The gang were hanging out at the school statue, all waiting for Sunset Shimmer to come back and tell them all about Princess Twilight’s Wedding. While Pinkie Pie was bouncing up and down, with Fluttershy unfortunately being her hugging victim, the others were patiently waiting right next at the portal to Equestria. Though, the situation was rather awkward for their Twilight, who just stood off to the side. Their friend had been gone for a couple of days, and she had been suddenly getting the feeling that someone was watching her very recently… Like some hunter is slowly, but surely, biding its time until she was finally vulnerable. It felt familiar, almost like she knew exactly who was watching her, but something about it was off from that familiarity.

Her train of thought got interrupted, when the portal opened up and their Equestrian friend stepped through with a content sigh. Before Sunset Shimmer could say, or do, anything… All were suddenly right on top of her! Each asking how the trip and wedding was, making her laugh with all the questions. “Calm down! Calm down, one question at a time!” Sunset Shimmer giggled, the girls backing away from her. “First, the wedding was great! I wish you all could have seen it… Twilight looked amazing!”

“Well of course, darling, we so dearly wished we could have seen her get married… But, if we did go, there would be a great deal of confusion with our Equestrian selves.” Rarity giggled, pondering about how it could have all gone. “Oh, what I would do just to see the wedding of a Royal, along with our close friend.”

“Then it is a good thing I got a picture.” Sunset Shimmer noted, reaching into her bag and pulling out said picture.

Instantly, the entire gang, including their Twilight were huddled around just to see it. To their surprise, they saw Princess Twilight standing next to Night Claw at the altar. The princess was wearing her wedding dress, mane and make up made up perfectly to compliment her more for the occasion. Though, Night Claw was dressed in a formal version of his armor and looked like he was in the most uncomfortable situation of his long lived life. Such a long actually distracted them from the image of their friend, and began to giggle about it.

“Oh man! Look at Xeron!” Rainbow Dash started, during her uncontrollable laughter. “The guy looks soooo out of place, in unnerved!”

Applejack tried to stifle her own. “Well, ah’ll be… Never thought I’d see one like him in over his head.”

While they were all commenting on how the two looked, Rarity obviously commenting on her counterpart’s dress and fashion sense, their Twilight was looking around. It felt like this “Hunter” was getting closer, far too close for her liking. It felt like her blood was starting to run cold, her skin starting to sweat, and a chill going down her spine. The last she felt that, was when she first met Xeron or saw any of the other Night Lords, even that Lord Grathor creep. This time, though, it felt like they weren’t here to keep her safe or rescue her, but actually hunting her.

“Twilight?”

“Yes!” Twilight shouted, before noticing that her friends were all looking at her, each one concerned. “Sorry, what? I spaced out for a second there.” She placed a hand over her head, trying to shake the feeling off.

“Are ya alright, sugarcube? Ya look like ya seen a ghost or somethin’.” Applejack asked, walking up to their lavender friend, and placing a hand on to her shoulder.

Twilight’s whole body shivered at her touch, the being hunted feeling starting to get to her. “S-Sorry… But, recently, it felt like something has been watching me, hunting me.” She answered, rubbing her arm nervously, before looking around again. “And right now, it feels like whatever is hunting me… Is here.”

That caused the gang to look around, all nervous by what Twilight just told them. Like Princess Twilight, she was the logical one of the group, and for something to unnerve her like this? It has got to be very serious, and none of them are going to take any chances about it. Each one trying to see if they could spot what was causing this strange feeling in their friend, but not a single one saw anything. “Do you think we should contact the Princess about this? See if she could send some of those Night Lord guys to help?” Rainbow Dash asked, ready to fight whatever could be causing this.

Sunset Shimmer shook her head, while eyeing their surroundings. “We don’t know what is causing this, and I rather not bother the Princess while she’s on her honeymoon… I mean, what if this just turns out to be some creep, and we interrupted them for nothing?” She asked, the group gave a confirming nod… Their Equestrian friend did have a point about that. “Maybe we should just wait, until we have a better idea as to what this may be, before we decide on contacting the Princess or not.”

