Today was the day. Me and Luna, along with Rose, and Field Note, were on our way to Ponyville with the extra two suits in tow.

The other day, there wasn't much to do, so I stayed with Luna and we ended up playing Super Smash Ultimate for almost the whole day. Let me say, she's gotten better since the last time I played against her. She was getting to the point where I almost had to bring out Lucina to win.

She was sore after that, but was still a good sport about it.

We were pretty much boarded up inside my room until we ran out of pizza and drinks. The latter which helped me win against Luna when she drank it. I never knew that she could eat that much, let alone drink as much as she did.

In all honesty, I thought she was going to get liver poisoning, but she miraculously didn't.

And the more she drank, the more aggressive her advances were in trying to sleep with me were. I managed, but only barely when I had to put her to sleep. And then she passed out instantly and I was left to clean the room with little to no help from anyone.

Well, the maids offered, but I told them that I should do it, and to have a good rest of the day off with a bonus for dealing with a drunk Luna harassing them about their favorite sex positions. In all honesty, I probably shouldn't have let her order alcohol in the first place, had I known that she would say that. Oh well, not like I knew anyways.

Anyways, we were heading to Ponyville in a small chariot that would land just outside to not be noticed, and close enough to not be a long walk from Ponyville to our rendezvous point with Thunderlane and Blossomforth.

I had wanted to stop by and talk to Ditzy, but Luna said that I couldn't, for the sake of the mission and secrecy.

I agreed reluctantly, and I had Thunderlane and Blossomforth test their armors that were assigned to them.

It wasn't going too well.

"Your Highness! The suit is pretty constricting, are you sure we can't wear our regular royal attire?" Blossomforth asked, squirming in her suit as it tried to fit to her size.

"Sir, why does my suit tag say Shining the kiss ass?" Thunderlane asked.

"Your Highness, permission to speak?" Rose asked, her heartbeat monitor going in a smooth pace.

"Granted." I said, watching the two others awkwardly move around in their suits.

Rose seemed to pause for a second, also watching the two of them struggle.

"Couldn't you have given me a little more time for this mission?" She asked.

"What doth thou mean, Crescent Rose?" Luna asked, a hung over, and tired look in her eyes.

"I think she means that she's tired. Don't Night Guards sleep through the day?" I asked.

"Normally, yes, but we can sleep through the night as well." Rose said.

"Alright, Blossomforth! Thunderlane! Quit messing around and get over here. Did you run the Tutorial like I asked?" I said, feeling my armor fold around my body with the exception of my head.

"Sorry sir, but this armor isn't really working with me."

"Me too." Blossomforth added.

"I know that this isn't my armor, but I'm fascinated with the amount of storage that's available on the suit. It's doesn't seem possible!" Field Note said, just sitting there and going through the settings. She must've found the storage.

"Well, get used to it. We leave in ten, so move around to get a feel for the armor." I said, setting a timer in my, and everyone's visor.

Once the timer finished, we set out to the COTTRPS, at a relatively steady pace.

Blossomforth and Thunderlane had gotten used to their armor, Rose was just following us, Field Note was still going through the armor's storage capabilities, and Luna and I were talking to each other through our mics, with our armor fully folded.

When I was repairing my armor, I made it bulkier for this trip. I wasn't sure what we would come across, but I knew for sure that it wouldn't want to mess with us.

After about an hour's worth of just walking, it was time to eat.

Now, I wasn't sure who brought the MREs, but was thankful that they did. Apparently, both Thunderlane and Blossomforth had forgotten to eat breakfast and were starting to show signs of hunger, if what their armor was telling me was correct.

"Blossomforth, Thunderlane, eat these. I know you two skipped breakfast." I said, stopping the group for a bit.

"Yes sir." They both said, sounding relieved that I brought it up.

"Anyone else?" I asked.

I got a simple no from them.

After they ate, we kept walking.

"Dear Franz, why don't we have any Earth Pony Guards with us?" She said, her voice sounding slightly static.

"Well, normally they would have to fight without having an option to leave. Unicorn and Pegasi can either Teleport or Fly away to avoid danger. We wouldn't have a problem since we can do either." I explained, keeping an eye on my motion tracker.

"And what about our weapons? What do they have?" She asked.

