[ This part of the story focuses on Siege and the completion of his temporary mission and will have nothing to do with the ponies. Just a quick heads up.]

Siege continued walking. He heard a the voice from his suit he had been waiting for. *Energy Critical* A few moments later he became visible again. He had stayed in stealth mode until his energy ran out to insure that none of the ponies had followed him. He had collected the final pieces of information he needed during his fight with the Cell grunts.

"Judging by the class of troops sent here , there must have been something worth protecting. Though at the same time it was not something that important. I should have known what it was just by seeing those troops." Siege thought to himself as he continued to walk towards his destination. It had found out why the Cell where here. A large mining station had been set on the planet. This made things much easier for him. All mining stations based on class where identical in layout and defense. The amount of guards placed was also close to the same, give or take a few.

With this knowledge he planned out his attack strategy. His suit held all the station info and he could map out the routes that he would need to take to disable the station. This was not the first time he had taken out a mining station but it was the first time he had to leave it intact. If it was destroyed it could cause devastating affects to the surrounding area. He would had already jammed all communications to the outside world as to keep reinforcements from coming. Mining stations where common through out the universe and empires didn't care if one or two where to "Disappear", whether is be by there own hands or by another. Hiding the station from the rest of the universe would be easy as long as he defeated all the living defense.

It didn't take long for him to find another patrol of grunts. They where in what looked like a swamp and where being attacked by some slime like creatures. He went back into stealth and slipped by. "There fight is there own." He thought to himself. Though the grunts looked like they were going to lose, Siege made sure to tract them just in case they found a way to kill there slimy foe. He did so via his in Suit binoculars or Binocs as most called them. If they where near his suit would highlight there bodies meaning even if there were behind a wall or hiding in trees he would have no problem disposing of them.

Siege made sure to track any patrols he saw. He needed the element of surprise if he were to take out the mining station without anyone escaping. There where many fights going on between the Cell patrols and the creatures of the forest. The forest was not happy with its intruders and was doing its best to wipe them out. There were all kinds of creatures fighting to reclaim there forest. Siege saw more of the slime creatures attacking, Strange lizards spat a fiery liquid at the patrols melting through there suits like a knife through butter. He saw more of the creatures that he had come to know as manticore attacking the patrols, in much larger groups then the group he had seen attacking the little ponies. He has seen what also seen what looked like bugs, big and small. All kinds of bugs attacking as one destroying and in some cases even eating the patrols. There was even a what looked like a giant lizard with four heads rampaging and destroying entire patrols without any effort. So much wanted Cell gone, which was an advantage and a disadvantage. This meant that most of the forces would be on patrol but at the same time reinforcements would have been called in almost as soon as the facility had been placed and there defenses would have been heavily tightened by now.

As he continued too the facility and finally saw something that could be used to great advantage. A Cell officer. He could tell it was one based on looks of the exosuit he wore. His suit was larger than that off the grunts and was heavily armored. Instead of using arm blades or guns, officers would use large pistols like weapons and oddly enough a large sword. The sword was a sign of honor and only given to those who had performed large feats in battle. His suit only had two weak points, A cooler on the back and a small open area under the neck allowing it to move freely.

Officers held almost all the information considering unit placement and formation. Being able to take the data before the suit was destroyed would help Siege greatly forming a new plan to attack the mining station. There was one small issue Siege had to keep in consideration. Officers suits are designed with a thermal detectors, making a stealthy advance almost impossible. He would need to work fast if he was going to take out the officer without him alerting any allies in the area.

Siege got as close as he could and swapped modes. *Maximum speed* Siege shot out at the officer. His suit energy was depleting quickly. Before the officer had any time to react Siege jumped up and released on of his blades. He was aiming for the weak point under the neck.

"Bulls eye." He said smiling. He hit the center of the neck dead on. The officer fell back. Siege kept the blade in his fallen enemy for a moment giving his suit time to break any security codes any transfer the required information. "Perfect." He thought to himself. Once again he could form a plan to wipe out the station and disable it. He checked through the information and found the formation layout. What popped up was a real time screen of all active patrols. The troops where show and arrows on the screen. There ranks where show in color, light green being grunt, cyan being officers and blue being commanders. It also showed located enemies, marked at red arrows.

