An Equestrian Spartan
Chapter 4: Revealing Wind Pt 2- Some guarding help
Previous Chapter Next ChapterSo, there we were. Surrounded by a whole contingent of guards, and I saw two of them holding Lone and Onyx. But what really got my attention was the asshole in front. He had extremely ornate armor, but it looked durable at the same time.
"Just who are you?" I asked.
"It doesn't matter, you animal," he said. I already hate the guy. "But if you must know, I am General Sharp Wit of the Royal Guard, in charge of the regiment of Ponyville. And don't think of trying to run, we have all of your accomplices, and I already had a message sent to Princess Twilight and the Elements, who are on their way here as we speak. You can't get away."
"Lone?" I asked, putting my hands in the air after mentally disengaging the magnetic holders on my armor and letting the weapons fall to the ground. "What do you know about him?"
"One of Celestia's best generals," Lone said, still held by the guard. "But he was moved here because he was too blood thirsty. Let a lot og guards under his command die."
"Shut it," Sharp said. "I know of you, Lone Shadow. And I know what you did before you betrayed Celestia." He chuckled. "I do have ways of knowing what each of the princesses have done. That's why I'm still a General- I blackmailed those two to keep me at my rank, and I still have dirt I haven't revealed to them yet. If I tell them to kill you, they will.
"So just make it easy, and kill yourself. I doubt Ponyville would miss you."
Just before I could say anything, a small, gray dot appeared on my motion tracker, and I saw a faint shimmer in the air. If it was faint for me, with my VISR, then there was no way for them to see it. Under my helmet, I smiled. I just hope it'll help, what ever it is.
"How about no," I said as I reached my left hand up, and felt something hit it. I brought it back down, and was a little surprised to see the first weapon from Destiny every player gets. I forget the name, but you know what I mean. I saw it glow a little, so I guessed it was a token. "Some help would be nice," I said as I fired disabling shots at leg levels, and a few guards, including those holding Lone and Onyx, fell to the ground. Just as the magazine emptied, a portal opened up in the air above us, and three armored beings, each one looking like a class from Destiny.
I also noted they looked just like my guardians from said game. "So, who summoned us," the Hunter said.
"That'd be me," I said as I picked up my weapons.
"Josh, is it just me," the Titan asked in a robotic voice, "or does he look like the Spartan we made in Halo 4 before we were split like this?"
"That's funny, you three look like my guardians," I say. "Let me guess, you bought something from a merchant and were sent to some version of Equis, and were split into three people, with the identity you had before being a single person, with his name also being the Hunter's, as well as mine?"
"I guess," the Warlock said. "Cybis, by the way."
"Rhino," the Titan said.
"Well, we know each other's names," I said as I brought my battle rifle out. "Disabling shots."
"Right," my Hunter self said as he and the other Guardians brought their own weapons to the ready.
"Mist, Quick, same goes for you two. Lone, Onyx," I said, "get a spell ready to get us out of here."
"Right," they said. "Come on, guys," Quick said. "But we are going to talk about this later, Josh."
"I know," I said as she took Onxy in her hands and flew up, Mist doing the same for Lone. "So, guardians," I said, a smile under my helmet, "time to have some fun."
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I fired off a burst from my rifle that went through stallion's arm, then switch targets to a pegasus in the air, firing at the tip of his wing so he could at least slow his fall. I then bent down while spinning, putting my rifle on my back and drawing my pistol, firing off grazing shots just above their heads, which caused many of them to duck. But I saw a unicorn rushing towards me, and fired on his leg. He had some kind of heat shield over his body, and he got close enough to bring his sword down. I jumped to the side, and hit him in the gut with my fist, making him double over.
I looked at the three Guardians, and each was delivering either disabling shots or knocking ponies out with hand to hand. I think I even saw Josh, the other one, with one of the exotic swords, but I couldn't tell before I had to dodge another sword and elbow the guard who tried to kill me, knocking him out. I fired off more plasma pistol shots, making sure they were near misses.
I then made my way to Sharp, knocking guards out if they were in my way, and man did he look pissed. I put my pistol away, grabbed one of my sword hilts, and activated it before raising it up and slicing downward. I know I said no killing, but no one gets dirt on the princesses, not even worst one, Celestia, and sure as hell not best pony, Luna.
But it seems he had a sword that protected against heat, as it stopped the energy sword. "Guess I should have mentioned," he said, "that I blackmailed Celestia to make this thing immune to heat."
"Go to hell," I said before raising my sword and trying to execute a diagonal slash, which he blocked.
"And that I'm good at swordsman ship."
I snarled, and begun to swing wildly, hoping to get lucky. "You'll have to do better," he taunted. "A mind beats reckless swinging." To emphasize his point, he swung at my arm. Somehow, he took the shields out, and cut my under suit, or what ever it's called, and a small trail of blood began to flow from the cut. "Huh, so you are alive," he said. "I'll have to fix it."
He thrust his sword at me, but Rhino grabbed it before it hit me. "Nice knife," he said before snapping the sword in half like Armstrong dd to Raiden's in MGR: Revengeance.
"Now how about you run back to Canterlot," Cybis said, pointing his rifle, which I recognized as the Warlock exclusive scout rifle, "before we kill you."
He chuckled. "That isn't going to happen," he said just as a lavender blast of magic hit close to us. We jumped back and looked up.
"Shit," I said as I saw Twilight and the others closing in. "Uh, Lone," I said over the radio. "How's it coming?"
"Nearly done," he said. "Why?"
"Elements," I said.
"Never mind."
"So, you guys ready to run," I asked the Guardians.
"Yep," Rhino said. "Now?"
"Now," I said, and the three of us stowed our weapons and began to run in the opposite direction the Elements were coming from. "So, what do you guys have to deal with?" I asked them as we ran.
"Well," Josh said, "we pissed off our worlds Celestia, who just happens to be Oryx's daughter, make peace with changelings, and kick Crota's ass like he was a Ray."
"Nice," I say. "So, how do I send you guys back."
"Just say we can go back," Rhino said.
"Right," I said. "And if you need help with you know who, I'm in."
"Thanks," Cybis said.
"No problem. You can go home, now."
With that, the three of them just disappeared. Nothing fancy, they were just there one second, and gone the next. Fortunate, as a lander beam of magic hit right where Cybis would have been. I turned a corner, and saw the others. "Josh, come on," Lone yelled, making a come on gesture. As I appraoched, I jumped and did a three-sixty rotation on the horizontal axis. In layman's terms, I now faced the sky as I dove down. I brought my rifle to my shoulder from my back, and sighted. I saw all six of the mane six, those that couldn't fly being held by Twilight's magic or Fluttershy as I saw two blades in Rainbow Dash's hands. All of them wore ornate armor. I aimed for Rainbow. More accurately, one of her wings around the middle.
. . .
What? She is least favorite mane six to me, and barely top ten ponies with an actual personality, and I figured that I might as well teach her that those who fly always have to crash at some. I fired a burst, and everything slowed. I saw the bullets leave the barrel of my BR, traveling towards their target. They hit, making a triangle pattern on impact before the exit wounds nearly destroyed her wing. Damn. Much as I don't like her, I didn't mean to ground her for the rest of her life. Still, it got the needed effect, and diverted the attention of the others away from me. The last thing I saw was Rainbow falling as a bright flash enveloped me.
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Crossover with my other displaced fic, which can be found here.