The group nodded, before they started to head home, all deciding that they would ensure that Twilight got home safely first. Though, Pinkie Pie suddenly stopped, noticing something on top of the school’s roof. Placing a finger on to her chin, she tilted her head a bit. “Huh… When did the school add a gargoyle?” She asked, to no one in particular, before shrugging her shoulders. “Eh… Principle Celestia probably did it, in honor of those Night Lords!” She started skipping off, following her friends.

Unknown to the seven, just as they left, the “gargoyle” slowly watched them leave, his midnight blue and brass armor glistening in the sunlight. His horned helmet leaned forward a bit more, almost like he was zeroing in on to Twilight for some reason. Slowly, it reached its claw out to one of the roof’s stone pieces, and placed his claw on to it. When Twilight looked back for a second, at the statue in front of the school, then looked back towards where they were heading… The Warp Talon suddenly crushed the stone within his claw.

He started to cackle, quietly, while eyeing Twilight. “Yes… Her. We must follow her.” Hound whispered, before suddenly ripping a tear in reality, slipping through it and disappearing from sight.

Twilight was at her mental end, that strange “hunted” feeling has been nonstop for the past week and a half, she even felt like something was watching her while she slept! In her own room! But, whenever she looked to see who it was, she heard a strange tearing sound before finding absolutely nothing where she felt the presence had been. Every second of the day, it felt like whatever this thing hunting her, was just out of her reach or out of her sight. No matter what, she couldn’t find it period, and the feeling of it closing in on her was getting far worse. To the point that it felt like they could reach out, at any second, and grab her. Take her, and do whatever they pleased to her.

When she rubbed her head, barely even noticing how much of a mess her hair was due to all this stress, she looked at the crosswalk light. However, when a hand was placed on to her shoulder, the teen suddenly let out a yelp, before turning to see who it was… Only to see Sunset Shimmer there.

“Whoa, calm down, Twilight… Man, this whole stalker ordeal has you really jumpy.” She said, pulling her hand back. “Are you sure about going to school is alright? I mean, you look terrible.”

Twilight shook her head, before smiling at her friend. “I’m sure, Sunset. I mean… I can’t let this whole strange stalker thing keep me from actually attending classes, and ruin my academic reputation.” She answered, holding her books close and glancing at the flashing orange hand signal. “Though, I would like to get more than a couple of hours of sleep at night, rather then suddenly being woken up… By the feeling of some claw moving down my cheek.” She looked back at Sunset Shimmer, who had a look of concern written on her face.

“A claw running down your cheek?” She asked, Twilight giving a nod. “M-Maybe we should contact the Princess… I mean, from what you have told me and the fact of this ‘claw’, it could be someone like that Lord Grathor freak.”

“No, Sunset… I feel fine, and it feels like it is getting closer to me.” Twilight smiled at her friend. “It may be getting closer to me, but that also means it is getting closer to slipping up.” A ding suddenly caught her attention, thinking that it was the crosswalk light finally changing, not noticing that it was the other side’s light changing! “Besides, if we don’t get moving, we’ll be late for school!”

Sunset Shimmer’s eyes went wide, the moment Twilight stepped out into the street. “Twilight, wait! The light hasn’t changed yet!” She yelled, just as she reached the open area of the road.

Twilight instantly turned around, tilting her head. “H-Huh?” The screeching of a car trying to stop and not hit her. Her eyes went wide, before screaming due to there being absolutely no possible way for it not to hit her and Twilight’s entire body locking up.

“Twilight!!!” Sunset screamed, reaching for her but someone grabbed her and prevented the teen from trying to rescue her friend.

RIIIIIIP!

EAR PIERCING WAIL!

SLAM!