The station had been surrounded by red arrows. They Cell forces where being wiped out in mass by the forest.

"This will be easier than I thought." Siege said grinning to himself. He didn't normally like watching any group we wiped out at mass but he did see honor in the forests abilities to wipe out an army far more advanced. He turned the files off and continued of his way.

He plotted out a safe path to the station and used his time to think about other things. First of all he wondered why he and the ponies had only been attacked twice but the creatures of the forest. He understood why they had been attacked but the ponies had made there way past many of the creatures now tearing there way through Cell forces. "I guess it might have something to do with there and my attunement to the natural energy. The Cell broke that flow and the creatures could have sensed that. It would also explain why there was a civilization here to begin with. These creature were easily tearing through The Cell forces which where thousands of years ahead in technology then the ponies that I had seen." He thought to himself. "They really are full of surprises."

It took him a short while to reach the mining station. The sun started setting. "Perfect. Now things will just get easier." Siege said with a grin. He loved an easy job. Thought a good fight here and there helped him keep his skills honed.

He found a spot to wait and scope out the station double checking all the defenses just in case the had changed anything. The station was large. It had a mechanic wall surrounding A large spire in the center of the station. The spire held a large drill which was used for mining. No guards stood on the wall. They didn't because otherwise they would be killed by the auto turrets place inside. They detected all kinds of things from heat to sound. It was almost impossible to get passed unless you knew how. The had a safety feature in which after being activated they would have a 5 second cool down to keep from over heating.

He waited until they swapped shift before making his move. The first thing he did was find a small stone and through it towards the base walls. When the stone was about halfway through its flight 2 large turrets popped out of the wall. We swapped to speed mode and quickly moved right to the edge of the wall where the turrets sensors just barely could not reach.

Siege released his 2 largest blades with the hooked ends and clawed his way up the wall. There he was met with his first problem. The turrets would activate if anything such as insistence a bird or a stealthy nanosuit warrior as much as touched the top of the wall. This was the first time he had to beat the turrets without destroying them so he had to get creative. Then he came up with an idea. One after the other he moved his hooks to form a V shape above him. He switched to strength mode, which was his least favorite mode and rarely used it. He then proceeded to Pull himself up, simultaneously Pulling his blades in flinging himself up. By keeping his had on the edge of the wall he was able to give himself a good arch formed jump over the wall.

"One challenge over." He thought to himself. He check his info again to double check any patrols inside the station.. There was four places he needed to go to before the slaughter could begin. He didn't like the fact a slaughter would have to be carried out but failure was not an option. If this planet was rediscovered by the Cell or Ceph then it would be doomed.

The first place he would need to go is then drill. He would have to disable it without anyone noticing. Next he would go to the prison block. Quite often people could be found there willing to fight to regain the freedom. Next he would need to go to a barracks to suit up any prisoners that he might find. This was optional considering he could do the mission on his own but never gave up a chance for people to show there honor. Enemy or not. Last he would have to go to the command center found in the deep beneath the spire. This is where he found be able to revert the auto turrets inwards. They where designed that way so that if the any enemies where able to get past the walls in mass, they would still be endanger of being gunned down by the massive auto turrets. This design was a double edged sword because it could easily be used against them if an enemy could sneak past there defenses. Though this rarely happened and they kept the design.

He would also find the commander somewhere inside the spire. Even in the simplest of outposts there was always a commander placed. The where suited with a exosuit that could easily out match and soldier using the avarice nanosuit and had the training and experience to fight without. Siege had only fought a few real commanders but had battle quite a dew in training simulations. What made the real ones so much harder was that no two where alike. The exosuit was just a customisable as his own and 2 fights where never the same. Fighting a commander was the most dangerous thing Siege had ever done and he enjoyed the challenge as much as he could.

Step 1 was easy. The patrols where thin and Siege could easily find hiding spots for when his suit energy ran out. Once he found the control panel for the he simple corrupted the programs used to operate the drill. It had not been used since Siege had jammed the transmissions to the mining fleet.

