Ponyville
Drew and Jhon
Saturday, 9:30 PM

We were out drinking in a bar again, and I was even more drunk then usual. I was still self aware, it's just that I can't really think things through, like when I'm in my zone on the battlefield.

"Hey Drew? You got a minute?" Jhon said, I nodded, and gave a derpy smile, because I was that drunk. I didn't know what was up, but I went along with it anyway.

"Celestia's got something going on, and she's not telling us anything. You want to do a little recon?" I nodded my head, Jhon just sighed.

"You're drunk again, aren't you?" I nodded again, he facepalmed as he dragged my sorry ass back home. He gave me a few Tic-Tacs, and I was better than ever.

"You say my cousin knows that something's up and she's not telling us?" I asked, Jhon nodded sadly to say. Well, it was time to do some recon, so I put on my invisibility suit that Kozak gave me, and we shipped off to Canterlot. This was just a two man thing, the less of us, the better, we didn't want to attract too much attention.

"Alright Celestia, time to spill it." I mumbled to myself, but there was something I would've never expected.

"Alright! We're going into Princess Celestia's meeting room!" I looked over my shoulder, to see Rainbow leaning on me. My eyes couldn't go wider, she was following me this whole time? How did she see through my adaptive camouflage?

"Rainbow?! What are you doing here?!" I grabber her by the shoulders.

"I'm helping you spy on your cousin!" She replied.

"Rainbow go home! I don't want you to get caught with me and Jhon!" We were already attracting attention, the guards are getting suspicious, because Rainbow was still visible.

"Argh! Fine! But you're gonna treat me to dinner tonight!" She said, it's always treating women to something these days. What happened to those days where women let you off the hook? Like almost 150 years ago right? Rainbow then flied off, she looks adorable when she's angry, I have to admit.

"Alright, with that out of the way, Jhon let's go." I then made my way past the guards, and into the secret meeting room in the basement of the castle. And to my luck, the three figureheads were talking in private, Shining Armor, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna.

"There has to be a way to stop it!" Shiny looked pretty upset, just let me get Pinkie in here and ask him.

Both princesses seemed very serious during their chat, I knew what was going on, I think, okay maybe not.

"Captain Armor, you know the Dark Elements are back, and I know the cause. The energy drained from Drew and his friends from the Discord incident, the massive magic spike revived the Elements of Darkness. And it's been draining their magic ever since, that's why neither Drew or Nick are able to attempt inter-dimensional travel anymore." Princess Celestia stated, Princess Luna nodded silently. I then had enough, I got out of my invisibility camo, and spoke up.

"Is that what you've been hiding from me?" My cousins and Shiny were dumbfounded, they weren't able to detect my life force because I had special modifications made to this particular piece of clothing. This camo was meant to simulate a dead body when I'm laying down, also when I'm invisible so heat sensors don't detect our presence. Jhon also came out from his invisibility, standing behind me.

"Drew? Jhon? What are you doing here?" Princess Luna got up from the table.

"I've heard everything, I know the Dark Elements are back. In that case, I'm going." Once I said those words, my fate was sealed in.

"Drew? Are you sure? The closer you get to them, the more energy is drained from your body!" Luna exclaimed, I knew the consequences, I may not be able to use magics for a while, at least six months to be exact.

"Yes Luna, I know. But I've survived this long without magic, haven't I?" I mocked, she questioned the thought.

"Hmm, yes. I suppose so, besides, not all magic is drained. You can still turn into an Alicorn, and manipulate weather, but you're not going to be able to cast spells for a while." Luna hugged me. We were heading down to the barracks, with Captain Armor right behind us.

"What are your orders sir?" He asked, I just thought about it for a second, I assumed that we were heading back to Nightmare Castle, my new nickname for that dreadful place we destroyed years ago. They've rebuilt it, or at least that's what I've been informed by Celestia.

"We're going back, to Fortress-11. Gather your gear Jhon, The Dark Elements are even stronger than before. It's going to take more than C-4 this time to destroy them." I said. I pulled out two new sidearms for our use, I borrowed a few Wing-Shooters and Nine-Oh-Nines from the BSAA, these two would do perfectly. Since the Nine-Oh-Nines were the most similar to Goldie, I used those. Since Jhon was a smaller person, he decided to go with the Wing-Shooter, it has less recoil. Kaptn and Nick were sitting this mission out, just in case we needed backup. I know I should've brought the whole team, but I thought the risks were too high. Also, the fact that teams of two may be smaller, but are more flexible when it comes to deployment. Since we didn't have Nick or Kaptn, we had to interpret their abilities, I had Kaptn's strength while Jhon had Nick's brains. We didn't really have them, but we are the next best things when it comes to specializing in their profession.

