*Cairo, Egypt; May 31, 2019; 8:05 PM*

Kat stared in terror as Twilight flew up to fight the newly empowered Morning Star. Turning back to face Vanoss and company, she crouched down and motioned them to do the same.

"I have to find that artifact, otherwise Morning Star's going to kill us all..! Delirious, Terroriser, Nogla, and Ohm, come with me. The rest of you cover Twilight and try to slow Morning Star down!" Kat ordered as she ran off with her friends.

"Twilight Sparkle, you are going to fight me alone? How... Gutless." Morning Star grinned as her eyes continued to glow an ominous red color.

"You had every chance to forget all of this and run, but you still didn't change. I don't want to do this, but all I can do now is save my friends... And kill you." Twilight solemnly flew up, firing bolts of magic on her way and bucking Morning Star in the side.

The dark alicorn didn't budge.

"What?!" Twilight gasped.

"Bad move." Morning Star scowled, grabbing Twilight with her magic and flinging her at the pyramid.

In one of the trenches in Dig Site Y, Vanoss had snuck in with his group, loading their upgraded weapons.

"Okay, guys... We'll beat this horse f**ker with a well thought out, air-tight, overly convoluted plan. Lui, what we got?" Vanoss asked.

"The tunnel systems in each dig site are apparently connected by an underground tunnel system beneath the Dig Sites. We could split up, look for vantage points, use whatever the Nexus guys had lying around, and-" Lui figured, now turning to face the crowd.

"DIIIIIIE!!!!" Vanoss screamed, unloading his upgraded PPSh at the Alicorn.

"LEGGO MY WAFFLE!!" FourZer0 shouted, shooting his Wunderwaffe DG-3 at the Alicorn as well.

"What about the plan?!" Lui asked.

"F**k your plans!" Mini Ladd yelled, wielding his upgraded death machine.

Lui shrugged, grabbing his Pack-A-Punched Locus and shooting Morning Star.

"Now, this is unexpected. Do you really think you can stop me with those useless trinkets?" Their enemy asked scathingly, firing a magic burst towards the dig site.

Everyone quickly ducked to avoid the oncoming blast, and ran further underground.

Ruby, Weiss, and Blake themselves leaped up to fight the Alicorn as well. Slashing, shooting, anything they could do to stop Morning Star.

"What did I just say?!" Morning Star surrounded herself with dark energy, which quickly expanded outwards and sent the three huntresses down below.

Ruby flipped, firing her upgraded scythe at the ground, propelling her towards Morning Star, allowing her to easily hack at her neck.

Ruby was immediately surrounded by a dark ball of magic, and flung back down to the ground at such a high speed, that all anyone saw was a blur.

"Ruby!" Weiss gasped, arranging a series of glyphs that encircled Morning Star.

"What is this..?" Morning Star wondered, using a spell to analyze one of them.

Weiss nodded towards Blake, who ran up to the closest glyph with Wilt sheathed.

Blake immediately zipped upwards, bouncing from one glyph to the other in rapid succession. For a second, it looked like Blake would actually kill her.

Instead, as soon as Blake readied herself for a killing blow, she was surrounded by dark magic. The sinister energy constricted her lungs until Morning Star merely flung her into the ground.

The impact left a massive crater in the sand, with a badly wounded huntress at it's epicenter.

"Blake..!" Ruby glared at Morning Star, her eyes beginning to glow silver.

Morning Star instantly teleported in front of Ruby, generating a powerful spell.

"I don't think so." The dark alicorn glared, firing a wave of dark energy at the huntress, obliterating the surrounding area and reducing the girl to a broken heap on the ground.

"I saw everything relating to Arabus and his death. I have to say, I haven't seen magic that powerful from a human before. It's been fun, but you are useless to me now." Morning Star glared, charging another blast that was meant to finish her off.

Sweetie Belle teleported Applebloom at Morning Star's side, who bucked the alicorn away.

Scootaloo flew in from the other side of the pyramid, kicking the Alicorn away again, with Sweetie Belle waiting for her at the bottom, firing a spell that held her in place. The spell held on for only a second until Morning Star broke out of it.