All eyes were wide, frozen at what had just occurred. Many thought Twilight was a complete goner, but apparently those at the street were not the only ones watching the oncoming car trying to stop. Now, towering over a fallen Twilight, was the very thing that had been hunting her the whole time, the Night Lord’s claws rammed right into the car’s engine… His sheer size and armored body having completely destroyed its front end and stopped the vehicle. Both Twilight and Sunset Shimmer were awe struck by the sight of him, not expecting to see an actual Night Lord standing right there, but he… Looked much different than Xeron and his Command Squad. For one, he actually had a pair of red horns on his head, the lightning bolts across his armor were even red, his claws and talons being blood red, and the fact his jump pack ad strange barbed fins on them. His breather actually made it seem like he is snarling at whatever it was he is staring at.

Slowly, he looked back at Twilight, seeing the fear in her eyes, then looked at everything around him and those looking at them. He snarled at those on the sidewalks, scaring them back, before returning his gaze to Twilight. “Too dangerous, yes. Far too many around.” His voice snarled, before suddenly grabbing hold of Twilight and pulling her up to his chest. “Need to go somewhere else. Yes, we’ll take her there. Keep her safe.” He suddenly pulled her back, allowing Twilight to see those glowing red eyes. “Hound will keep you safe, yes. None shall harm you, again.”

With that, Hound used his free claw to tear a hole within reality, and jumped through it with Twilight in his hand! Effectively disappearing from sight, leaving all those who saw completely dumbfounded… Even Sunset Shimmer.

“I… Need to contact Princess Twilight.” Were the only words Sunset Shimmer said.

Twilight and Night Claw walked down the pony city street, side by side, as majority of its citizens moved out of their way. None of them wanted to get in the path way of the newlyweds, not wanting to interrupt their honeymoon and allowing the two share a blissful moment together with no others around them. The past week and a half had been a wonderful thing for them, but they mostly did things that Twilight wanted to do, since Night Claw felt there wasn’t much he wanted to do but spend time with his, newly dubbed, wife. Quite a few of those that had seen them, were commenting how the two made a strange, yet lovely, couple.

Right now, the two were visiting the Star Swirl the Bearded exhibit at the Manehatten National History Museum for the seventh time… Twilight no more excited than the first time the two visited said exhibit. While she was running around, like a school filly, Night Claw casually strolled within the exhibit and took minor glances at certain things that were presented. Including some strange instrument with a mannequin of Star Swirl, with doll parasprites floating around him. From what he could tell, said unicorn was playing the instrument to get their attention, a city in the background as he leads said parasprites away.

But that wasn’t the reason why Night Claw was being casual, the stallion had been putting up a show while Twilight allowed her schoolfilly to explode. He didn’t allow it to be seen, but Night Claw had been keeping an eye on a strange earth pony mare and unicorn filly following them this whole time. They have been, since the two left Ponyville for their honeymoon. Normally, the filly would have been riding on some sort of massive hound, one Night Claw would have classified as a war hound by his standards. Then again, the hound must not have been allowed in the museum for obvious reasons.

When he finally decided to dare a glance back at them, to blatantly say that Night Claw saw them, the two instantly looked away and started to whistle innocently… Apparently they have no idea what ‘looking casual’ really means. So, rolling his eyes at this factor, the stallion walked up to the bouncing Twilight, and affectionately nuzzled against her cheek. “Having fun, dear?” He asked, kissing the top of her head.

“Like you will not believe!” She chirped, kissing Night Claw’s own cheek, before leaning against the larger stallion. “I’m surprised there isn’t anything you’re wanting to do, Night… It is your honeymoon too, feel like we’re just catering to my own wants and needs.”

Night Claw chuckled at her statement, draping his large wing over her body. “Twilight, spending time with you is good enough for me. That is all I ask for.” His words made her blush a bit, before leaning more into the large stallion even more. “Though, our guests have been a bit on edge.” He glanced back at the two again, Twilight doing the same with a raised brow.