"Alright Jhon, we will be deploying into Fortress-11, one of the most dangerous along the border. We may come back inside of a body bag, so you might want to tell the princesses goodbye. I can't guarantee that we'll will go unscathed during our mission." I announced. This was going to be a very dangerous mission for Jhon and I alone, but that's what we live for.

"Jhon, you ready?" I asked him. This was a very tight mission we were going into, so to be sure we weren't caught off guard we decided to go agency style. The agency is this thing I heard about from somewhere else, where you only use your pistol sidearm, and equipment. This is why I had Nine-Oh-Nines and Wing-Shooters introduced at this time.

Fortress-11
Drew and Jhon
Sunday 1:45 AM

It's been a few hours since we hit the road, and I know Pinkie takes sayings like these seriously. She thought Twilight really was hitting books, and if she found out about this, she would think that we really were hitting the road. I checked the magazine on my Nine-Oh-Nine, it was full, and I had a crap load of magazines to spare. I checked my other equipment, and like always, I had unlimited flashbangs, my lucky knife, and of course, C-5. I then heard explosions coming from outside, they were back. The shadow monsters were back, and more ferocious than ever. I put the guards on patrol down, but it took half a clip each to take them out.

"Jhon! These things are like super durable, don't hesitate to empty your clip into them!" I warned, I had spare ammo anyway. There had to be at least a small army here defending this fort, and Jhon and I were just two, against an army that could control a small country.

"Roger that!" He then emptied another clip into a shadow warrior. I could feel the dark energy emanate from inside the building, and we aren't even inside yet.

"Jhon, you need to help me breach. I'm going to need assistance once I get inside." I commanded, he then placed a charge on the door, and we made our way inside. The elements didn't have a host this time around, they had their own apparition, and they were sentient.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the Delta Force? It's been a while since, oh you know, KILLED ME?" It was serious, Jhon and I readied ourselves, in case it were to attack first. It then pushed us back with an ominous wind, and we were dead set in battle. There was only one element surprisingly, they all like morphed together or something, I don't know for sure.
(Fight Music) Third Person Point of View

Drew then decided what he would do next, he decided to go hand-to-hand combat. He pulled out a knife, stabbing the apparition, which caused normal damage, but at the cost of more of Drew's magic to be drained away. Jhon turned into a Pegasus and bucked the other apparition, cracking its jaw open.
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What will Drew do?

Drew uses knife shank!

The Shadow stumbled back.

What will Jhon do?

Jhon uses buck!

It's super effective!

"Hahaha, I haven't had this much fun since I was a kid!" Drew said, cracking his knuckles. It was the apparition's turn now, it decided to go with energy drain, draining both Jhon and Drew's life force. It was not very effective, but Drew and Jhon were weakened, and their stamina dropped. They both took some Tic-Tacs, regenerating their stamina, and they both decided to use Neck-Snap, which was self explanatory. Apparently, the apparition's neck was very fragile, so it had maximum effectiveness.

Their foe uses life drain!

It's not very effective...

Jhon and Drew flinched!

Drew uses Neck Snap!

It's super effective!

Jhon uses a full restore.

Drew and Jhon gained their life back!

"Ooh! You hear that?!" Jhon asked, Drew nodded, smirking. The bloody apparition then relocated back into place, as if Drew didn't snap it in the first place. Jhon used his turn to heal both Drew and himself, their health was in the low yellow. The apparition took its turn using a powerful blast of darkness against both Jhon and Drew, they stumbled back, grunting in pain.

"This is taking far too long Jhon, we need another plan." Drew mumbled, throwing an uppercut towards the dark conduit. Jhon was standing there, thinking, while Drew held it off. It took some time to think of something, but eventually Jhon had the perfect plan of action.

"Drew, you need to turn into an Alicorn, and let it absorb your magic." Jhon said, Drew looked at him like he was crazy.

"Are you kidding me?! Hell no!" He replied, bitch slapping his opponent, only to get bitch hoofed back.

"Drew! It's the only way! You have enough magic to overload it! It will cause itself to self-destruct because you have so much of it!" Jhon said, Drew thought about this. He then turned into an Alicorn, and a text box appeared out of nowhere.