"You brats!!" Morning Star screamed in rage, only for Pinkie Pie to shoot the party cannon at her, blinding the Alicorn with confetti.

"Fluttershy! Now!" Scootaloo yelled.

Twilight fired a spell at Morning Star, leaving the two at a standstill as suddenly, a large beam of white light descended from the skies.

"Everypony, get back!" Twilight yelled as the beam of solar energy crashed down on the Alicorn, the darkening skies now bright as ten suns.

"Now!" Vanoss yelled from Dig Site W.

The mortars and gating cannons from the various dig sites suddenly shot at the Alicorn, firing shell after shell at the Alicorn.

"DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA!!!" Basically yelled as the cannons kept blowing the alicorn apart.

Ruby pulled herself up, the black cloak she had been wearing now torn, revealing an under suit similar to what she had worn back in Los Santos when they fought Arabus. Coughing and aiming her scythe, she attacked Morning Star as soon as the solar cannon flickered away.

All the while, Twilight stared hopelessly at the volley of attacks her friends were dealing out.

"It might seem like we're doing okay now, but Morning Star is an immortal on par with the likes of Celestia.. I hope what Kat finds will help.." Twilight thought.

"So, what exactly are we supposed to find..?" Delirious asked, throwing a rock to the side.

Kat sighed.

"This is and should be among the best-kept secrets among the SCP Foundation, but because I know you guys well enough... I'll tell you." Kat began.

The group kept shockingly silent, stopping their search.

"Legend has it that an Ancient Egyptian artifact was buried somewhere near the Pyramids, an artifact which bestowed immense, godlike power to a person every thousand years or so. It's a small jewel shaped like a lion's eye. They called it the 'Eye of Sekhmet'." Kat explained.

"The eye of what?" Nogla asked.

"Wait... Do you guys know anything about- you know what, f**k it." Kat shrugged.

"No, c'mon, what were you gonna say?" Terroriser rolled his eyes.

Kat grumbled to herself in annoyance.

"Sekhmet was an Ancient Egyptian war god! This artifact should give us a power boost capable of turning someone into a demigod! Or, in Morning Star's case.." Kat trailed off in horror.

"An actual f**king demon war god or some shit." Ohm gaped.

"Which is why we need to find it now!" Kat yelled as she hurriedly dug through the rock with her bare hands desperately.

Nobody happened to notice the two Nexus troops in their search, hiding behind another formation.

"Dammit! I shoulda never trusted that pretentious horse piece of shit!" The first kicked at a rock formation.

"We're all gonna die because some idiot kids waged some kinda alternate dimensional Crusade or something stupid..!" The second scowled.

"Well, in times like these, we've gotta make the right choice.." The first decided.

"The right choice..? What would that... No." The second shook his head in disbelief.

"C'mon, it's not like we were gonna use that damn thing anyways! I still think that most of those legends are BS anyway!" The first retorted.

"Dammit, you're right. Give it to the kid." The second groaned.

The first Nexus soldier stepped out of the darkness.

"Hey! Hands in the f**kin' air!" Delirious ordered.

"We're... Look, we get it. Morning Star's a f**kin' psychopath! We just needed the money.." The second defended.

"We found your rock." The first sighed.

Kat looked up from her sniper scope.

"You're bluffing." Kat glared.

"Look, lady! Since that bullshit back in 2016, work hasn't come that easy! We barely had any choice!" The first glared.

"Yeah, it was either this, linking up with some other psychopath, or going through that immigration BS in the Federation!" The second yelled.

"So.. You really want to defect?" Kat asked.

The entire room rolled their eyes.

"Yes!" Everyone yelled back indignantly.

"I can get not having a good job. Give 'em a chance." Nogla decided.

"Yeah, they seem kinda normal.." Terroriser decided.

"Look, just take your gem, kill whatever the f**k is out there! and find us some work!" The first soldier finally begged.

Kat sighed, taking the gem in her hand.

"What are your names?" Kat asked.

"I'm Hughes, and this is Krieger." The first soldier, Burke, told her.

"Listen, Hughes, Find a man named Alex Walker. He's in the city right now and probably could use some backup, help him with whatever he needs. Krieger, you're with us! You two are hired!" Kat yelled, sniper in one arm, and gem in the other.

