Whilst Discord provided a distraction we snuck past the soldiers, who were gathered around Discord as he did everything he could to piss them off. Whilst we were concealed, it didn’t hurt to be that little extra careful.

“Alright Kids” I whispered “you need to be really, really quiet” we walked around a corner as more soldiers ran towards Discord, I stopped when I saw a soldier run after a civilian and start beating them. Don’t get involved, don’t get involved, don’t get involved, ah screw this shit.

Teridax” I said, stopping “take, Vuur, Rainbow and the kids and get out of here” Teridax nodded before leading the kids, Rainbow Dash and the other me away

“What about the rest of us?” Autumn asked.

“We’re gonna buy them more time” I said, before deactivating my mask of stealth and running towards the soldier “HEY! Rosen sind rot, mein Verstand ist verrückt, bück dich Miststück, du wirst gleich gefisted!” as I shouted the last part I punched the soldier in the face, sending him sprawling to the floor. I nodded my head towards the woman as a sign to get moving.

“Danke” the woman said, before running off, the soldier stood up and pointed a sub-machine gun at me. At this moment the rest of my team deactivated their masks of stealth and stepped forward.

“I’d think very carefully about your next move” Scar said aiming his Gatling guns at the guard, who proceeded to unload his clip into me, only for the crude bullets to bounce off my armour. I walked towards the guard and grabbed him by the throat before getting my sword out, running him through and chucking him down the street towards a small patrol of guards.

“Guten tag, Mutter Fickerei!” I shouted, getting out my arcane pistol, it felt good to use my old combination once in a while. The soldiers charged towards us, only for Scar to open fire on them, Boris flew up into the air and began taking shots at them with his hip mounted rifles, together they managed to quickly kill the soldiers. Boris landed back in the street “let’s get moving” we began running in the direction the Teridax fled, I could hear tannoy systems barking out orders to remain on alert and that reinforcements were needed in a part of the city, the part which we were in most likely.

We rounded a corner and found ourselves face to face with a 6ft tall robotic canine, which promptly lunged for me, the other Boris, Scar and Minion opened fire, only for the shots to bounce off some kind of force field that surrounded the large mechanical beast. As I ran down the streets I jumped up and back-flipped onto the back of the robot, which began trying to shake me off. I pulled out my dagger and drove it into the neck of the creature, I tore a massive gash in the armour before jamming a grenade inside and jumping off. The robot stopped and went to charge towards me, only for its neck to explode, terminating the robot for good. I regrouped with the rest of my team and we were about to continue on our way when a fuck-ton of heavily armoured soldiers surrounded us.

“I don’t think we’ll be getting out of this one, brother” Minion said, a man in a trench coat stepped forward.

“Surrender und ve vill spare your lives” he said.

“Your choice, brother” Scar said, I sighed before putting my sword and pistol back into hammer space.

“Stand down” I said, the other Toa reluctantly put their weapons away and I turned to the man in the trench coat “if you promise not to hurt any of my team, then we will come peacefully”

“Wunderbar” he said, clapping his hands together, a soldier went to grab my shoulder.

“Berühre mich, und es wird die letzte Sache deine Hand berührt sein [touch me and it will be the last thing your hand touches]” I growled. The soldier hesitated, I looked at the man in the trench coat “we come with you of our own accord, we will not be herded like cattle” the man sighed.

“Very vell” he said, before gesturing for us to follow “come vith me” we began to walk down the street, flanked by heavily armed guard.

“I think we made an impression” Boris said.

“I hope this plan works better than the time you tried to make tea by swallowing a teabag and drinking boiling hot water mixed with milk and sugar” Autumn hissed.

“This is different” I whispered “this time it will work”

“What is your plan?” Minion asked,

“I’m still working on it” I admitted.

I was sat in an interview room, with a table and a one way mirror. A man walked in and sat down, I recognised him as the one with the trench coat from before. He gestured to a kettle in the middle of the table.

“Tea?” he asked “I do believe zat used to be a thing amongst British types, ja?”

“You know” I said “this is a lot more luxurious than I would have expected from a country run by the third Reich”

“Und vat ver you expecting?” he asked.

“For starter” I said “I thought you would have already killed us and begun dissecting us”

“I like to believe dat you can get so many of your questions answered if you keep your subjects alive” he said “I’d like to ask you a few questions, und depending on how you answer, I might let you live for a while longer”

“Go on” I said.

