Heavy realised the seriousness of the current situation. Ulfgar and Carmine looked as if they were going to kill each other. And a strange looking creature called a manticore suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It was even larger then Heavy and started heading towards the frightened pegasus Fluttershy. The Russian reviewed the situation. Should he stop Ulfgar and Carmine? Or save the ponies from the rampaging beast.

"Is easy decision." Heavy decided to the take the second option. He knew both humans were tough. Even if they fought each other, they wouldn't just die easily. Besides, with Sasha at his side that manticore will never stand a chance. Heavy turned around and sprinted towards Fluttershy. He was able to reach her before the growling beast did. The Russian blocked the large manticore's path.

"Little pony stay behind me. Heavy will crush big kitty with Sasha." He started warming up his mini-gun.

"No please!" Fluttershy suddenly shouted.

"Go now shy pony! Heavy will do this fast."

"Please... You can't just kill it..." The pink-maned pegasus said in a sad tone.

"...What?" Heavy stopped Sasha. He couldn't believe what he just heard. "What did Flutterpony say?"

"You can't just kill it!" She said more serious now.

"I do not understand. Does pony understand big cat will eat you then?"

"Yeah Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash started pulling her back. "Just let him kill it! we have other things to worry about." Rainbow pointed towards the two humans who were now in full combat. Carmine had gained some distance now and fired some bullets from his lancer towards the dovakhiin. Most were missed and some even deflected by Ulfgar's large sword. Applejack and Twilight Sparkle took cover behind a large tree.

The manticore now stepped right infront of Heavy. His attention was focussed on the other ponies for a second so he had no time to dodge the massive swipe it delivered with its giant claw. The Russian dropped his mini-gun and sunglasses, then fell to the ground. Once again the Russian's nose started bleeding which infuriated him, but he knew he had to gain some distance to destroy this annoying beast. He quickly rolled aside and retrieved Sasha. He then rushed at the manticore smashing his mini-gun in its stomach. The beast was affected by this as it began to stagger slightly. The manticore then roared and swung its tail towards Heavy which he then skillfully deflected with his mini-gun. Heavy rammed his gun against the manticore's face now. It was launched backwards slightly and fell to the ground. Heavy took this chance and grabbed both ponies with his large hand, dragging them with him to regain some distance. He then regrouped at where Applejack and Twilight were hiding.

"What does pony mean I can not kill?" Heavy asked Fluttershy who was still shivering.

"I... I just dont want anypony or anyone to die... not even that scary manticore." She peeped.

"Fluttershy... you do realise that manticore wants to eat us right?" Twilight said.

"Ah know ya don't like seein' anypony get hurt. But ah think it's the best decision for now... we can't just leave those two behind!" Applejack added.

"Fluttershy! It's either that manticore or us!" Rainbow yelled.

"But... but... there must be some way..." Fluttershy couldn't bear the thought of seeing anything in pain or even worse death.

Heavy did not understand a thing of this. This little pony. She wouldn't see something killed even if her life would depend on it. The Russian wondered... that since his life revolved around dying, maybe he had forgotten its meaning. If he died... He would always come back, no matter what. But in this world there is no respawn. These creatures... if they'd die. What would happen to them? Heavy never thought about this up untill now. And since he's in this world, would even he be able to truly die? Heavy didn't know. But he made up his mind.

"Little ponies stay behind now..." Heavy put his mini-gun on the ground. "Ponies take good care of Sasha."

"What are ya gonna do?" Applejack asked.

"Heavy will crush beast without killing." He cracked his knuckles and peeked behind the trees. The manticore was back on its feet now. "Heavy will finish this quickly... Then we help other comrades." He jumped from his cover and started charging towards the roaring beast. Unarmed.

"You're a fucking asshole you know that?" Carmine shouted as he kept running back further. Now far away from the Heavy and the ponies.

"And you will not stand in my way of returning to Skyrim!" Ulfgar was following the COG soldier. Just not quitte as fast.