"Plasma blades, a small shoulder plasma cannon, and enhanced strength, and speed. That, and more protection from the average Joe." I said.

"Ah, very well." She said, making me smile and hearing her giggle.

As the sun began to cross midday, I decided to let them take a small break. I watched as they mingled and shared stories with one another.

"Your Highness, what will we do when we get to the COTTRPS?" Rose asked.

"We're looking for a weapons cache. Mostly things of interest, and whatever we can bring back that's valuable." I answered her.

"What about if we come across somepony who claimed the lost land?" Rose continued.

"Then let me and Luna handle it." I said, checking my motion tracker again for the tenth time. Better to be safe than sorry.

Once lunch was finished, we went onward. Not much was said, only the occasional murmur of either disgust, or curiosity,

We were about halfway there, when I got a ping from Twilight.

Why are you in the Everfree Forest with Luna? She asked.

I'm in Canterlot. I think it may be a bug in the system. I'm doing maintenance for a few days, so everything will be a little off for a while, sorry for the inconvenience. I sent back.

"What was that." Asked Field Note, a bit of confusion in her voice.

"A Direct Message from a friend. Don't worry about it." I said, playing down Twilight's interruption.

I set the pings to go to vibration instead of sound. Hopefully, there won't be any more distractions from her for a bit. I got a message from her a moment later.

Okay! I hope that you'll be able to fix this soon! See you later! She sent.

I checked my Motion Tracker again and noticed something different. There was a red blip just outside the edge on my Trackers field. Going into settings, I increased my range, and what I saw kind of scared me.

There were twelve individual blips that were stalking us for who knows long. I decided to keep an eye on them, and decided to lure them out myself.

"We're being followed." I said, catching their attention. All of their heartbeat monitors spiked, and I got several sideways looks.

"What do you mean, followed?" Field Note asked, her voice giving the hint of fear.

"Probably the local wildlife. If anything, they're probably some wolves."

"Should we take care of this problem. Dear Franz?" Luna asked. It was close to the afternoon, and we were almost to the COTTRPS.

"Nah, we'll keep going until they become problematic."

A spear landed right near us, almost hitting me in my leg.

"Or we can take care of it right now I guess." I said, looking at the crudely made spear. What could have thrown this?

"I think that's a Diamond Dog spear." Rose said.

"Okay. Activate Weapons System, 1, 2, 3, and 4." I called, watching their Plasma cannons pop out of their shoulders.

"Light it up! Stun shots!" I called, hearing the stun rounds hit all of these Diamond Dogs with precise accuracy.

We all heard them yelp in pain, and the blips dissipated. Those weren't stun shots, were they.

"Should we check on them?" Blossomforth asked.

"Nah, they'll wake up in a few minutes. Let's keep moving." I said, the guilty look on my face take over.

"Art thee sure?"

"Quite. Now, let's get a move on." I said, wanting to leave them be. I wasn't sure why I thought I had equipped them with Stun Rounds. Those were plasma shots.

'I think just killed them.' I thought, feeling the guilt begin to eat at me.

Pushing that feeling down, I continued to lead them to the COTTRPS, where we would hopefully find what we were here for.

We entered a clearing and saw the COTTRPS up ahead, which Field note obviously pointed out.

I checked my motion tracker again. I had a feeling that we were being followed, and that those 'Diamond Dogs' were a distraction. Now, it could just be my paranoia, but I didn't want to take any chances.

"Wait here." I said, making a drone come out of my armor and fly over.

Blossomforth and Thunderlane gave me odd looks, while Rose and Field Note gave me interested ones.

Sending the drone out, I made a quick sweep. There wasn't anything that seemed out of place so far, but I was seeing something moving just outside a collapsed wall before losing contact with my drone.

"Something's here. Prime your weapons. This could get bad really quick." I said, my armor forming the disk launcher.

They did the same with their Plasma Cannons, Luna with her twin swords, and we went to the bridge.

Now, the only one who was concerned was Field Note. Her heartbeat monitor was telling she was anxious.

We crossed and I told them both to stay. They may have advanced armor, but they're not invincible.

Luna, however, didn't want me to.

"Luna, please, I need you to stay here with the Guards. Keep Field Note safe as well." I said, hoping that my direct order would keep her here.

"Nay, if we are to go into our old home, then we shall go as a group. I will not have you leave us so easily." She said, holding firm.