“Who are you Vorking for?” he asked “your armour doesn’t match any known resistance group dat ve have encountered so far”

“Would you believe me if I told you we are from another planet?” I asked.

“A couple of months ago I vould have said no” he said “but now, I’m not so sure, I might believe you, I might not. Just answer the question, who are you vorking for?”

“I’m part of a group, known as Neue-Toa” I said “we wield the elements to our whim, I control fire”

“How vould one go about obtaining these powers?” he asked, I burst out laughing.

“Ha! You think you can just obtain elemental powers?” I asked “one does not simply become a Neue-Toa, you have to be chosen by a higher power”

“So, there is no vay I could, let’s say, bestow these powers on my soldiers?” he asked.

“even if you could” I said “there is no way in hell I would let you” he sighed.

“Den you are of no further use to me” he said.

“Stop! Right there” I said “do you have any fucking clue what would happen, if I were to be killed?”

“Go on” he said.

“I come from a planet called Terra” I said “and one of the countries is ruled by not one, but two immortal beings with the power to move planetary objects like mere toys, I also happen to be friends with said rulers. If you so much as scratch me or one of my team mates, they will not hesitate to unleash their full wrath upon you”

“I’d like to see them try” he said. My smart watch beeped and I smirked.

“We have a saying” I said, bracing myself “arrogance can topple giants, a key example of this will happen in three…two…one” one of the wall promptly exploded to reveal a renegade Heavy Weapons Dalek in it’s new, humanoid armour.

“Vuur Koning located” it said, I stood up and turned towards the man, who was sprawled on the floor.

“I’ll send you the money for the repair bill, shall I?” I said before walking out next to the H.W.D. “How many of you have been converted”

“I am currently the only one” it said, I soon regrouped with the other Neue-Toa.

“Everyone alright?” I asked, they all nodded and we soon left the building, it was a large building in a vast open plain.

“Why didn’t you tell us you were taking on Nazis?” Vapaa asked, shooting down a soldier

“A bit difficult when you’re in the middle of an interrogation” I said “are the kids okay?”

“Yep” he said “picked them up on the outskirts of the city and your double explained the situation, are you sure we can trust Teridax?” I went to respond, only for someone to shout out a warning.

“TANK! GET DOWN!” we hit the dirt just as two high velocity rounds shot over us and destroyed a wall, I looked up and my mouth dropped.

“Oh, hell no!” I exclaimed, it one end of the field was a tank the size of a building, with two guns on the main turret and two smaller turrets at the back “holy shit, they actually built a Ratte!” our forces were now scrambling for cover.

“Just get behind some fucking cover” Vapaa said, dragging me behind a brick wall “what is that thing?”

“A 1000 ton tank” I said, as two more rounds flew over us “how far away are the drop ships?” Vapaa quickly peeked around the edge of the wall, only to quickly pull his head back just as I heard a massive explosion

“Damn” he muttered.

“What was that?” I asked.

“The drop ships we arrived on” he said sheepishly, I could hear explosions going off “thank god we dropped the kids off on the Jörmungandr beforehand”

“Once again we’re stuck on planet” I said.

“Guys!” I heard Ruby say “we need some help here”

“Join the club” I said “don’t even think about trying to attack that thing, the armour is way too thick”

“Then what the bloody hell do we do!?” Minion exclaimed.

“Hunker down” I said “wait for help to arrive”

“DALEKS DO NOT HIDE” I heard Rusty say.

“If you fucking dare go out there I will turn you to scrap myself!” I shouted.

“UNDERSTOOD” he said, I opened up the com-link to the Jörmungandr.

“T.U.A.S Jörmungandr” I said “we have the mother of all tanks about to level our location, I want you to lock on to 0.002 degrees west of my location and fire project sunbeam” after a few moments I heard a familiar voice.

“Vuur Koning!” I heard Luna say over the coms “that’s highly classified information”

“Don’t talk to me about classified!” I yelled “we don’t have time for this, just fire the damn thing!” after a few seconds I heard a sigh.

“Very well”

A couple of panels on the bottom of the Jörmungandr slid away to reveal a large cannon. Light began to gravitate towards the barrel until it discharged in one large, rainbow coloured beam that created a spectrum shockwave as it hit the atmosphere.