Carmine jumped behind a tree and fired about ten rounds towards the dovakhiin. Ulfgar rolled to the side avoiding all shots. "Coward!" he yelled annoyed at the COG soldier's way of fighting.

"Shut up! I'm not getting close to you with that freakin' sword and weird magic." Carmine shouted back as he continued gaining distance on Ulfgar.

"I wonder..." The dovakhiin took a large breath.

"RAAN MIR TAH!" He shouted the dragon words for Animal Allegiance Pack. A shout used to command nearby wildlife to aid him in battle.

Suddenly distant howling could be heard. And three pairs of bright yellow eyes suddenly emerged from the darkness of the forest. Then slowly revealing three wolves, still howling. They appeared to be completely covered in wood. If one had to name these creatures, they would most certainly be called 'Timberwolves'.

"Go now. Attack!" the dovakhiin commanded the timberwolves as he pointed towards their target.

The COG soldier paused to take a breath. This would be a great time to grab his gnasher shotgun. Camp behind a tree, and blast anyone's brain out who passes him. He kneeled down, exposing himself as little as possible and remained silent. He couldn't hear Ulfgar anymore. But there was something else. He heard several creatures growling, they were surrounding him. It reminded of him of a pack of wretches back on Sera. The growling started getting louder and the first of the wolves revealed himself to Carmine. It started barking insanely and jumped straight at the COG soldier. Carmine stretched out both arms and grabbed the approaching wolf by its neck. He then slammed it against a nearby tree. The beast howled in pain but it wasn't finished yet. Before Carmine was able to slam the wolf again, he got jumped by a second one, biting him in the arm. It startled the COG soldier, causing him to lose grip on the beast he was holding. He then enraged, kicked his attacker against its jaw rolled to the side and grabbed his gnasher shotgun. His arm was bleeding heavily but Carmine has had worse. Much worse. The three wolves regrouped and started circling the COG soldier.

"Come at me!" he shouted. The wolf that had been slammed by Carmine was out looking for revenge. The beast growled one last time before it made its move. The wolf leaped towards Carmine fully exposing its sharp teeth hoping to intimidate its prey. The COG soldier was not impressed. He pointed his shotgun at the incoming wolf and pulled the trigger. The beast simply exploded when the shells hit their target. The two remaining wolves jumped back and cowered after witnessing this.

Carmine checked his ammo. forty-three shells left, three-hundred and fifty rounds for his lancer and one frag grenade. More then enough for now. "Who's next!" He taunted the wolves.

But the timberwolves were not stupid. If they'd rush right in right now, they'd face the same fate as their fellow wolf. The beasts split up, one remained in front of the human and the other tried to approach him from behind. Carmine once again wasn't impressed. He once fought off thirty wretches on his own, bare-handed. He was able to lift up seven ft locusts with just one arm and choke them to death. These wolves had no idea who they were messing with. The COG soldier remained focussed on the wolf infront of him. The one behind now saw its chance, it jumped towards the careless soldier attempting to once again bite his arm. The wolf succeeded, but Carmine just laughed. Its fangs were weak compared to what he faced on Sera. Bloodmounts, tickers and even wretches were so much more deadly. The wolf was now within the COG soldier's reach and Carmine did what he does best. Kill it. He used his free hand to blast the second wolf to bits. He then threw down his shotgun, cracked his knuckles and slowly approached the final beast. It had its tail behind its legs and was whimpering in fear.

"BOO!" Carmine yelled. The final timberwolf ran off like a cowardly dog. Leaving a laughing COG soldier behind. But the laughter soon stopped as Ulfgar suddenly stormed out with his greatsword, once again landing a devastating hit against Carmine's side. It once again didn't penetrate his armor, but it definitly hurt. Carmine rolled to cover, his shotgun was out of reach but he still had his lancer. He shot a few rounds at Ulfgar who was but a few feet away, but the dovakhiin deflected each bullet with his giant sword.

"What the hell is that thing even made of!" Carmine shouted annoyed.