What will Drew do?

Drew uses magic!

It's super effective!

The foe apparition has been defeated!

Drew fainted!

Drew then collapsed, he was very tired, and suffering from magic fatigue. Jhon rushed over to his friend and dragged him by the back to safety. Drew then fired whatever he had left in the magazine at the shadow warriors who were in close pursuit.

"Don't die on me Drew! We're almost to the evac point!" Jhon tried to tell Drew, but he was blacking out quickly.
(End Music)

Jhon dragged Drew towards the jeep, they didn't have a humvee because they didn't think they would need one. Drew was going out quickly, Jhon had to do something, but before Drew blacked out, he resisted.

"Jhon, *cough* I'm alright. It's just magical fatigue, *cough* I'll be fine in a few hours. I just need some rest." He said, Drew then went limp, but still breathing. He was out like a light, Jhon injected Drew with a few doses of liquified Tic-Tac powder, just to be on the safe side.

Canterlot Hospital
Drew
Sunday 9:00 AM

I was already awake, it's been a few hours since I was rushed here by Jhon. The doctor said I wouldn't be using magic for a long time, because I am only part Alicorn. To be more exact I was half Alicorn, and one of the things is that I can't regenerate magic stamina as fast. The doctor said it would be at least two months until I get my magic back, because I used ALL of it during the battle sequence. I tried to get up, but my head hurt like fuck, I laid back down because the pain was too much for me to bear.

"I can wait two months. Thanks doc." I said, he told me that I would be discharged by the end of the day. You know what that means, free crappy hospital food! While I was eating...whatever this is, Jhon came to check up on me, because we would be going back home tonight. I still owe Rainbow that night out from before, and I hope to get home in time to not raise any suspicion of our disappearance.

"Now Drew, try not to end up in the hospital for a while." He smirked.

"I'll try not to doc." I replied, chuckling at his comment. Shortly after he left Jhon spoke up.

"Not gonna be able to use magic? Bummer, you're not gonna be able to get supplies for a while." Jhon was leaning up against the door. With impeccable timing Princesses Celestia and Luna showed up to my room.

"Your majesties. I would like to say that they've been destroyed once again. The doctor told me that I would make a full recovery too." I said, they smiled at this report.

"Good, good. Now, would you two mind coming with us?" Celestia gestured us to follow her. I got up, taking a few painkillers, and clutched my side as I walked with her.

"What is it that you need Princess?" Jhon asked. The Princess gave a smirk, which made me uncomfortable.

"You two are going to be our test subjects. We have recently made the final version of Drew's 'Spartan' armor." She emphasized 'Spartan.' This was great news, Spartan Armor was very expensive, and we made it all out of natural resources, and magic.

"And Drew, when you wear it, it regenerates your magic." Luna said, this was surprising to me. We then went into the Canterlot Laboratory, and we looked at the suit, it was black with a white secondary color. I then put it on for the first time and I felt like I was 10 years younger.

"Can't wait to see this thing in action." I said, they could clearly hear me through the helmet. I then took it off, so I wouldn't do anything to compromise the suit. We then headed out the door after a few test runs, and I was smiling with the look of success glued to my face.

"Well, that went rather swimmingly." Luna still had that old english tone to her voice.

"Indeed it did Luna, indeed it did." I said, she hugged me, and they went back to the castle. Both Jhon and I came back to Ponyville, by train of course. We then went back to our house, it looked like everypony was gone so I collapsed face first into my bed. I then took notice of me smelling terrible, so I got up, changed into an Alicorn, used whatever magic I had left to clean the sheets, and I got inside of the shower.

"Drew? You home?" It was Rainbow's voice that came outside of the door.

"Yeah! I'm in the shower!" I shouted back to her.

"Well, the girls and I are going to the club tomorrow night. You want to come?" She asked, I giggled.

"Sure thing, but I'm paying aren't I?" I asked, with the 'Of course,' tone.

"Of course you are! You know that for a fact!" She replied, I chuckled and got out of the shower. I then waited inside of the house with nothing to do with the rest of the day. I was bored as fuck, as well as Rainbow too.

"Omigod! I'm so bored!" She moaned, I chuckled as I brought out something to do. Rainbow looked at me like I was crazy. They were virtual goggles, meant to make a simulation of a video game, in this case it was Resident Evil 6. I let her play with that while I watched her, so she didn't wander into Ponyville without her noticing.