A massive boom resonated across the sky and a spectrum coloured beam hit the Ratte, which promptly exploded in a spectacular fireball.

What the fuck was that!?” Minion exclaimed.

“Our secret weapon” I said, before switching on the com-link “target destroyed, requesting pick-up via Dropship”

“Copy that” a communications officer said “Dropships inbound” I leant back against the brick wall and heaved a sigh.

“It’s over” I said.

“Thank god” Vapaa said, taking off his mask and running his fingers through his hair

“When we get back” I said, getting a bottle of cider out from my hammer space and popping the cap off with my teeth “we’re gonna find a planet that isn’t inhabited by Nazis, or Daleks, or bloody ‘tyrantlestias’ and have a vacation. Screw Teridax, screw the war, just screw it all, I need to take a break from it all with Autumn and our kids, especially Sunny Skies” I took a large gulp of cider.

“Who!?” Vapaa asked.

“she was amongst the kids” I said “young filly, about seven year’s old, yellow with orange hair, cute kid, saved her from the pegasus device and she sort of clung to me and Autumn since then”

“Count me, John and Orca in on that as well” he said.

*a few minutes later*

We stepped off the Dragon and I was immediately tackled into a hug by Sunny Skies, who had tears streaming down her cheeks.

“I was so scared” she said, resting her head on my shoulder as I held her up “I was told you were caught and…” she trailed off.

“Shh” I said, comforting her “don’t worry, we’re here now, we won’t be going anywhere…except on vacation for a few weeks”

“What!?” Garnet, Thel, Ruby and Breezy exclaimed. Sunny Skies eyes widened.

“I’m tired of all this fighting” I said “I’m not out of the fight completely, but a short break won’t hurt. And I’m sure all of the Neue-Toa share my opinion on the matter”

“I’m not complaining” Autumn said, I put Sunny down and turned to Autumn.

“Keep an eye on Sunny for a few minutes” I said, she nodded and I walked off, I needed to find Luna. I soon found said princess talking with Celestia through a hologram, standing next to Luna was Teridax in her new mechanical armour (damn the techies work fast), she was now about 15 foot tall with red and black armour, if I could find any way to describe her, I’d say she look just a little bit like a Vortixx, but with a Kenohi Kraahkan and just a little bit bulkier. Celestia noticed me and said.

“Ah, Vuur, do you have something to ask?”

“as a matter of fact, yes” I said, before walking forward and placing my hands on the table, I sighed.

“Vuur Koning, are you alright?” Luna asked.

“I need a break from all the fighting, so do the rest of the Neue-Toa” I said “I don’t know how much longer until I suffer a mental breakdown from the stress. A few weeks, that’s all I’m asking for” Celestia giggled.

“Why would I not let you take a small break?” she asked “you of all people, who even during piece-time was on patrol searching for Teridax”

“Evil never rests” I said, looking away.

“But you need yours” Celestia said “I’ll give you all a month” my eyes widened.

“A whole month!?” I asked, she nodded “thank you, friend”

*a few days later*

The three dragon Dropships of the Neue-Toa flew away from the Jörmungandr as Frostfang pulled it away from the planet they were orbiting over. The Jörmungandr would return in 1 month, until then, you know the old saying, whilst the cat’s away the mice will play.

“I don’t see why I had to come with you” Teridax said to me as we descended and headed towards the coastal area of one of the continents.

“Because you need to learn to interact and let loose” I said “we’ve got a full month of sun and the sea ahead of us and I won’t have you being a grump”

“Whatever” she said, crossing her arms and looking out the window. I noticed Sunny looking out of the window wide eyed and chuckled.

“Impressive, isn’t it?” I asked, she nodded, not taking her eyes away from the window. We soon reached the coast and we headed for a less populated area, we didn’t want to cause too much of a panic. The Dragons touched down, kicking up small clouds of sand. I stepped outside and looked around, typically tropical, perfect for an extended break. The Neue-Toa began setting up tents and hammocks for everyone, with nothing better to do I began to stroll along the beach, after a while I began to notice a presence watching me, I looked up at a cliff just in time to see a small, black and red figure disappear.

“The hell…?” I muttered, before shaking my head dismissively and carrying on my way. Next Chapter: Chapter 24 Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 36 Minutes