“Those two still following us?” She asked, tilting her head at the two trying to pretend they aren’t paying attention to them. “I’ll admit, I was skeptical at first, when you told me those two were following us… Until I also noticed we kept seeing them walking around us.”

“And that filly is an alicorn.” A voice whispered, nearly causing the two to jump. Night Claw, for the single reason that he knew who that voice belonged to, and it is the only being who can sneak up on Night Lords effectively.

“M-My Lord.” Both Twilight and Night Claw said, bowing their heads, respectively, as Night Haunter slowly revealed himself around the corner. The two couldn’t see him, so it looked like the two were just giving respect to some random pony. “What brings you here, to Manehatten? And how do you know that filly is an alicorn?” The stallion asked, with a raised brow. “I only know of Shining Armor’s and Princess Cadence’s foal being one.”

The Night Prince just looked down at the two, giving them both an unnerving fanged smirk. “I have been tailing them, as they tail you, since I saw them at the after party.” He said, the two moving closer to the whispering alicorn stallion. “It seems… They both know of your real form, my son.” That caused Night Claw to go wide eyed, while Twilight placed a hoof over her muzzle. “But, they aren’t ones to reveal it to any other… In fact, they often speak about some threat possibly being after them, and will go to you, Night Claw, if said trouble shows up.”

“Then why not make themselves known to us? Surely, we can help protect them further, if we know what is chasing them.” Night Claw asked, tilting his head, while Twilight gave a nod of agreement.

Night Haunter gave a strained sigh, shaking his head like he didn’t understand something. “They do not wish to intervene with the ‘story’, as they keep referring to it. Seriously, if something was chasing them, they should know better than to be speaking about things in public in just hushed tones…” He slowly looked at Night Claw, the stallion raising an eyebrow. “Strangely enough, though, that filly always seems to be happy when she sees you. I can see that she is barely holding back the excitement, restraining herself from charging you out of sheer happiness.” That caused Night Claw’s ears to fold back, he is barely used to Twilight and Scootaloo tackle hugging him.

Before either of the two could say a word about the subject, a wisp of smoke suddenly floated in front of Twilight, before a scroll appeared. Using her magic, she quickly took hold of it, then started to read the beginning. “Huh, Spike says that Sunset Shimmer has an emergency, since she would not interrupt our honeymoon otherwise… Another letter is coming with-?” Another wisp of smoke floated over, before the letter appeared. Allowing Night Claw to take the first letter in his wing’s claw, she opened the second and started to read. “T-This has got to be a joke… Night, are any of your brothers in their world? One who think it’d be funny to play some jokes on them?” She looked up at him, raising an eyebrow.

“Not that I know of… I haven’t ordered any of my brothers to be stationed there.” He answered, with a raised brow. “Why do you ask?”

“Because one, apparently, has taken Twilight in a manner Sunset isn’t familiar with… Maybe you might know who it is, if I read how she describes him…” Twilight said, Night Haunter also raising an eyebrow.

“Alright, let’s hear it… Should be easy to pick out, every Night Lord is rather unique with armor style.” Night Claw said, before Twilight started to read the description. Slowly, his eyes started to grow wide and jaw going slack. He could not believe what he was hearing right now, even the manner in which said Night Lord had kidnapped their Twilight put a sense of dread within Night Claw… “N-Not good. Not good at all.” He simply stated, placing a hoof over his muzzle.

“Why? Do you know this Night Lord, my son?” Night Haunter asked, both he and Twilight looking at him.