"This is Skyforge steel. The finest in all of Skyrim." The dovakhiin rushed at Carmine with the blade he just described. He now swung it with full force towards Carmine unarmored neck. But the COG soldier stopped the blade with his lancer, deflecting it to the side and causing it to get stuck in a tree. Carmine then stomped Ulfgar to the ground and placed his left foot on the dovakhiin's chest. He aimed his lancer at the dragonborn.

"Looks like I win." Carmine said.

Heavy approached the manticore, not a moment of hesitation went through his mind. The Russian fought vicious bears from Siberia in the past with an old friend, with just their bare hands. Though this manticore was much larger, Heavy was still certain he could take it on without any problems. But the beast was not interested in Heavy. It considered the small ponies a lovely snack to fill up on before dinner. So the manticore started taking a sprint towards the ponies passing the Russian.

"Njet! Дерись с честью!" Heavy shouted as he stopped the manticore by grabbing its tail. He pulled the creature back and delivered a devastating punch with his right fist. He definitly felt a crack, but the manticore was now enraged even further. It roared furiously and attempted to do the same with the Russian. But Heavy was able to dodge the incoming claw, barely. The Russian was known for his physical strength and endurance, speed and agility were something more up Scout's alley. Luckily the manticore wasn't a speed demon either, so all was good for now. The Russian proceeded to slam both large fists into the beast's stomach area. The manticore had the wind knocked out of it and struggled to breath. It fell down to the ground. Heavy still didn't feel like killing it since Fluttershy seemed so upset.

"Now is good time to run little coward kitty!" The Russian laughed out loud. But the manticore didn't plan on running just yet. It stood up growling more fearsome then ever before. It swiped its left paw towards Heavy but was simply blocked by his hand. The manticore followed with his right claw but ended with the same result.

"До свидания!" Heavy grinned and prepared to deliver a fatal blow, knocking the beast out. But the manticore chuckled as well. It had the human exactly where it wanted him to be. Both arms were occupied which left him open for attacks. The manticore raised its tail which Heavy completely forgot about. It swung towards the Russian with no time for him to dodge. It easily penetrated through the human's barely armored attire in his stomach. Heavy was used to the pain, but he felt poison slowly enter his body from the the scorpion-like tail.

"Oh... so... sleepy..." Heavy yawned as he started to kneel down, releasing the manticore's claws. The beast laughed. It knew the human wasn't going anywhere now. So it took this chance to quickly fill up on some ponies before finishing off his main course. The manticore left the Russian behind and charged towards the four ponies.

"Oh dear... This isn't good." Twilight said as she saw the approaching manticore and defeated Heavy.

"...This is all my fault... I'm so sorry... I didn...-" Fluttershy was interrupted.

"That can wait Fluttershy! We gotta help those guys!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"Rainbow's right, we can't leave Heavy an' those other two behind..." Applejack said as she pulled out her rope, quickly creating a lasso.

The manticore now rushed through the trees. It was right infront of the four ponies now. Its face covered in drool and blood. Twilight Sparkle quickly used her magic to create a force field around herself and her friends. The manticore attempted to crush it but failed. He continued swiping the purple barrier.

"I can't keep this shield up for long!" Twilight said as she forced herself to keep it up. "Fluttershy? Is there anything you can do?"

"I... I dont think so Twilight..." She answered, frightened of the rampaging beast.

"Well... I think I can teleport three of us away from here... You think you can fly off by yourself Rainbow?" Twilight asked.

"What? I'm not running away!" Rainbow yelled.

"Ah agree Twi... It wouldn't be right to leave em." Applejack added.

"I didn't mean we need to run away... We just need to come up with a plan, and we can't do that here when a giant manticore is pounding on my force-field!" Twilight said irritated. Her magic started failing. The barrier shattered and the manticore's claw grabbed for them inside. The ponies quickly dispersed from the shattered force-field but one remained. Fluttershy was staring the the manticore right in the eye. Unfortunatly her always reliable 'stare' had no effect on the rampaging beast. It prepared to deliver a finishing blow to the frightened pegasus, but was interrupted.

