*Cairo, Egypt; May 30, 2019; 1:45 PM*

A helicopter flew over the smoldering remains of the SCP occupied dig sites, all of which were barren and burning.

Kat looked at the carnage in abject horror.

"What the hell happened here?" Kat stared out of the helicopter in horror.

"Damn Nexus. They've been using a trans-dimensional sun-gun against us for the past 7 months. We tried taking back Dig Site X, but... Something attacked us.." The sergeant explained.

"What attacked you?" Kat asked.

"Field reports suggest an 8-foot tall humanoid. It's described as incredibly muscular, and insanely bloodthirsty. It was last spotted at Dig Site O." He replied.

"Where are the Nexus hiding?" Kat wondered.

"They've fortified one of the Great Pyramids to the east, but they're so heavily guarded that even our largest combined unit couldn't break in."

Kat thought things over for a moment before turning to face her sergeant with a slight grin.

"If they can't turn the tide here, I have people who can. Get a hard line to Equestria as soon as possible!" Kat ordered as the helicopter slowed to a landing.

She stared at the horrid scene before her, of the remaining 1200 or so men, half of them were badly burnt and had makeshift splints and casts running up and down their arms and legs.

"Is this the only base we have left?" Kat asked.

"Yes, Director. The Nexus have been hitting us left and right. If we don't do something soon, we might lose SCP-2807." The sergeant sighed.

"Which one was 2807 again? I swear, there are already thousands of these SCPs running around everywhere." Kat scoffed.

"We'll discuss that later. For now, we best be on the lookout. Send your friends, they may be our last and best hope." A lieutenant muttered, shaking his head.

*Ponyville, Equestria; May 30, 2019; 2:00 PM*

Ruby, Vanoss' crew, and The three original Elements of Harmony had been conversing.

Weiss, Blake, and Alex's crew had been the only ones to not show up, so they sat there in wait, discussing as to what might happen in this next encounter with the Inquisitor Splinter.

"Ruby! I haven't seen you in a while!" Vanoss smirked, shaking hands with the huntress.

"It really has been a long time.. You look different.." Ruby squinted, trying to figure out just what was so different about him.

"Uh.. Personal space..?" Vanoss asked awkwardly.

"Sorry!" Ruby grinned, backing away.

"So.. The Vigil... How did that go..?" Skirmish asked sadly, referring to the memorial vigil several of the Elements of Harmony and a lot of others attended in the night before they had separated.

"We took some time to remember our friends. I know they're still watching us.." Fluttershy nodded morosely.

"We had to choose new Elements, though. Celestia didn't want to risk keeping them away from the tree or Equestria for too long." Twilight explained.

"Really? Who are the new guys?" Wildcat asked.

Three teenaged fillies burst inside the room suddenly, wearing the necklace-like Elements as they entered.

"CUTIE MARKED CRUSADER DIMENSION PROTECTERS!!" They hollered.

"Jesus! I have really bad hearing because I spent 6 months killing f**king zombies!!" Delirious winced, clutching his ear.

"Oh, sorry!" The yellow earth pony, Applebloom, apologized.

Ruby squealed, hugging all three of the new elements.

"Hey..!" Sweetie Belle gasped in surprise and lack of air.

"Can't... Breathe.." Scootaloo wheezed.

Ruby quickly let them all go, apologizing frantically.

"Sorry! Sorry!"

"It's fine..." Applebloom heaved, finally able to breathe.

"Who are they..?" Weiss asked as she and Blake walked inside the castle.

"Weiss! Blake!" Ruby and Fluttershy quickly greeted.

"How was your training?" Twilight asked.

"I can say I'm more prepared for anything that might happen, that's for sure." Weiss replied.

"Well whoop de f**king do, let's just wait for Alex's dumb ass and go." Terroriser dismissively scoffed.

"There are fillies here!" Twilight screamed.

"It's okay. The universal-exchange kids at school talk a lot worse." Sweetie Belle shrugged.

A huge metallic thud could be heard outside the castle as five ragged hunters (and one baby) ran inside, armed and visibly anxious.

"Alex! Yang! Wait... Is that a baby?!" Ruby gasped.

"Now isn't the time!" Cade panted.

"What's wrong?" Blake asked.

"What the hell were you thinking? Flying right over Ultimus' f**king 2 million dollar ranch?! We haven't even had the baby for a month!!!" Yang screamed.

"As if I'm not the only one not thinking shit through!" Alex yelled back

"Yeah right, dumbf**k!" Yang hollered as several transport ships landed.

"...Wat?" Vanoss gaped.

"I swear, you're more of a dunce than Ruby, Alex." Weiss shook her head.