“It isn’t a specific Night Lord, more like a band of them. They are a lot harder to tell the difference between…” He answered, looking down at Twilight. “He is, what we call, a ‘Warp Talon’. Nasty Raptors that had been fully corrupted by the Warp, going to a near feral state of mind… Their mental state degrading with every passing moment. Their claws can actually tear rips into reality, allowing them to appear just about anywhere they please.” Night Claw looked up at Night Haunter, a sense of concern about him. “How one got to their world, there is no telling… Possibly the same means as Lord Grathor. But, we cannot let him roam around unchallenged. He’s no more than a savage animal, hunting and killing whatever he pleases… Going so far, as to even eat victims… Their Twilight is in extreme danger, the longer she stays with him.” He began to think or a moment, Twilight herself going into a controlled hysteria about her alternate counterpart. “By the way she said he spoke… I’d say there is still a little bit of his former self there, keeping the savage side in check. But, there is no telling how long that’ll last.”

“T-T-Then what d-do you think we should do?” Twilight asked, shifting on her hooves, while Night Claw looked down at her.

“Send a letter to Spike… Tell him to find these specific Night Guardss: Twin Axe, Shadow Sight, and the Atramentar Heavy Armor… They’ll be able to track him down, and deal with him.” Night Claw instructed, as Twilight actually had a letter, a quill and an ink well appear.

She started to write down specific instructions, quickly as possible, before going back over them and nodding. “Alright, done…” She said, before using the same spell to have her letter teleported to Spike. “Once he gets the letter, he’ll instantly go and get them… What makes you so sure they’ll be able to find and defeat this ‘Warp Talon’, Night?”

Night Claw smirked at her question. “Twin Axe and Shadow Sight are former members of Soul Hunter’s First Claw… While Heavy Armor? Well, I’ve come to know this specific Atramentar, and he seems pretty good with dealing with not so armored opponents.”

Sunset Shimmer and the others awaited the Night Lords that Spike had told them about, gathered around the High School state and portal to Equesria. Each one nervous about their kidnapped friend, wondering if these three could truly rescue Twilight. “A-Are you sure these guys are up for this?” Rainbow Dash asked, trying to seem confident but failing horribly since they are facing off with another rogue Night Lord, who can appear where ever he pleases.

“Night Claw said these guys can do it, so we have to trust them to do so.” Applejack said, as the portal suddenly came to life.

“Get ready, girls… Here they come.” Sunset Shimmer said, as the portal opened wider to compensate for the incoming beings.

The first to walk out, was a strange twin chainaxe wielding Night Lord, his armor actually screamed that of a berserker. The second to appear, was a lascannon carrying one, his bat wings slanted back a bit but had an optic enhancement on his right eye, a chainaxe at is hip… But the third, actually made them back away from the portal completely. It was a Terminator Night Lord, his left hand being a spiked powerfist while he held a stormbolter in his right with a bayonet. His back was adorned with skulls of past victims, even an Ultramarine’s helmet being presented on it. His left shoulder pad was the iconic lion that all Atramentar wore, while the right held the Night Lords First Company insignia. His helmet had a singular horn formed over the breather, almost like it could be used to actually impale someone on.

“I am Harion. The berserker is Uzas and the Havoc is Sar Zell. Commander Xeron has sent us to deal with your Warp Talon problem, and rescue this world’s Twilight Sparkle.” The Terminator spoke up, looking down at the girls before looking around. “Where was he last seen? We’ll try to figure out where he went from there.”

They were all speechless, seeing the three appear and presented themselves as if they were powerful hunters. Quickly shaking off her surprise, Sunset Shimmer ran up to Harion, nodding to him. “Follow me, I’ll take you straight there!” The Terminator nodded to her, before motioning for the teen to lead the way. “Let’s go!” With that, the two groups quickly rushed off to where Hound had kidnapped Twilight at.

Twilight was absolutely terrified of the Night Lord in front of her, even as he crouched like some kind of animal on all fours. This thing was far from Xeron and his Night Lords, this one seemed more beastial. What was worse, while he had been pacing around on all fours, the Night Lord calling himself ‘Hound’ went from speaking in second person, to third person. He was actually using his name, instead of ‘I’ or ‘we’. Deciding to stay within one of the corners, the teen just watched the strange Night Lord move around the rundown room while speaking to himself.