"UUUUUUUUUUUURRARIAAA!!" a barely conscious Heavy suddenly appeared behind the manticore yelling like a madman. He grabbed the manticore larger then himself from behind, lifted the creature up and delivered a fatal german supplex. A wrestling move he had learned during his travels in Siberia from a man that would only refer himself to as 'The Red Cyclone'. The beast was knocked out when his head and upper back connected with the forest floor. Unfortunatly so was Heavy. The poison was spreading throughout his body and needed to be properly handled.

"Alright then! no time to lose. Twilight! ya take Heavy here with yer magic and get him out the forest. Take Fluttershy with ya so she can patch him back up." Applejack suddenly took charge.

"Then what are you going to do?" Twilight asked.

"Me an' RD are gonna get back those other two. Ya just make sure Heavy gets safe." Applejack said and all ponies agreed. Twilight teleported herself, Heavy, Fluttershy and her pet to outside the forest. Fluttershy's cottage to be exact. Rainbow Dash and Applejack remained in the Everfree Forest.

"Are ya ready Dash?" Applejack asked.

"Ha! As always." Rainbow Dash was more then ready. With that the two ponies took off in the direction they last saw the two humans.

Twilight, Heavy, Fluttershy and Angel arrived safely at the cottage. Fluttershy immediatly started treating to Heavy's wounds as she felt responsible for what happened to him. Twilight was trotting around in circles nervously.

"Can you handle things by yourself here Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.

"Yes, I'll make sure Mr. Heavy gets better no matter what! then what are you going to do Twilight?" Fluttershy said.

"I'm getting help!" Twilight sprinted off towards her library. She would teleport herself, but maintaining that barrier earlier plus teleporting just now made her reach her magical limits. So its the earth pony way for now.

Carmine laughed victorious while looking down on the dovakhiin who was forced to the ground. "Just one bullet... or a single cut from my saw... and its all over." Carmine had his weapon pointed at Ulfgar.

"And you are a fool to underestimate me! FUS RO DAH!" Ulfgar's trademark shout simply launched the COG soldier away. He was thrown with his back against a nearby tree nearly knocking him out cold. Ulfgar went and retrieved his blade which was still stuck within a tree, then approached Carmine who now sat infront of another tree, cleary affected by the dragon shout to the face. He placed his large blade against the COG soldier's neck.

"Carmine... why did you do this?" Ulfgar asked.

"I'm not living my life without meat..." Carmine responded silently. He was still abit dizzy from flying a second ago.

"But it was just temporary! the princess will surely bring send us back after we...-" Ulfgar got interrupted by Carmine who started laughing.

"Then you're a a bigger idiot then me for believing that... dont you get it man... we died."

No... I refuse to believe that. If I were dead I would be among my ancestors in Sovngarde. I will hold my faith in the princess's promise. And you... you will pay the price for your foolishness."

"What are you gonna do then huh?"

"When I became harbringer of the companions... I've created a rule that applied to each and everyone of them. If a companion would be caught stealing, we would cut off a certain amount of fingers depending on what they stole... for the crimes you commited... there are not enough fingers... So your hand will suffice." The dovakhiin laughed diabolically.

"Heh. Fuck you ashhole. I wasn't even going to hurt you... just put you in your place." Carmine then attempted to roll away but was blocked by the dovakhiin's legs. He kicked Carmine against the tree once again and prepared to deliver his punishment.

"Mercy is something for the weak... Untill I return to Skyrim... Don't expect it from me. May the go...-" Ulfgar stopped midsentence as he suddenly started coughing up some amounts of blood. A side effect from using multiple dragon shouts in a short time period. His body would simply start rejecting the the massive amounts of power he had stored within.

Carmine took this oppurtunity to release himself from the dovakhiin's grip and punched him in the face three times. The COG soldier then kicked Ulfgar ground once again. He quickly picked up his lancer and started revving his chainsaw. He stepped on the dovakhiin's chest.

"You fucked up yourself this time. Now don't expect mercy from me either!" Carmine's lancer got closer by the second.

