruelty and genocide against your race. If you continue to pursue me more of your guards will die. I won't kill you or your sister since you remind me of two people I proudly served with but I will kill all your soldiers." With that he turned to leave the room to watch from a distance. He deployed his SR-98 nearby as he knew they would try to pursue him and he would have to kill some of them to make a point.

Celstia returned to the room and found her sister unconcious and nine guards dead. "Guards get in here we have dead and my sister is out cold." She said. Several guards entered the room to see the nine dead guards while some threw up at the sight of their dead brothers. She looked at the note and shuddered at what she read. She then looked at the guards assembled before her numbering a hundred in total "I want this creature found I want it chained for..." BANG! A loud sound echoed through out the castle causing the ponies sensitive ears to ring. Celestia looked up to see an entire line of her finest fall dead on top of each other.

Dark Phoenix heard the white alicorn and fired into a neatly lined up group of the ponies killing all ten in the line. He then fire of two more rounds killing nne more before he took off into the forest. These ponies had tampered with the Star Map and had knowledge of restricted U.S.E information so there for he had to kill some to make a point and keep them silent becuase of the horrors they were seeing. He moved deeper into the forest with a scowl on his face but he knew had done what was required to insure his survival for a short time. He continued his way into the forest and scanned the area for any signs of being followed what surprised him was a yellow mare with wings crying over a dying Manticore he could hear here saying. "I'm sorry I can't save you my friend." Dark Phoenix frowned as the sound of an innocent crying was one thing that actually wrenched his cold and locked up heart. He had feelings he had just numbed them down or killed certain ones of but kindness and sympathy he had not gotten rid of. He walked next to the pegasus and knelt next to her. He noticed her look up in fright and begin shaking.

"Please don't kill me I don't want to die." Fluttershy whimpered with her ears pinned to her head. What happened next was the creature pulled off it's head no wait it was a helmet and it revealed a sad face with kindness that she couldn't understand. He had a black and white mane on top or something that moved like the princesses manes and his face was a tan of white she heard a shuffling noise and saw two wings that looked like they were on fire with a black and white fire. She watched it extend it's hand and place it against the Manticore and a blue fire consumed it. She was about to scream in horror until she noticed the fire healing the wounds and bringing the Manticore's breathing back to normal. She was surprised and looked at the creature to notice him staring at her. His eyes were red but not the kind that screamed evil. They were more like the eyes that had seen to much and she saw several things in them Rage, pain, wisdom, anger, hate, kindness, and extreme intelligence and age. "Who are you?" She asked.

Dark Phoenix sighed as he removed his hand. "I am Sky Commander Dark Phoenix leader and protector of the United States Empire. We are a large freedom fighting force that protects the innocent at all costs and we have the most feared army in the universe." He said. "I have to keep going but may God and his Guardian Angels watch over and protect you little one." He said and got up. He turned and waved before heading farther into the forest happy that he was able to have a decent conversation with one of the ponies, well what counted as decent in a combat zone.

Fluttershy watched him go with and felt her heart become heavy with sadness. "Fluttershy we need you to get back to the old castle right now!" She heard Twilight say in worry. Fluttershy got up and ran towards her friend. "Twilight you'll never believe what happened. I mat and talked to the creature." She said as she ran towards Twilight.

Twilight looked at Fluttershy with concern and worry. "What do you mean you met it?" Twilight asked in worry only to have Fluttershy tell her that they had talked. "We need to get you to the Princesses right now." She said and took off with her friend in tow.

Celestia was talking to Luna when her student came in out of breath with her friend Fluttershy right behind her also out of breath. "What happened Twilight?" Celestia asked with concern.

Twilight huffed as she tried to regain her normal breathing. "Fluttershy.. Sh..she...talked to.. the...cre...creature." She said out of breath still.

Celestia's eyes widened and she rushed over to Fluttershy to see if she had been harmed in anyway shape or form only to find her in perfect health. "What did you talk about what did it do?" She asked in rapid fire mode.

Fluttershy ducked away before responding. "He healed a Manticore and he told me his name. He said he was Sky Commander Dark Phoenix leader and protector of the United States Empire the largest and most feared freedom fighting force in the universe. He also blessed me I guess you could say." She said.

Luna shook her head. "Not possible he is a killer at heart." She said in anger.

Fluttershy shook her head. "No he said may God and his Guardian Angels watch over and protect you little one before he left. He was wishing me well and I saw his eyes. They were like a hurricane of emotion that never ended or calmed. There was so much rage, anger, sadness, guilt, kindnes, wisdom, hate, and he was extremely intelligent and he seemed older that he looked." She said with a slight sadness in her voice.

Celestia shuffled uncomfortably. "Do you have anything else to add my friend?"

Fluttershy nodded her head. "His skin was white but not pale white more like a peach tan and his eyes were crimson red while his hair or mane flowed like yours and Luna's does. It was black and white but there was signs of silver that showed in the mane repeatedly he also had wings that were black and white as well except they looked like they were on fire."

Celestia's eyes popped at the mention of what he looked like. He was an angel well in his own right. His soul and heart were of the purest intentions and while dark he seemed to be unwilling to let harm come to the innocent and would even help them directly. She recognized what he was. He was an Earthly Angel or in detail and human that was transformed into a living, breathing, physical angel to protect those who needed it. They were often selected because of thier pure intentions and hearts and they could only die in combat. She had heard myths about them and the human race but that was over 2,000 years ago and she hadn't believed the stories. The tale went humanity used to live on the planet that the ponies, griffins, and ect. all lived on but were forced off due to a cataclismic event that killed half they're population even though it numbered in the billions. Now it seems humanity was returning and they would want they're home back. From the technology she had seen the creature um human use his race was highly advanced and could easily wipe them out.