As I flew the Falcon to the desert, and towards Appleoosa, my mind turned to Sharp Wit, and his motivations. Every villain and hero has them for what they do, and, sometimes, knowing ones motives can result in you having an advantage. Of what I can tell, he either thinks he would be a better ruler than the current ones, and plans to use this war to show it, with the control braces as a backup, or simply wants to. All I know is that Sharp wants to take over Equestria. I swear, if he's doing it simply because he wants to, I'll give him a slow and painful death. I always hated that cliche with a villain.

Anyway, we had been in the air for about ten minutes when I began to see flashes that indicated magic, as well as explosion mushroom clouds from time to time. "Looks like we're getting close, people," I said over the radio. "Luna, get ready to leave, I need to stay in this thing to pilot it."

"But what if Sharp sends whatever he has control of after me?"

"Don't worry, there should be some nearby to assist," I said before I changed radio channel. "Promethean group Zeta, where are you?"

"We are within the civilian city," one of the Prometheans said. "Awaiting orders."

"Right. Half of each, locate and defend the Elements of Loyalty, Generosity, and Magic. One quarter, locate and track Sharp Wit. Last Quarter, wait to escort Princess Luna to the Elements," I said. "Which reminds me, what are you facing down there?"

"Unknown," the Promethean replied. "Creatures with black and white skin and etheric flames have been observed."

Great. Guess I should have seen that coming with the Guardians. Looks like Oryx is trying to remove their help before the fight there begins. Noted. Okay. I need a. . . dimensional radio.

And with that, something similar to the ear piece appeared in my lap, though it did have a few glowing parts. I removed my helmet, and put the new ear piece on. "Hey, uh, Guardians, can you hear me?"

"WHAT? I'M TRYING TO KILL A FUCKING GOD!"

"Okay, ignoring that, I just thought I would let you know that Oryx seems to be sending forces here to try to stop me from aiding you in the final fight. Before you ask, I'll tell you how I'm able to talk with you next I see you." With that, I removed the ear piece before any more yelling could occur, and put it in my thigh compartment before putting my helmet back on. Wait, did he say he was trying to kill a god? Can't be Crota, they killed him, and they would bring me in if it was Oryx. Their Celestia, maybe? Guess I'll ask when I next see them.

Okay, getting back to my story, I set the Falcon down on the northern edge of the town, keeping the rotors going, as a quarter of the Promethean forces I had sent here teleported up in their usual fashion. "Switch to the other frequency," I told them over the radio just as they cleared the rotors of the Falcon, allowing me to get airborne and engage night vision. This allowed me to see that, yes, Sharp was commanding Taken. How did i know he was commanding them? Try he was at the front of a small group of the fuckers and not being filled with whatever the Taken use for ammo, as well as the lights from the quarter I had assigned to track him nearby.

"Element retrieval group, where the hell are you?"

"Southern edge of the town," a Promethean said. Should have guessed that, seeing as how Sharp is moving in that direction.

"Copy. Do you have the VIPs?"

"Affirmative, but something is jamming communication with escort group."

"Of course there is," I said. "And whatever it is, the Falcon's able to punch through it. Try to circumvent Sharp, who is heading your way, and link up with the escort group, in the north. Tracking group, we're holding them back."

"Uh, Josh," Mist said over the radio. "I thought you needed to be in this thing to fly it."

"Who said it was going to stay in the air?" I retorted. "We're bailing out, now!"

"Josh, this is one of the craziest plans you've made!" Quick yelled.

"I know," I said. "Bail out!" With that, I opened the cockpit canopy, unstrapped myself, and jumped from the Falcon.

"Josh, if you live through your crazy stunt, I'm going to kill you," Quick said over the radio as I heard wings flap. "You're just lucky neither Mist nor I were strapped in."

"Yeah, you're late on that," I said as I did a flip and activated my suit thrusters to slow my fall as I came close to the ground. "Luna already owns my life. And not in the slave way," I said as I landed in front of Sharp and his forces. "Hey Sharp. Fancy meeting you here."

"I should have guessed you'd get here," Sharp said, his voice smug. "You like my new forces. A sort of present from who those Guardian allies of yours will be facing."

"Yeah, I figured," I said as I activated my left wrist mounted hardlight blade, and drew my right energy sword. "Time for some fun." Or I die and go to hell. Meh. Either way, I'm taking as many of these fuckers with me as I can.