"I don't want any of you to get hurt. I want all of you to be safe." I delegated, not wanting her to be here at all. Something didn't feel right. As if there was something there that was really dangerous.

"We shall not be injured. This armor that thou have provided will be enough to put whomever we find at a disadvantage. We are coming with you, my orders." She stated.

"Fine, on one condition."

"Name it."

"You have to stay be my side at all times. That included you guys as well." I said, looking over to the rest of the group.

"Yes, sir!" They all saluted.

"Very well. Let us move along now." Luna said, taking a step forward.

We went to the door of the COTTRPS, and gently opened it.

There wasn't anything here, except for the bits of stone that had fallen and the eroded walls and rooms.

'Somewhere around here.' I thought.

'Is the weapons cache.'

I checked my Motion Tracker again. I caught a glimpse of red, before it dissipated.

Looking around, I didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

"What is it, sir?" Thunderlane asked from my side.

I paused.

"Keep an eye on your Motion Trackers. I think that something's here with us." I answered, enhancing my hearing to catch smaller things.

We were met with a three-way hallway. One to the right, forward, and left.

"Are we going to split up, sir?" Field Note asked.

"Yes. Luna, take Thunderlane and go right. Blossomforth and Rose, go forward, Field Note, you're with me." I said.

"Yes, sir!" They said.

Contact me if anything goes wrong, Dear Franz. Luna sent me.

You got it. I returned.

Once we went off, I made sure to turn on their tracking devices. Something took out my Drone, and I wanted to see what.

Field Note was huddled closely to me, seemingly scared that I took her.

"We're not going to run into anything, right?" She asked.

"Maybe, keep an eye on your Motion Tracker." I responded.

We passed several rooms, most of which were broken down and held that of no value. Nothing that interesting.

But the one thing that did seem remotely interesting, was the warped hallways, showing me that something large had come through before.

thunk

Field Note yelped, and hopped onto my back out of fear, taking me by surprise and almost making me fall.

"Please don't do that." I said, looking back at her.

"Sorry."

We kept going forward and saw a door that wasn't open.

'Likely trapped.' I thought.

"Um, sir?"

"Yes?"

"How does a motion tracker work?"

"Blue is friendly, Yellow is you, orange is unknown, and red is enemy." I answered.

"Oh."

"Why?" I asked.

"There's four red dots in there."

I looked at the door. I knew it!

"Let's go. If we don't bother them, they won't bother us."

I was wrong.

The door opened and something grabbed both me and Field Note, earning a quick yelp from her.

I was tossed to the wall, hitting it with a thwack. Field Note was also grabbed, and thrown into me.

There were four griffons here, all of them brandishing a knife or sword on their body, and a crossbow in their claws.

"A mare and her coltfriend in pretend armor, eh? How much bits you got!" Yelled one of them, pointing their crossbows at us.

Contacts. Four Griffons. Swords, knives and crossbows, little armor. I sent out to everyone excluding Twilight.

"Listen, I don't know about you four, but we would really appreciate it if you were to leave before things get bad for you four." I said, thinking of a way to keep Luna from hurting them.

"Oh really? Are ya gonna call the Royal Guard on us? Ha! Ain't nothing gonna save you until we're finished with you two." Said another one.

"Oi, aren't we 'ere because we were going to look for treasure?" Asked another one.

"Yes, but that doesn't mean that we can't have some fun either. You two can get rid of the stallion, then come back for some fun with the mare." Said the now identified leader.

They were no doubt here looting the place at the same time we were. What a coincidence.

Two of them approached me, and we were suddenly blinded by a bright flash of magic.

"Who dares attempt to interrupt our mission!" Luna yelled, Thunderlane here as well.

Field Note was shivering behind me, and the others were ready with their weapons.

"Cool, you showed up." I said, seeing them get nervous.

I saw one of them run off, probably to warn the rest of his friends.

"Thunderlane, here!" I said, pulling him back and tossing him near Field Note.

Make sure she's safe. I sent him.

I burst through the roof and went into the hallway through a hole in the ceiling. He had run off close to where my drone had lost contact.

Slowing time down to a crawl, I trailed after him, seeing him make a hasty turn.

I resumed time to keep things interesting for him. I felt like a predator chasing a prey. It was a bit wrong, but it was the thrill of the chase. I can see why humans did this.