“Keep safe, yes… Only Hound can keep Twilight safe, yes.” Hound continued to pace around, looking for something. “No harm shall come to Twilight, not again. Hound won’t drop guard, no.” Though, when Twilight’s stomach growled, his head perked up and looked right at her.

Twilight released a terrified ‘eep!’ and started to shake with terror, as Hound jumped in front of her. The Warp Talon towered over her, even while he was crouching, his glowing red eyes staring down at her. “S-Stay away f-from m-me.” She said, pressing more against the wall.

He canted his head a bit, going from side to side. “Twilight hungry… But, isn’t the same Twilight as Hound’s Twilight.” He reached a claw up, placing it on his howling breather while gaining a ponderous look. “Twilight looks like Human… So, Hound should get Twilight Human food.” He gave a nod, reaching a claw up and slicing it down, ripping a tear in reality. Twilight gained a surprised expression, never seeing such a thing before in her life. She didn’t really pay attention the first time he did this, her body and mind was still in shock. “Twilight stay here; Hound go get food.” He simply stated, before stepping through the tear.

Before she knew it, the tear in reality suddenly disappeared after he left. Waiting a couple of seconds, the teen quickly rushed to try and find some way out of where he had taken her. She didn’t know how long it’ll be until ‘Hound’ comes back with the food. The teen started to search for a door, but the only one she could possibly see had been blocked with fallen debris. Most of the windows were boarded up, however there was one with an opening big enough for her to slip through. Carefully, she slipped her head through its opening, and noticed that there was a ledge right under the window seal… One just barely big enough for her to walk on.

The only problem for this, though, was the fact that there was a four story drop below it, high enough to severely injure or kill her. Though, her only other option was sit here, and wait for Hound to come back… Despite his strange affixation towards her, Twilight had absolutely no idea exactly how things will end up. “Guess I have no other choice, but to do this.” She sighed, before moving to where she was able to get one foot on to the ledge. Afterwards, she positioned herself so that the other foot could find firm enough footing to rest on. The teen let out a nervous breath, her whole body shaking, and started to move.

She could feel the unstable stone beneath her feet, her hands keeping a firm grip on to the window seals all along the ruined wall. Her mind was in a fuss about how this choice of action had been a mistake, that there were far too many unknowns to continue… But what choice did she have? This is the far better option than staying with an obvious psychopathic being with the mentality of some Neanderthal. Worst part about this choice of action, though, was that she had no idea if there is a window open to the hallway, or some way for her to scale down.

Her foot gently placed itself on to one of the ledge’s stones, but the block suddenly started to shift and slip out from where it had been nestled against the building! Trying to regain her footing, Twilight accidently slipped another stone out with her feet, both hands trying to clamp down on to something to keep her up but the teen’s sudden weight was too much for her! “H-Help!” She yelled, slowly starting to fall.

Without warning, a familiar claw threw itself forward, and clamped down on to Twilight’s hand! This caused her to look up, and see Hound holding on to her, his other claw and talons stabbed into the building’s brick and stone. “Twilight reckless… Always do things not required for her to do.” He grumbled, pulling he teen up to him, and then went back inside of where he had first hidden her. “Always looking for trouble… Always trying to be hero. Hound no liked this, Hound is here now! So, Twilight just can relax, Twilight has hero of her own. Hound keep her safe.”

When he sat her down, Twilight only watched as the strange Warp Talon pull out a bag of chips-…. Which were ironically her favorite flavor! The teen had been surprised at the strange creature’s choice, raising an eyebrow. “H-How did you know… I l-liked these kinds of chips?” She asked, taking them from the extended claw.

“Hound watch Twilight. Yes, Hound keep both eyes on her at all times, keeping her safe.” He nodded to her, tilting his head, as the teen opened the bag of chips and reached for one. “Hound lost Twilight once, Hound not going to allow that to happen again.”