"F...-" Ulfgar was about to use another dragon shout but it was not needed. The pony known as Applejack appeared behind Carmine and used a lasso to disarm him. And a incredibly fast blue blur kicked Carmine against the helmet, knocking him back slightly.

"THE FUCKING HEAD! QUIT THAT SHIT SERIOUSLY!" Carmine yelled annoyed after getting hit in the head for the hundredth time.

"Would ya two stop this nonsense!" Applejack shouted.

"He fucking started it!" Carmine answered.

"Oh yeah? Then why were you eating meat then huh?" Rainbow Dash poked the COG soldier.

"Yeah! ya think ya could just do that sort of thing around without us noticing?" Applejack said.

"I fucking ate meat because thats what freaking humans do! how would you like if you came you my world... and Chairman fucking Prescott would tell you that you couldn't eat any damn apples huh? How would you feel about that."

"...Uhh... Ah guess ah wouldn't like that no... but its just not normal 'round here... eatin' meat." Applejack said.

"Well deal with it, cause I'm not stopping." Carmine stated.

"Do no worry ponies... I'll show this man to obey the rules." Ulfgar stood before Carmine once again with his blade ready.

"You see! I told you! this guy is fucking crazy!" Carmine was unarmed. His gnasher shotgun was still lying around somewhere where he fought the timberwolves. His lancer got taken by Applejack. He still had a Bolo frag grenade. But didn't find much use for it in this situation. Even if he got close enough to plant it on Ulfgar, Carmine would never be able to get away quick enough. And neither would the two ponies who were oblivious to modern technology, so it wasn't an option. Carmine rolled backwards avoiding the incoming slices from Ulfgar's sword but they kept getting closer by the second.

"Uhh Ulfgar... Would you mind... oh I dont know... quit trying to kill Carmine!" Rainbow Dash yelled at the dovakhiin.

"He must pay for his crimes!" Ulfgar answered. He then attempted to slice Carmine again. He now just barely grazed the COG soldier's unarmored left arm, leaving a small cut.

"Oh fuck!" Carmine jumped back further realizing he nearly lost his arm. He saw that Ulfgar was preparing for a large strike. "It's now or never." Carmine thought to himself. He now jumped towards the dovakhiin, dodging his mighty slash by just an inch. He then delivered a devastating elbow strike agains the dragonborn's arm causing Ulfgar to drop his blade.

What started in a gun versus sword fight now evolved into a fist fight. Both Carmine and Ulfgar were relentlessly punching each other all unarmored places. The neck and arms mostly. The two ponies begged them to stop but there was nothing they could do against these two behemoths.

The dovakhiin still had destructive magic up his sleeve. But he enjoyed this fight far to much. Ulfgar loved a challenge, and Carmine definitly proved himself worthy off battle. Even now, with both his arms bleeding and after getting blown away by a fus ro dah he held his ground. Plus the COG soldier came close to killing the dovakhiin twice. That's not something many could say. But every great battle needs a winner. Both humans started getting exhausted and prepared for a final destructive punch.

"Stop this madness!" Carmine and Ulfgar were both suddenly thrown aside by an unknown force of magic. Suddenly Princess Celestia herself and Twilight Sparkle appeared.

Twilight Sparkle had upon returning to her library ordered Spike to immediatly send a message to the princess notifying her of the events that just occured. The princess didn't even hesitate and came over immediatly to put a stop to this personally.

"Princess! This man here... He broke your rules, he has eaten meat. I was just about to pass judgement on him." Ulfgar said.

"And who gave you the right to do such a thing." Celestia spoke seriously.

"But Princess, the rules... surely he must be punished."

"I've made that rule without properly thinking it through. I had no idea it would cause such a drama. It was my mistake to deny you three of your natural diet, so I will allow it... however I ask that you only will do so within the boundries of the Everfree Forest... You three are clearly more then capable of taking care of yourselves. I dont wish for anypony to ever witness such a vile thing." Princess Celestia said.

