*Cairo, Egypt; May 31, 2019; 7:45 PM*

Alex and his group strayed into the city to avoid confrontation in the battlefield, at least for the moment.

"Alright, everyone. Here's the plan. As soon as the fighting starts, get Yang somewhere safe, and you kids stay away. I'll handle whatever's out there until-" Alex began.

"The f**k are you talking about?! Someone or something is trying to kill you, and you want me to get somewhere safe?!" Yang objected.

"One: You're a mother. And two: let's face it, I have a shorter lifespan than Twilight's sane streak." Alex scoffed.

"So what?!" Yang retorted.

"Here we go.." Cade rolled his eyes, grabbing his Conductor and checking the corners of the long deserted buildings.

"The hell do you mean 'so what'?! I can't have someone killing both you and Auburn, Oreonna would kill me!" Alex defended.

"Oh, that's your excuse. Not a colossal tin-man, but a short-ass neko is going to kill you?!" Yang shouted.

"I would, though." Oreonna admitted.

"Wait a second, who's your father..? I don't remember Neo finding a Faunus husband.." Yang wondered.

"Tukson Delsole." Oreonna replied.

"The bookseller?" Alex gaped.

"Yep." Auburn confirmed.

"Huh. Remind me to go back to Vale, I gotta get the next 'Man With Two Souls' book." Alex nodded.

"Wait a second, what were we talking about before?" Cade asked.

"This 'Monster' was found leaving the back entrance of the pyramid and heading into the city." Auburn replied evenly.

"Okay, then... Stay together, watch every entrance, this guy could come from anywhere.." Alex nodded, unsheathing Thunderbolt.

"You won't have to look far." A familiar voice threatened as everyone heard a loud crash to their right.

A large, man-shaped metal blob growled angrily as it started to take shape.

"Wait a second... He sounds familiar..!" Alex gaped as the massive metallic blob started to form a person.

The blob finally converted into the shape of an 8-foot tall, brawny man as it's skin slowly changed from a metallic shine to human skin and hair, before it took on a familiar face.

"Private Walker." Jäger scowled.

Alex stared on in horror.

"J-Jäger..!" Alex gasped.

"You know this thing?!" Cade gaped.

"Oh.. So you're this 'Jäger' I've heard about..! I'm Yang!" Yang waved.

"What, trying to lighten the mood?" Jäger scathingly remarked.

"Aw, C'mon! Can't we just get along?" Oreonna asked.

"Really, this is how you two handle someone trying to kill me!" Alex scoffed.

"You know what..? I'll let Blondie go, besides, Walker's my kill." Jäger shrugged.

A green and grey blur quickly zipped past Jäger, hacking his back and creating a huge spark.

"Would you care to repeat that, you waste of junkyard scrap-metal?" Another familiar voice scoffed.

"Oh, who has the balls?!" Jäger growled.

Ultimus turned back from the store entrance he was facing and scowled at Jäger.

"This isn't your fight, you failed science experiment. Saigo's my prey, back off now while I'm still offering you a chance." Ultimus warned.

"That bastard dropped a carrier on my face, Zeta! I'm not letting you take that away from me!" Jäger shouted.

Ultimus laughed.

"If you think I'll stand by and let my last chance of gaining any respect die in front of me, you're sorely mistaken." Ultimus threatened.

"Oh, crap.." Alex gaped.

From what it seemed, both enemies would be trying to kill him.

"Oreonna, get Yang out of here." Alex ordered.

"Like hell I'm going anywhere!" Yang shouted, loading her weapons just as the others did.

"Auburn and I came too far just to let you die again!" Cade added.

Ultimus scowled at Jäger, before turning back to glare at Alex.

"You will die as you lived. In cowardice, begging for your life." He threatened.

Alex braced himself. He wouldn't let them kill anyone.

"Bring it." Alex growled angrily.

*Meanwhile*

Twilight flew inside the back entryway of the Pyramid with the other Elements. They opted to move away from the battle once this back entrance had been discovered so they could deal with anything Morning Star could throw at them.

"This way..! We should be able to find something to use against the Nexus!" Twilight said as Fluttershy got to work looking for anything suspicious.

Pinkie practically bounced towards a broken-down wall, looking in and finding nothing.

"Girls, stay quiet. We don't know who or what is still in here.." Twilight warned the new additions.

"Okay, Princess Twilight.." Applebloom answered.

"We might need to split up.. To cover more ground.." Scootaloo suggested, peering into an emptied armory.

"Sounds good. C'mon, Fluttershy..!" Applebloom moved to Fluttershy's side as the two crept slowly to the right.

"Sweetie Belle.. This way..!" Pinkie nodded to the young unicorn filly.

"I guess that leaves you and me, Scootaloo." Twilight walked side by side with the orange Pegasus further down into the depths.

Twilight and Scootaloo found themselves lost quickly as they wandered around the darkness of the pyramids.

"It's kinda scary.. Why aren't there anypony guarding anything..?" Scootaloo wondered out loud as the two wandered in the darkness of the ancient pyramid.