As I turned the corner, there was an opening that led to the outside down the hall. It led to where my drone went down, so I chased him until I was practically stepping on his tail.

He stopped, hopped up, and landed on my back.

I reacted by jumping into the ceiling and probably breaking something of his.

I followed by grabbing him and spinning quickly, throwing out of the opening while he was subjected to a makeshift spin ride.

Giving chase, I collided with him, rolling a bit and using my energy dagger and cut apart his short sword he was trying to use.

In one single swipe, I knocked him out with a single blow to the head.

I got up and admired my handiwork, before looking around.

"Well shit." I said, seeing the other 6 Griffons and 5 Minotaur. There was one very large Minotaur that would have normally been able to kill me in a single blow.

They all rushed me, and I shot as many disks as I could before they got too close.

Four of them were trapped in disks, so I used my webbing to keep them at bay for a bit longer. There were a few females in here too, but hey, equal rights, equal lefts.

There was only the large Minotaur and five Griffons here.

The closest griffon tried to swing his sword at me. I ducked under and delivered an instant KO to his head.

Two more tried coming from the sides, and only got a blurred hoof to their face as I struck them down with my legs.

In one swung, someone had hit my armor in the thigh plate. A loud clang resonated, and the sword broke. His victory filled eyes turned to one of surprise, then rolled to the back of his head with several jabs and a blow to the face.

Universal Pull I thought, extending my hoof to the last griffon, who locked up, and came flying towards me.

I sidestepped, and heard him crash into his friend that was trying to get back up.

A towering shadow loomed over me, and I rolled away out of instinct.

The Minotaur had swung a large Dadou at me. Striking the ground and narrowly clipping my wings.

Apparently, I forgot to take into account that webbing can be broken, as I was grabbed by a Minotaur who held me in place.

I struggled against them, but saw that they had a good grip on me.

"Take this, Pony bastard!" The behemoth yelled, and swung his weapon at me.

My armor shot out prongs, and stabbed into the Minotaur behind me, and ripped him in half.

I felt the blood stain my armor, but I paid no mind as the sword was coming in fast.

Lowering myself as close as possible to the ground, I felt it barely pass my armor above.

I was grabbed by another Minotaur, rage in her eyes, and she threw me into the ground as hard as she could.

I didn't make a sound, since I had turned off my audio output, but that didn't mean I enjoyed being thrown around like a ragdoll.

Getting out of the small crater she put me in, I felt the sword strike the ground near me.

I activated my Arc reactors and blasted the female Minotaur away. It wouldn't kill her, but it would make her think again about attacking me.

My body reacted on its own, and my hoof shot out and punched a Griffon who was trying to get the jump on me. The knock out was immediate.

I looked at the giant and saw the Dagao coming in for the kill.

'What I'd do for Celestia.' I said and sliced the sword apart using my energy dagger.

I slowed time and gave him a whack on the back of the head for annoying me.

He fell instantly, and I looked around for any more fighters.

There was still a few more to go through, and my blood was starting to pump.

"Who else wants to get a shot in!?" I said, waving my hooves in a taunting manner.

The ones who were released charged me, and I created a Bo Staff to deter their attacks.

One tried to aim for my legs, but I flapped my wings and struck the side of his head. Another KO.

Several of them began flying, and I shot them down with my Arc reactors.

I was tacked from behind, and I crushed under a dog pile of bodies, all hitting and poking my armor with their weapons. I tried to get up, but with their constant hitting and pushing down, I wasn't able to.

Panicking, I remembered couldn't use my last resort attack, and I couldn't start cutting them apart with my energy dagger.

But what could I do!?

Checking my Motion Tracker, I saw that no-one was near me. Either Luna Thunderlane and Field Note were busy interrogating their prisoners, or they were just watching me beat them up.

I tried to crawl out, but they had me pinned. They held my body down and spread my arms and legs out.

They then started to use a pick to break away at my armor, surprising me and scaring me at the same time as it began to breach the nano-mesh.

I tried to struggle, but it wasn't enough with their sheer brute strength.

A towering shadow loomed over me, and I tried to look back at the attacker.

It was the giant I had thought I knocked out earlier.

He now had a very large hammer what only he seemed to be able to carry. My eyes widened in surprise as he lifted it up and brought it down.