Twilight Sparkle and Applejack were still slightly bothered by this. But no matter how they looked at the three humans, they saw carnivorous predators in them. They certainly didn't look like they'd enjoy a hay sandwich. Rainbow Dash didn't really care. If they'd just stop destroying everything she was fine with whatever they ate, aslong it weren't ponies or gryphons etc.

Ulfgar was confused. "Why? Why just simply discard a rule you insisted on having?"

"The truth is... I'm still disgusted by it. But we all need your cooperation in defeating Discord. So for now I'm willing to compromise." Celestia answered.

"I'm all good with that! no hard feelings right huh Ulfy!" Carmine laughed.

"What? We just nearly killed each other. Are you insane!" Ulfgar shouted.

"Hey... let bygones be bygones am I right? But I'm watching you!" The COG soldier pointed at the dovakhiin.

"Yeah... what?" Ulfgar had no idea what it meant. But he planned on keeping an eye on Carmine as well. "And you will still help us return home? There's nothing you're hiding from us?" The dragonborn asked the princess.

"I have told you everything I know. I can't look further into this untill Discord is dealt with." Celestia said without changing her expression.

"Aye... then it will be done." Ulfgar said.

"Alright then. I should notify you that the one called 'Heavy' is in life threatening danger. He has been stung by a manticore's poisonous tail. His condition..." Celestia paused. "My prize pupil Twilight Sparkle has told me you are capable of performing healing magic. Is there anything you can do to help him?" She asked Ulfgar.

"My magic... It cannot cure poison. But there is something else that might work. Where is he?" The dovakhiin answered.

"Please step forward and I will transport us to Ponyville." Celestia said. And they all did as asked. She proceeded to charge her multi-teleport spell.

"Oh please Mr. Heavy you need to stay put!" Fluttershy tried to calm down the Russian. His skin grew paler by the minute and his eyes barely looked conscious.

"Sasha! WHERE IS SASHA!" He was enraged after he found out he had left his beloved mini-gun alone in the forest. "RAAAAAH!" He blindly started rampaging through Fluttershy's cottage.

"Alright maggots! It's been three days since Heavy went on vacation, and we haven't won a SINGLE game since. You people are not even worthy of serving the RED. You all disgust me maggots!" Soldier barked.

"For ta last time, Heavy aint on vacation. That weird looking goat took him remember?" Engineer said.

"Do not bother vith zis imcompetent fool." Spy pulled Engineer away. "Tell me, vat can you tell me of ze situation."

"Well ya see this fancy computer right here." Engineer pointed at a monitor.

"Oui."

"And ya see Heavy's happy face right there?"

"Oui."

"Well this here bar next to his face represent his health points. Ya know, when they hit zero he dies."

"And zen he will respawn right?"

"Eeyup, thats right."

"Mon dieu... Zen why hasn't he jumped of a cliff or somezhing?"

"Ah dunno what he's doin', maybe he doesn't know he can still use the respawn from over there. But looky here, his hp is at thirteen. He'll die soon enough."

"And vat if he doesn't?

"Then ah guess we need to go an get him."

"MAGGOTS! STOP SCREWING AROUND, GAME TIME IN THIRTY SECONDS! GET TO YOUR POSITIONS!" Soldier shouted.

The RED team started gathering infront of the BLU spawn. But everything was quiet. To quiet...

"5. 4. 3. 2. 1." The game started and the gates opened. Usually by now the RED team got destroyed by the BLU Heavy and Medic. But there wasn't anyone coming out.

"SHIT THEY'RE ALL SPIES!" Scout shouted and started punching Pyro with his bat.

"MMMGMMMGMGFFHH." Pyro was annoyed by this and decided to burn his teammate.

"Usually I see em double, now I'm seeing none!" Demoman wandered around more drunk then usual.

"Zis is... a strange happening indeed." Medic said.

"Alright! BLU forfeit! RED win by default!" Soldier was still dissapointed he couldn't blow up some BLU's.

"What in tarnation is goin' on here... First Heavy... Now all the BLU's are gone." Engineer shrugged in confusion.

"Bloody hell... I have no idea what's going on anymore." Sniper ended.