That comment made her freeze, almost instantly, not eating said chip she grabbed. Twilight looked up at the towering Warp Talon, tilting her head. “W-What do y-you mean… ‘Lost Twilight once’?” She asked, pressing against the wall.

Hound looked at her, before shaking his head and placing a claw over his howling helmet. “Not good memory, Hound no like to remember day…” He answered, shaking his head even more. “But… Twilight asked, so Hound must answer.” He placed the claw down, sitting like he was actually some loyal hound to the teen. “Sombra, yes, all Sombra’s fault-… Wait, no. Friends fault too! They always leave Twilight, make her do all the hard work. Make her put self in all danger. Hound never liked this, no no no. When Sombra attacked, Hound tried to protect Twilight… But Hound wasn’t strong enough.” He placed the claw over his howling helmet’s face plate, the teen could actually hear a silent sniffle or two. “Hound tried so hard… But failed. Sombra kill Hound’s Twilight, laughed while making Hound watch. Then, Hound lose control. Rage filled Hound’s heart, and allowed the warp to take over… Now, Hound is cursed.” He used the claw to tug at his ceramite armor… Allowing Twilight to see, that his flesh was actually molded into the armor itself.

“I-Is your e-entire body like that, now, Hound?” She asked, looking back up at the howling helmet. “Seared to your armor, I mean.”

The Warp Talon shook his head. ‘No, not all of Hound is this way. Hound can take helmet off.” He reached up, and deactivated the helmet’s mag-lock. Once he removed it, the Warp Talon’s abnormally long hair fell out, his face covered in the room’s shadow, but his strangely white fangs could be seen… However, Twilight could see Hound’s face, clear as day, and placed a hand over her mouth in shock. “See? Hound’s head is fine. No melding… Though.” Hound placed his helmet back on, then grabbed hold of his chest. “Hound burns, always burns, inside of self. Yes, Warp tortures Hound. Always in pain, always hurting. Like Hound’s punishment.”

Twilight reached towards the Warp Talon, wanting to try and comfort him, but a heavy step caused he two to look towards the barricaded door. When a click sounded, Hound suddenly moved to where he covered Twilight, followed by an explosion completely demolishing the wall and door blocking entry. The Warp Talon turned around, snarling, as he saw the three Night Lords standing within the breach. Behind them, stood Twilight’s six friends, seeking cover behind the giant super soldiers. “Release Twilight, immediately, brother… And maybe we’ll show you mercy.” Harion demanded, stepping forward while aiming his stormbolter at the Warp Talon.

Hound stepped forward, and snarled at the three Night Lords, keeping one claw back to cover Twilght. Uzas stepped forward, readying his twin chain axes. “Feral beast… Unbelievable that this thing used to be one of us.” He said, while Sar Zell readied his lascannon.

Before the Havoc could take aim, Harion placed his powerfist in front of him. “No, brother… Use that, and you may harm this world’s Twilight with a stray shot or one too powerful.” He said, Sar Zell nodding, deactivating his lascannon. “Uzas, you and I will try and beat him… He cannot take the two of us.” He looked back at the Havoc. “Cover the girls, he goes for them? Use your own chain axe to cut him down.” Sar Zell nodded, setting his ranged weapon to the side and drawing his chain axe.

Hound snarled more, as the Berserker and Terminator got closer to him. “More come… Night Lords? Nooo… Fakes of Sombra, Sombra trying to take Hound’s new Twilight.” He released a deafening wail towards the two approaching him, the girls having to cover their ears at such sound. “Not again! Hound won’t let that happen again!” With that, he charged the two! His wail echoing around the room! “Die, pretenders!!!”