"At least I didn't go overboard at COCO'S STUPID BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!" Alex roared, shooting at a half-dozen transports.

"So, I like to relax a little, big deal!" Yang shot back, gunning down the soldiers coming out of the transports.

"We've been raising your LITERAL bastard child after that idiot Cardin got to you!" Alex yelled back.

"Love you too, Dad." Auburn stated, rolling her eyes.

"WHAT?!" Ruby gasped.

"...Wait, was that sarcasm?" Yang wondered.

"If you're raising a small child, shouldn't you be doing literally anything else? Seriously, I'm not even sure these future ones should be here, same goes for the small child horses." Wildcat asked.

"Speaking of that jackass, you scared him off, didn't you?" Yang asked.

"Yeah, if by 'scared off' you mean 'flat-out killed'." Oreonna rolled her eyes.

"Even better! Why didn't you let me get a kick in?!" Yang added.

"Yeah! Sure! I could've absolutely asked you while you were passed out!" Alex replied scathingly.

"Hold on, phone call!" Twilight ran over to her communicator as everyone set out to defend the castle.

"Great! Perfect! Now if anyone else has something to add, get it out of the way now!" Alex yelled, a vein popping out of his forehead.

"Kat needs us in Cairo. Morning Star is still there, a monster and some sort of super weapon are killing a bunch of her men, and worst of all, the Nexus is holed up in an ancient pyramid." Twilight explained.

Alex stared apprehensively at Twilight.

"God dammit, Twilight." Alex groaned.

Ultimus charged out of his transport, sprinting and punching Alex hard in the face.

"You bastard! Did you think you'd get away so easily?!" He roared as Auburn and Cade held him back.

"We were in a rush, you over-zealous c**kbite!" Yang scowled.

Vanoss and his friend stared in disbelief at Alex's situation.

"Holy f**k, they're parents." Moo gaped.

"I guess that explains how Auburn got so.. Auburn-y.." Droidd added.

"I just... I can't.." Ohm tried to process the incident before him, utterly confused.

Alex turned around to face Ohm and Fourzer0.

"Okay, who the f**k are they?" Alex groaned.

"This is Ohm and Fourzer0." Vanoss introduced.

"If there's anyone here who needs counseling or some shit, it's clearly you." Fourzer0 said.

Alex smirked.

"Yeah, you're getting the idea." Alex nodded in agreement.

"Hi, Mr. Alex!" Applebloom greeted.

Alex stared down at the adolescent ponies in front of him.

"... And who are they?" Alex asked Twilight.

"That's Sweetie Belle, Rarity's little sister." She replied.

"I'm Scootaloo, I was friends with Rainbow Dash." Scootaloo greeted solemnly.

"And I'm Applebloom.. I'm Applejack's little sister!" She added.

Alex audibly winced.

"So... You all knew Dash, Applejack, and Rarity, huh..?" Alex sighed.

These three were still children. And they lost their role-models and family... All because of him.. Being a parent now, himself. Alex suddenly couldn't bear the idea of them dying.

The three nodded.

"Don't worry. I won't make the same mistakes I made with them. Stay close to Twilight, Yang, Ruby, Vanoss, or me. Got it?" He asked them, determined that these fillies wouldn't meet the same fate their families had.

"Okay." Applebloom nodded.

"How charming, Saigo. But we have business to attend to!" Ultimus scowled.

"Can we not do this right now, Ultimus?! " Alex shouted.

"I don't know, can you drop dead?!" He retorted.

"Oreonna, tell him what an asshole he's being." Alex scowled.

"Nah, this is more your problem than mine." Oreonna shrugged.

"Go f**k yourself!" Alex hollered back.

Twilight stared at Alex as he argued with Ultimus and now Oreonna.

"Ahem.. We have work to do, everyone.." Twilight whispered as everyone decided to head out through the back entrance.

"Well, that's my cue. Find the next flight home." Alex shrugged.

Ultimus growled.

"WE'RE NOT DONE HERE, EMPHAS SCUM!!" He yelled.

Alex reached into his pocket and threw $20 in quarters at Ultimus as he left.

"There! Toll's paid! Now f**k off!" Alex shouted over his shoulder.

Author's Notes:

Welp, Alex is going to earth for the first time in years, and the main villain of this Arc is going to be revealed!

Will Alex break down upon going back? Probably.

Find out for sure on the next 'exciting' chapter of Blood Red Shadows 2!

(I really need to get this into swing, the first 4 chapters of this Arc were basically outlines of prep-time and backstory)

Edit:

This last scene is either funny or sad. Funny being how utterly dysfunctional Alex and Yang are, or sad being how utterly dysfunctional Alex and Yang are.