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It struck my armor, cracking away at the Nano-Plating that kept me safe. I felt the force the Minotaur could deal. The power they had. I felt a pretty terrified when it hit, almost like a wake-up bell.

He struck again, and I felt something inside me snap. I was stronger than him. So why was I taking these like a dog? I felt different, almost more than usual.

Before he managed to hit me again. I tossed one of my 'shackles' off and grabbed the hammer before it hit me body.

I gave him a furious look. One of pure hatred, covering an unyielding flame of power that would turn those it touched into ash. He looked confused, and I glared harder. I slowly got up, not caring for the one's that tried to keep me pinned.

He growled at me, and tried to lift him hammer away but wasn't able to do so. I felt something burning in my gut, something to be released into something violently.

He threw a punch, and I used a hoof to redirect it off to the side. I slowed time, and admired his face. There was a bit of a goatee going on, and there was much fur along his body. Not that it mattered.

I changed back into a Human and flexed my hand. The armor not reacting well to the sudden change in form.

It's funny what one can do with a overpowered punch. Break something that's near impossible, save a life.

Defeat an enemy.

I launched my fist into his face, breaking away the bone and flesh. His eyes bulged out, and his skull shattered, making something out of a horror scene with the blood sprayed everywhere.

I resumed time, and continued my slaughter, beating them to near death until there was no more of them able to fight. My anger flared, and subconsciously my power as I blipped across their ranks.

Blue energy danced around my body, swirling in a frenzied craze. I looked down at the griffon below me, his eyes showing nothing but fear.

My eyes bore into his own. He didn't say anything, the only sounds were his shivering.

My power was pulsating, seemingly trying to kill him without me even touching him. He was starting to lose consciousness, and he soon passed out.

I took in a breath and exhaled.

Bringing my foot up, I slammed it into the ground, making him jump up out of surprise, followed by a fist to his face.

He was blown back, and I then knew that they were all out.

My power dissipated, and I turned back into my Pony form. I wasn't sure how they didn't hear me, but it didn't matter. They would have been sick from the scene.

I looked back to my armor. Most of it was scattered throughout the small field we were in, but I managed to pick up the large storage device that was laying on the ground.

Salvaging what I could, I called another one.

I made my way back to the part where I had left Luna, Thunderlane, and Field Note.

"Luna, what's up with these three?" I asked, my sparring suit wrapping around my head.

"They were very willing to cooperate. I don't suppose that thou have taken care of the one that fled?" She asked.

"Yep. And his group too."

"You took on his entire group?" Thunderlane asked.

"Yeah, it wasn't very pleasant for them, unlike these ones." I said, giving a shrug.

"You didn't hurt any of them, did you?" Field Note asked.

I looked at her, before turning my attention back to Luna, both ignoring, and answering her question.

"Where is Rose and Blossomforth?" I asked her.

"They are on their way. Dear Franz, what did thou do to his group, precisely." Luna asked.

"I simply repaid their attempt at hospitality tenfold." I said calmly.

Field Note gave a shudder, and Thunderlane looked at me with slight fear.

"So thou have disposed of them?"

"Only a few. The rest are unconscious." I said, spreading my wings and giving them a stretch.

Rose and Blossomforth were near, and I moved away from the door to let them in.

I explained to them what had happened without going into too much detail. This was supposed to be a mission of stealth, and now we have 14 bodies out there.

"We should find the weapons cache before we deal with the bodies. I know where it's at, and Celestia told me she had put a spell in there to attack the mind of any pony who tries to enter." I said, my armor finalizing what I had in my old suit. I had everything but the web shooters and Force Repulse.

"Art thou sure? Can't you take one of the guards with thou? Surely they can be of some assistance." Luna reasoned, trying to make me take someone.

"As much as I like to, I can't. She also told me that it's very powerful, and shouldn't be messed with unless it's by an extremely powerful Unicorn, or Alicorn. And we only have one option."

"Then I shall go whilst you cater to the prisoners." She offered.

"No, final answer. I have to do this myself, but don't worry, I'll put up a live feed so you can watch me, but it'll for sure be hard to watch." I said.

"Fine, then I will do as I said, and you will look for the weapons cache. I will, however, be watching intently should there be something that happens." She said, finally backing down and letting me go.