Harion only had a couple of seconds to lift his powerfist up, and deflect the Warp Talon’s razor sharp claws, but ended up being knocked back by Hound’s taloned feet! Uzas tried to ram his melee weapons into the feral Night Lord, but ended up being grabbed by Hound’s left talon! The Warp Talon bounced back, Uzas still in his talon, before slamming the berserker face first into the old, wood floor. Before it could actually ram his claws into the defenseless berserker, Hound found himself being pelted by bolter rounds from Harion’s stormbolter! He let loose cries of pain, trying to keep his head protected from the hail of bolters, while backing away.

“Uzas! Are you alright!” Harion called out, moving next to his fallen comrade. The Terminator did not let up on his volley, trying to keep the Warp Talon out of melee range.

Uzas slowly pulled his helmeted head out of the floor. “Y-Yeah, only my pride is hurt-?” When Harion’s stormbolter’s hammer clicked, the two both looked at the dispensed weapon… Just before is quickly tackled by the recovered Warp Talon! Hound kept swiping at Harion, trying to cut through his tactical dreadnought armor, but the extra plating made it harder and harder…. The Terminator quickly covering any weak point open to said Warp Talon. Uzas charged the distracted Hound, and actually tackled him off of the Terminator, effectively pinning the feral Night Lord on to the ground. “By the Night Haunter, he’s like a damn spider monkey!” He snarled, finding it hard to keep said agile foe pinned against the floor. “Quickly, Harion, deal with him befor-!”

Before Uzas could finish, Hound slammed his knee right into the berserker’s gut! Causing him to hack and cough. Almost like second nature, the Warp Talon leapt back on to his talons, and actually swiped Uzas right in his chest! The cuts weren’t deep, but were enough to actually cause blood to leak out from his armor.

Uzas roared in pain, grabbing his chest and falling to one knee. When Hound went for the kill, he soon found a powerfist slamming into his side! Sending the feral Night Lord square into the wall, while Harion stood next to his wounded brother. “Never thought… Trying to harm a Warp Talon would be so difficult.” The Terminator noted, reloading his stormbolter.

Hound snarled at the Terminator, pacing back and forth. “Three strong, yes… Hound could take. But…” His eyes went to Twilight, then back to the three Night Lords again. “Not with Twilight. Too dangerous, Hound need to keep safe. Yes, Hound will do that.” Catching the two engaging him off guard, the Warp Talon darted for Twilight! Instantly, Harion began to open fire onto their foe, but Uzas threw his weapon up towards the ceiling, when Hound got too close to Twilight.

“Eep!” Twilight squeaked, as the Warp Talon scoped her up into his arm. Hound snarled back at the three Night Lords, before opening up a tear, and jumping through! Both Harion and Uzas tried to enter the tear, as well, but it closed nearly instantly after Hound went through.

“Damnit…” Harion growled, shaking his head. “He’s too quick for us.”

“What are we going to do, brother?” Sar Zell asked, walking up next to the Terminator, tilting his head.

“We’ll have to contact the Commander… Now that we’ve engaged him, I have a good idea as to what can counter him.” Harion answered, narrowing his helmeted eyes.

“And why do we need to contact the Commander?” Uzas asked, painfully standing up after asking his question. “We can handle him ourselves… Especially if we can use our numbers against him better, without the mortals behind us.”

Harion shook his head, staring at where Hound disappeared. “Because… That Warp Talon used to be a Night Raptor, his speed and skill being more than enough to deduce such a thing.” He said, looking at the other two Night Lords. “And it takes a Night Raptor, to beat a Night Raptor… Warp Talon or not.” He gave an irritated sigh. “And we would have to use a Night Raptor that wouldn’t do anything in which will cause harm to this world’s Twilight… Which means.”

“Only the Commander can do so.” Sar Zell sighed, rubbing the back of his helmet. “This won’t be good… I’m not going to be the one to interrupt his honeymoon!”

“Not it.” Harion quickly said.

“NIGHT HAUNTER DAMNIT!” Uzas growled, punching the wall.