"You heard the girl, go!" Krieger told Burke as he ran off towards the city.

"Why don't you flies just give up?!" Morning Star boasted.

Kat loaded her sniper again, sneaking through the dunes nearby with the gem in hand. None of the documents she had been given provided a way to activate it herself, so she kept it safe with her.

"I won't give up! We will stop you!" Twilight screamed, firing magic bolts at the Dark Alicorn.

She crawled, hunkering down on one side of a dune before running to the next one, the desert heat now completely irrelevant.

Blake finally staggered up from her crater, clutching Wilt and sheathing it.

"H-H-Have to fight..." Blake gasped and shook.

"Get back! Get back!" Vanoss ordered, ducking down as the Dig Site was blasted.

"IT'S GOROD TIME, MOTHERF**KERS!!!!" Wildcat yelled, grabbing a Javelin and shooting Morning Star.

Kat ducked, narrowly avoiding the missile as she saw Blake trudge towards their enemy.

Blake continued to press forward, slowly gaining the energy to fight.

"Die.." Blake demanded, charging at Morning Star.

Morning Star charged a spell, and pointed her horn at the advancing huntress.

"Blake!!" Weiss gasped, using her glyphs to catch up.

She had to try. She had to move her out of the way.

Morning Star shot the spell, blowing them both apart.

Kat gasped in horror.. Two huntresses, among the strongest and bravest she ever knew died right in front of her.

Twilight, completely enraged, flew up to avenge her fallen friends, was blown out of the sky with another spell, her right wing blew off completely.

Kat dropped her sniper rifle. Two had died and one was out of commission. She gazed hopelessly at the scene before her.

"Twilight Sparkle. Your demise, like theirs, was an inevitability. A failure waiting to happen. It must be humbling to say the least to have come so far, only to see everything you worked for wiped away in the blink of an eye." Morning Star grinned wickedly.

Kat's fear quickly turned to anger, anger at the loss of her comrades. She quickly picked up her sniper.

"I warned you what would happen, my little princess, yet here we are. Sorry, Twilight, but you're just another one of Celestia's failures." The Dark Alicorn grinned, preparing another spell that would end the Princess of Friendship forever.

Kat suddenly heard a loud 'ping!' from her pocket, the Eye of Sekhmet had shattered inside!

Kat fumbled into her pocket, holding only a lion's eye and shattered glass in her hand.

Then it began to glow a bright yellow-orange color.

The glow surrounded Kat, leaving her feeling warm in the desert heat. Not hot, but warm.

"Young warrior. You face impossible odds, yet you still found the courage to pick up your weapon. Not only that, but lead an army for the cause of protecting the ones you love. I only choose one to bestow my powers every 1000 years, and you are worthy of being the next." A strong, female voice spoke to her.

Kat knew the voice instantly.

"S-Sekhmet.." Kat realized.

Morning Star turned around, irritated, but stared in horror once she saw what Kat held, and what she was becoming.

"Impossible..! You found the Eye of Sekhmet?!" The Alicorn gasped in terror.

The yellow orange glow eventually seeped into her hair, once a darker brown. The light surrounded her body, giving her the outline of a lioness-human mixture, finally she opened her eyes, now like the one in her hand, which turned to stone and crumbled in her hand.

Kat glared at Morning Star, amber outline of a tail flickering side-to-side.

"Furry!" Vanoss yelled.

Kat paid him no mind, only focused on her enemy alone.

"W-Who are you?! What are you?!!" The Alicorn gasped in horror.

"You should know who I am. My name is Katherine Anderson, Director of the SCP Foundation, and you've just signed your death warrant."

Kat sped towards the Alicorn, slashing at her with light-claws, before kicking the Alicorn into the skies.

At incredible speeds, Kat ascended upwards, leaving burnt claw-marks into her side before scratching away at her wings, burning them clean off and leaving Morning Star falling to the ground.

Kat sped towards the ground, spinning around and smacking the now-Unicorn with her tail into the Pyramid, destroying it as Kat raced across the desert, flinging tons of sand at Morning Star and clawing her back and sides.