"Don't worry, I've dealt with stronger things." I said, turning and leaving to the hall.

I quickly replayed through Rose's and Blossomforth's video feed, and saw that they passed the entrance, but didn't even notice it. Well, they wouldn't have anyways without looking for something specific.

I traced the corridor that led to the entrance. It was a small hole that looked like one could fit a sandwich in. I pulled out a small ball that I had made, and tossed it in.

It shone bright and began floating through a tight squeeze.

I punched through the wall and followed the ball narrow passage. It was filled with old spiderwebs that crumbled away when I disturbed them.

Following the orb of light, it reached a stairway. It spiraled downwards into the dark, almost pitch-black passage that would lead me to the Weapons cache.

Storage Unit #5: The Other Bearers. 4 Stories Decline. Unknown Distance Ahead. My HUD game me.

Following down, I slowly made my way in, making sure that I didn't go too far ahead of my ball of light.

I kept going until I had reached the bottom of the stairs. There was an old door that looked like it was quite beaten up with prolonged age. I scanned my Motion Tracker and saw that there wasn't anything on the inside.

Dear Franz, there seems to be something wrong with the camera. Luna typed.

"Connect Contact Luna to Mic." I said, establishing a call with her.

"Luna, can you hear me?" I asked.

"D-e- F-anz? W- can ha-rdly s-- thou! And what -s that no-se?" She asked, with me barely making out what she said.

"There seems to be something making my feed a bit off. I'm going to have to shut it off, alright?" I asked, turning on my shields.

"Ah, th-n w- Shall accompany thou. Wa-t for m-."

"Luna, stay there. The guards need you more than I do. Besides, I'll make a signal for you to come and help."

"Can thou r-p-at that?"

"Stay!" I said, mad that my transmitter wasn't working. Why doesn't it want to work?

"F-n-, w- shall stay, but do not th-nk that w- w-ll allow th-s aga-n."

"Bravo six, going dark." I muttered to myself.

I opened the door, pushing lightly so that I would make as little noise as possible. I found myself in a room with several skeletons. Equine skeletons. All with various trauma to the skull. There was mostly piles of them in the corners of the room, but I wasn't wanting to find out what had caused this.

I walked slowly, not wanting to disturb the fallen fellows that tried before me.

Making my ball of light to shine brighter, I got a good view of the room.

It was massive, to say the least, almost the size of the ballroom in Canterlot.

And the whole place was filled with the dead, almost all of them littered around and spread throughout the room. I thought I saw something in the distance, but I really hoped I didn't.

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

I activated my dagger, and spun to the voice. I thought I saw something red, but I wasn't sure. This whole situation seemed, off.

"Hello? Who's there?" Asked another one.

"I am Prince Franz of Equestria, Head Scientist of the R&D Wing. Who are-" I was cut off.

"Hello? Who are you?"

'Oh hell no.' I thought, and quietly made my way over to the closest exit. I checked my Motion Tracker, and saw several red blips approaching me, but I couldn't see them.

"Hello?" They asked.

I elected to remain quiet. If these are what I think they are, then I'm going to be fucked if I make too much noise.

"Who goes there!?" They asked again.

Warning, Multiple Hostiles Detected. Proceed With Caution. My HUD read out.

I shuffled slowly towards the nearest entry point to the next room.

And I would have made it, if I didn't step on a bone that snapped.

"Found you!"

I dodged out of the way as a large red dog-like creature lunged at me and nearly took a piece of my arm off.

Spreading my wings, I took off to the ceiling, narrowly avoiding another that had found me and tried to eat me.

There was an opening to another part of the room, one that seemed to be a den of sorts for the 939 spawns.

Creating a small rocket on my arm, I fired it into the hole where the den seemed to be. An explosion of light erupted, and several squeals could be heard from the fiery hole.

I shot past a rather large group of them herding together over what looked like a recently killed rat, and crashed into another one that was on the ceiling.

I quickly slashed it with my dagger and dashed off to the next door.

Opening the door, I slammed it and heard them trying to break their way in, with little success.

"Fuck me." I whispered, and looked into the room I was in. I figured that I could lose the pony disguise for a bit, and I shifted back to my human form, making sure to go slowly so my armor can make the proper adjustments. I didn't want to go too fast like earlier.