"They're all out front... This facility is larger than I thought.." Twilight figured.

"But it isn't completely unguarded, Princess Twilight Sparkle." Morning Star stepped out of one of the rooms with her saddlebags.

"You're the one who killed Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo shouted as she flew at Morning Star, bucking her as hard as possible.

The white and orange unicorn skidded backwards, placing one back leg against a wall to keep her from crashing into it.

"Princess.. I will confess I was a lot like you once.. Accepted as Celestia's student.. Guaranteed to excel at any challenge in front of me! But unlike you or that coward Sunset Shimmer, I have the means and foresight to achieve my own ambitions!" Morning Star shouted, using her magic to pull out both a crystalline red and black crown and a very familiar artifact.

"T-The Alicorn Amulet?!" Twilight gasped.

Morning Star grinned.

"So you aren't completely blind to dark magic. There is one secret about this Amulet that even Celestia was unaware of.. The Amulet was just one of two parts to grant it's user power matching even a Princess like yourself!" Morning Star grinned wickedly.

"But why?! Is it really worth losing yourself to the Amulet's magic?!" Scootaloo gasped.

"I was cast out of Celestia's tutilege for my views on Dark magic! To make things worse, you and that pest Walker destroyed my new home and killed my friends! You will pay for what you've done, Sparkle!!" Morning Star put on the Alicorn Amulet with a loud clink, and placed the crown on her head as soon as the Amulet's magic started to show.

Twilight and Scootaloo could only stare in horror as the Unicorn underwent a painful transformation into an alicorn.

Wings snapped out of her sides as she grew several feet taller, laughing maniacally as her magic overloaded and blew out the back end of the Pyramid.

Several Nexus soldiers looked in horror as their new leader destroyed the area around where she had ascended.

Twilight stared in horror as the final changes took place.

By the end, Morning Star had gained several feet in height and grew large wings. Her coat had changed from pure white to soot gray, and her mane went from yellow-orange to a fiery red-orange. Her eyes had changed as well, from turquoise blue to bright red.

"When I find that artifact, this world is history! And Equestria will be next on the chopping block! There's nothing you can do to stop me, Princess!" Morning Star sneered as Twilight stood to face the Inquisitor.

"I won't let you do this..! I won't let you destroy everything out of your own fury!" Twilight shouted."

"Fine, then! You and your friends will die with this sad little rock!" Morning Star roared, flying at full speed towards Twilight and Scootaloo.

*Earlier, outside the Pyramids*

Vanoss yelled as he tore through the crowd, using his upgraded PPSh to mow through the hordes of enemies before Delirious ran through, firing his Zeus Cannon and throwing other Nexus troops aside.

Kat hip-fired her sniper, tearing through several enemies at once, with her metallic, bird-like Sentinels clawing through more foes.

"Ruby, show them what you've got!" Kat shouted as another batallion charged over a nearby dune.

Ruby loaded her upgraded scythe, Blood Rose, and leaped high into the air, zipping down towards the crowd so fast that her cape could only be seen as a large red line that cut into the center of the crowd, hacking a great deal of Nexus troops apart.

Weiss skewered a few other Nexus soldiers, shoving the bodies off her sword and summoning a giant suit of armor that kicked more troops up and hacked others to bits.

Blake, on the other hand, fired Gambol Shroud into a group before practically teleporting behind them, and hacking the collective bunch into pieces with her ex-mentor's weapon; Wilt and Blush.

Kat ran towards the huntresses.

"The last of my men are dead..! We're the only ones left!" Kat worriedly shuddered, loading her sniper again.

Vanoss and company cornered with them, weapons loaded and pointed towards their enemies.

"Oh, crap.." Vanoss gaped.

"Collaborators of the SCP Foundation! This is your only chance to surrender! Drop your weapons!!" A Nexus patrolman ordered.

"What do we do..?" Ruby stared in awe at the crowd around them.

Kat's face went pale as she looked to see every side littered with Nexus Troops.

"I... I don't know.." Kat gasped.

Suddenly, a large explosion ripped the pyramid apart, leaving behind a grey and red-orange Alicorn standing in the rubble, magic energy destroying everything.

"Oh, shit!!" Moo gasped as everyone quickly ducked down.

By the time Kat had gained the will to look, Twilight and Scootaloo were being bombarded by the Alicorn, leaving the Nexus crew to watch.

"Hey..! Something's happening over in the city, too!" A Nexus soldier gasped.

"Kat..! Any ideas now?" Ohm whispered.

"Head back to base..! There's too much going on, we have to find the Eye!" Kat ordered as everyone shuffled away from the crowds observing both battles.

"What eye?!" Vanoss demanded.

Author's Notes:

So, just a recap... It's Alex and co. Vs. Jäger and Ultimus next chapter, with The Elements, Huntresses, Gamers, and Kat vs. Morning Star in the last part..

We're in this for the long-ish haul!

(Still, it's good Twilight and the others are starting to be in the spotlight again..! Story was kinda leaning towards Alex and Yang's story arc..)

Until next time!

-The Destoyer