Author's Notes:

This chapter is basically going to act as a run-down of all the crazy shit that happened in the last story. To new readers, this is going to be extra-handy.

But to people who already heard Alex explain countless times his tale of "woe", you might want to skip this.

You have been warned.

(Also, I'm going to write this slightly differently than usual, I think it'll be easier to read like this.)

-The Destoyer

*Location Unknown; October 11, 2018; 4:53 PM*

Liss walked inside the interrogation room to find Alex, Yang, Ruby, Cade, And Skirmish. Taiyang had been sent home because they learned he really didn't do a whole lot in the war effort anyways.

"So, I bet you're all wondering why you're here.." Liss began.

"You want us to tell you something, right?" Yang wondered.

"Precisely.. Not that I don't know the details of the war already, but I just want a basic run-down of everything that occurred two years ago." Liss explained.

"Can I tell this?" Cade asked.

"Sure. How much do you know about the war?" Skirmish asked.

"... My knowledge is scarce." Cade sighed.

"I'll do it." Alex muttered.

"Mind if I pitch in?" Yang asked.

"Me too?" Ruby pleaded.

"Okay." Liss nodded.

"Question is, where do I start?" Alex wondered.

"Try... The first thing that really comes to your mind." Liss smiled, trying to hide her annoyance.

"Okay, so.. I think it was August 11th or 12th of 2016 when this all started for me.." Alex recalled.

Ruby suddenly pulled out a harp, playing a few chords to simulate a flashback.

"Really?!" Cade groaned.

"Whatever, man. Just go with it." Yang shrugged.

"I had just gotten back from hanging out with a friend when suddenly I found my house surrounded by a SWAT team. I won't go into specifics, but about 10 to 15 minutes later, two SWAT guards died, my parents were dragged away and apparently killed, and I was sedated, dragged into the middle of nowhere and I was being tortured for answers about a massacre I wasn't even involved with." Alex described.

"Why did they ask for you specifically, again?" Ruby wondered.

"I'll get to that later. Anyways, the whole torturing thing went on for a freaking month using every method in their handbook and even some I don't think were legal at all. By the end, the CIA pretty much cast me out as 'useless' for what they needed, but they couldn't let anything out. So, their simple solution was to execute everyone they captured.. Including me." Alex continued.

"Damn.." Cade shuddered.

"So, I don't know if it was just dumb luck or fate, but a guy named 'Jäger' swept in at the literal last second, KO'd the Agent keeping me captive, and sent us back to his base. Then, I somehow got wrapped up in there schemes for world domination, but Kat told me what they were planning and we escaped. And by chance, I ended up in Equestria. At first, things worked out okay, but the CIA found me during a welcome party and tried to kill me again. But.." Alex added.

"Dumb luck?" Yang asked.

"... Exactly. Then, over the course of the next few weeks, I met up with Vanoss and his crew, got myself some armor, and plotted our escape using another transporter Twilight had at her disposal. Everything seemed to be going decently well until I ran into Cinder." Alex said.

"Cinder Fall? As in the Cinder Fall that just destroyed Atlas a month back?" Liss asked.

"Yep. We just barely escaped, but I couldn't save the Agent that helped me through that entire ordeal. Long-ass story slightly shorter, we landed on Remnant where I met with Yang, Ruby, and the others. I trained there for about a week and got my Semblance unlocked, and when the CIA attacked again, I met up with Kat and we all planned to take out the agent that captured me. But I went out and.. Took care of it myself.." Alex remembered.

"Right. That was when the whole prophecy of the 'Blood Red Night' was just coming true.." Ruby recalled.

"Yeah. After that whole mess, I reunited with Twilight and her friends and Evan offered us a place in Los Santos because we really didn't have anywhere else to go. We stayed there for a bit less than a month before Luna called for help in Equestria, where the Red Star collapsed the country in on it's own asshole while we were gone. We went back there and fought off a Red Star airship called the Knight's Myriad." Alex retrospected.

"How did he take it out again?" Ruby asked.

"If the dig taught us anything, it was taken out by a large-scale EMP." Liss answered.

"It was there when Celestia formed the Equestrian-Remnant Coalition, or E.R.C, which I was it's Admiral and I was given my own ship, the Iliad. We spent the next month or two fighting off Red-Star across Remnant. And while we were, I found out that I came from a race of technologically superior electromancers called 'Adenienites'." Alex remembered.

"That explains the Enlightened Warrior form. Few races often have that type of transformation." Liss explained.

"I don't think he could have achieved that level without an artifact of great power like the Prometheus Charge, because that power-up came from the Stone, he can transfer his ability to other races." Skirmish noted.

"How do you know?" Liss asked.

"It's easy, he gave some of that power to me in case anything happened. I told Skirmish what happened." Yang answered.

"W-What?! You're kidding!!" Liss gasped.

"It's true...Father, You granted me all of your powers just before you died in my timeline.." Cade nodded solemnly.

"That explains how Cade was able to escape Cinder after she killed the Summer Maiden!" Liss gasped.

"Anyways. A few weeks passed and we figured out where the Inquisitor's main headquarters was located. We were set to head off as a large unit. Until..." Alex shook, remembering the horror of watching helplessly as his allies all converged against one another.

"Right... The ships turned on one another just after the Dimensional Jump started, and the Illiad and Revelation crews held out long enough for reinforcements to arrive, you all converged on their military fortress before Alex defeated the Alpha in a cataclysmic duel that resulted in the death of the Alpha and the loss of Alex's limbs.." Liss noted.

"Yes, speaking of which, Alpha hired a look-a-like to frame me, formed a club to massacre solely to get me arrested and killed, and hired people who held a grudge against me and my friends. The asshole." Alex scoffed angrily.

"Is there anything else you want to know?" Cade asked.

"Yes. I wanted to ask about Alex's post-war training." Liss explained.

"Fine. I trained mostly with Canis about getting my new muscles combat-ready, then I trained with a bunch of guest teachers, including Princess Luna for my Equestrian Magic manipulation, Raven Branwen for Aura elevation, Supreme Leader Krete for my Enlightened Warrior transformation... And... I think it was sensing others' energies." Alex explained.

"Sensing energy?!" Liss gaped.

"Yeah. That's how I could tell Ruby was powerful enough to survive without the Enlightened Warrior form." Alex nodded.

"Well, do you have what you need?" Alex asked, turning to face Liss.

"Actually, there's just something I want to ask.." Liss nervously shuffled.

"And that is..?" Cade asked nervously.

"I want to go with you!" Liss yelled energetically, even jumping a little bit.

"I suppose we could make do with one more. Have you seen or done anything about the Fall Knights?" Alex asked.

"Yeah. If I can manage hacking into the Silver Ocelots' main computer systems, I can get what you need." Liss nodded.

"And I know just the right bit of hardware." Ruby smiled confidently.