Kat, expressionless, finally kicked Morning Star over, and using one light-claw, sliced the ex-Alicorn chin to tail, turning as she bled nearly to death.

"You have only a few minutes left to live, Morning Star. While you're on your way to hell, think about what you did." Kat scowled as the amber glow left her body, receding into a tattoo-like mark on her right hand.

Kat took both the Alicorn Amulet and the Crown from the dying unicorn, staring into her eyes as the unicorn finally expired.

Kat turned around to find Alex and Yang's family, Ruby, and the unharmed members of the Elements of Harmony.

"I have a number of questions." Alex commented bluntly.

"Yeah, same here." Yang shrugged.

"That was awesome!! You were all 'hiyaa!' and Morning Star was all 'Aah! You foiled my plans!'!" Ruby smiled proudly.

Kat smirked at Ruby, nodding slightly.

"Well, I'll just say this. I finally closed the gap." Kat nodded.

*Schnee Family Crypt; Atlas, Remnant; June 5, 2019; 3:00 PM*

"... And may we honor the lives of two brave huntresses-in-training, forever." Winter solemnly sighed as the service continued.

Alex sighed, twitching uncomfortably in the suit he wore as he held his two bouquets for the fallen.

Yang sat to his side, clutching his arm rather tightly.

"I know, I'll miss them, too." Alex mumbled, pulling her into a hug.

Ruby held Yang's hand as well, and Alex felt a pang of sorrow for both of them.

"We were stronger and more powerful than they could reach alone.. We should have done more to help them." Alex thought painfully.

He could've saved them, he could've protected everyone.

Instead, he was swept up in his wrathful slaughter of the Inquisition and had been too exhausted to fight after their encounter with Jäger and Ultimus.

Maybe all of this was his fault.

Cade, Auburn, and Oreonna stared in discomfort at the scene before them, and Alex knew exactly why.

They had seem them die once already.

"Is this the first time they've been able to pay their respects..?" Alex wondered.

One by one, the procession moved to the two caskets. It took some talking on Ruby and Yang's part, but they managed convince Weiss' father to have Blake buried with her teammate in the Schnee Crypt.

Alex took the two bouquets and led his family towards the two caskets, placing the white roses with Weiss' casket and the Belladonnas with Blake's. He felt his eyes almost water.

"Dammit, I promised myself I wouldn't do this." Alex winced, blinking as if a speck of dust got in his eye.

Yang, of course, knew better.

"You really weren't kidding when you said you missed them, did you?" Yang asked.

Alex sighed.

"This isn't the time or place to kid." Alex commented.

Kat walked up next to them.

"It's been a pain, but I did get Mr. Schnee his 'compensation fee' from the SCP. I had to sell him some of our safer containments, but it's the least I could do." Kat commented.

"I get 'ya. Mr. Schnee wanted me to pay him 15% of whatever I make for the next 6 months." Alex nodded.

"So... What now..?" Kat asked him.

"I'll find Cinder myself and settle this. I don't want to see another 'Cairo' ever again." Alex told her.

"Like hell. I'm going with you." Yang slugged his arm.

"Yang, this shouldn't even be a discussion." Alex commented.

"If this is about Auburn, I can handle taking care of her, at least for a little while." Kat shrugged, referring to the child she still carried.

"I'm not making you do anything yet. Obviously, I'm going to prepare first." Alex told her.

"Oh, thank god." Kat sighed in relief.

"So, I'll train and do some odd jobs for the next year or so, but then I'm taking Cinder down and ending the bullshit there." Alex confidently figured.

"Odd jobs?" Yang asked.

"I'll find us a place to stay temporarily. That is, if you're willing to deal with my crap for another year." Alex commented.

"I took your crap this long, right? And besides, dimensional gate companies scrape for money so much they'll charge you a fortune for your emotional baggage." Yang grinned.

Alex glared at Yang.

"God dammit, Yang." Alex groaned.

Author's Notes:

And there! The climax of the Nexus Saga!

Kat's a furry. That's a thing.

Also, I'm a terrible f**king person.

No judgement.

-The Destoyer