Once done, I looked at my HUD, and saw that I was only one room away from reaching the weapons cache.

Letting out a breath I wasn't aware I was holding. Maybe this operation was a bit dangerous. Not for me, but the others.

Checking my COMMS for any signal, I was let down again by only blurry static. What the hell is up with this thing? If it can reach Ponyville easily, then why can't it get to Luna of anyone else?

Pushing that thought back into the crevice it came from, I continued into the slightly bigger hallway. It was still dark, but I still had my little ball of light on me.

Feeling a bit unprepared, I created an armor piercing DMR so that I didn't feel as unequipped as before. Along with a flare on my hip, and a few Splinter Grenades from Halo again. Maybe I should look up some more stuff from my old home world and make some new weapons of something.

I eventually came across something in the hallway. Something that didn't seem right but explained itself almost instantly.

There was a large, burnt line that cut off a rather large section of the hallway, about three meters of the space being completely gone, and slight visible light coming from the upper levels of the burn.

Looking upwards, I saw dim shape of a tree and immediately tried using my COMMS again.

I was confused when it didn't work, and only looked much worse than before.

'There might be a radio jammer somewhere.' I thought.

I huffed and continued through the hallway, having to fly over without using my wings, but with my base power.

Once across, I continued until I realized something.

'Why didn't I think of this earlier.'

Creating a drone, I tested out the signal. It worked fine for about a few minutes then turned to shit and crashed out of nowhere. Looks like that plan didn't work out.

I activated my Night Vision in my helmet, and it worked.

Continuing my cautiously paced walk, I was starting to wonder where this was taking me so long. I'm sure that there's only one secret weapons cache that Celestia hid, but I could have been given outdated information or something.

I took a few rights and lefts, went down another staircase and through a tight space that involved me removing my armor, but I eventually came across another door.

It was much like the last one, old and worn out with time. Not that it mattered, as I kicked it down and pointed my rifle in it.

It was empty. Or I thought it was. There were a few bricks laying around, presumably from the ceiling, and there was a feeling of uncertainty in here.

Turning off Night Vision, I turned on the flashlight on my weapon and did a quick sweep of the room.

All I saw that stood out was a sense of disappointment. Not knowing what this was, I decided to leave.

Until the door slammed shut, and the room turned from a dark, abandoned place, to a room with bright lights, white walls, and a sense of unease.

I rushed towards the door and tried bashing it down. It warped with my strength but shifted back almost as soon as it bent.

Looking back into the room, it felt, familiar, almost in an uncanny way. I couldn't quite recall where I had seen this before, and when I did, I flared my power as I blocked a punch to the face from a known attacker.

"Looks like you finally found me, huh?" He mocked, jumping back for distance.

I stared in anger as the dark version of myself stood before me, donning his armor, which greatly resembled the DOOM SLAYER suit.

I flared my power again, this time effectively pushing him away and gaining some more preferable distance.

"Aww, what's the matter? Mad because I kicked your ass in our subconscious? I'll gladly do it again in the real world!" He said darkly.

"I don't want to fight you. I'm just trying to get through. So, move." I growled.

"And what? Not going to let me have fun? I've been trying to take over for a while, but you seem so damn resistant. It's annoying." He complained, scratching at the base of his neck.

"You're one to talk." I shot back.

"Ooh, that definitely hurt my pride. Ha, no it didn't you fucking dumb ass."

"Can't you just fuck off? I mean, aren't you just Nightmare Moon in a different form?"

"Don't compare me to that useless bitch. Even when she had you, she let you go just so that you could have a chance to free her again. I am just a reflection of her, not the actual fucking deal you cuck." He ranted.

"Aw, did I hit a soft spot?" I teased, raising my fist to my visor in a mock cry gesture. I saw a dark red aura seep from his body and made his bootleg DOOM SLAYER armor begin to glow.

"Anyways, I'm going through. So please get out of my way." I said, making my power rise and envelop my body.

In speeds that I was barely able to react to, he threw a punch to my visor.

'Oh fuck.'

Sorry for the long wait. Just finished moving and stuff.

Another thing, I hurt my hand accidentally with an ax, so writing chapters will be a hassle.

But fear not, for I plan to have another for Christmas.

Hope you all have a wonderful month, till then, this is ya boi, over and out.

Edit: Ooo, three in one night? Let's try for four!