Step 2 came with some problems. There where 3 officers together with some grunt patrols inside the prison. Siege would have to take out all the enemies without alerting the base. His first job would be to take out the officers. He just happened to have something to do the job. They where small devices with a sinister use. Once placed on a enemy they would hack into the suits system finding and activating there disintegration codes. It was a quick but very painful death as the suit destroyed the suit and user. Disintegrating the suit was a method of hiding information if a soldier of either Cell or Crytek had been killed or captured and could be manually activated by user of commander to hide all information the user or suit had. During this sequence all information on the suit would be erased. Making it very hard for either Crytek or Cell to obtain information from each other.

He planted each device onto the officers backs, where there thermal sensors could not see and activated them. Next he ran to one of the guard stations an activated there lock-down mode. Making sure to disable the alarm. Any grunts stuck inside where doomed from that point. Siege hunted them down one by one as they tried to find a way to escape. It was like a horror movie only with less blood and a lot more panic.

After taking out the last of the grunts Siege found his way to the prison cells. He found only one prisoner. As he opened up the cell he saw quickly saw who it was. It was the grunt he had spared. The grunt looked up from his bed and saw Siege looking down on him. The prison cell was small and only had a small bed and a toilet.

"Are you hear to finish me of?" He said with a emotionless look on his face.

"Far from it. I let you live because I respected you." Siege replied. "Now, how would you like to earn your freedom?"

"Whats the catch?" The grunt asked.

"You will help me find your commander."

"Fine I will help you but under one condition, you have to get me off this damned planet." The grunt finally said.

"The sounds like a deal to me." Siege said. He started smiling.

There was a small security barracks at the far end of the prison which held a spare exosuits and weapons. They where designed better than that of the grunt suits. Only a small group of guards ever normally worked in prisons so they needed and could afford to make the suits better in the case of an escape or riot.

The grunt quickly put the suit on and grabbed a few weapons.

"Say what is your name your name, grunt?" Siege asked.

"My name is Joul toth, But whats it to you?" Joul asked in return.

"Well I can't get your paperwork prepared without a name, can I?"

"Paperwork.... for what?"

"So you can become a citizen of Crytek."

Joul smiled somewhat, It was the first bit of good news he had heard in a long time. Many people like him were forced in work by the Cell higher ups. If the citizens did not accept, then they would be killed or worse. He was happy to know that he still had a chance for freedom and a new life outside of Cell's rule.

Siege saved joul's suits disintegration code so if his new found ally betrayed him, he could be removed or when Siege activated the mass code Joul would be spared. But he could only get this code if you could defeat the commander that lie under the spire.

It was easy getting Joul through the base. His suit granted him access to almost the entire base. Siege followed close behind as they went into the spires bunker. There where many rooms and could hold the entire stations work force. Though at this time is was quite empty due to and only a few grunt guards where seen here and there.

"This is the commanders quarters." Joul said. If he is not in the command center then he will be here. They quickly moved to the command center which was found at the deepest point of there bunker.

It didn't take long to find the entrance. There before them stood a giant metal door. it what designed to withstand some of the most powerful bombs and explosions ever made. Oddly there was no guards placed. The where only two ways to open the door and the way Siege had to made him feel as if all his hard work sneaking around was for nothing.

The only way to open the door from his side was to pull the fire alarm. It would automatically open the door but would set off the alarm and sprinkelers, making his stealth mode useless and alerting all patrols to return. "If this is what it takes then I will do it." Siege thought to himself.He then proceeded to activate the fire alarm.

He walked up to the door as it opened and was met with gun fire.

"We've been waiting for you." A voice came from the other room as the gunfire stopped. Siege had managed to  hide behind the door as it opened avoiding most of the gunfire, his suit absorbing the rest.

"You think you could get this far without us catching on to you?" The voice continued.

"Yes, I did. This is quite a surprise." Siege said in replied. He through some smoke and EMP bombs. During the chaos he ran in and took out as many guards as he could. There was quite a few officers inside but with there exosuits temporarily disabled, they became easy targets. As the smoke disappeared Siege could see the rest of the guards as well as there commander. There commander was wearing a exosuit designed for close range combat. It had large think metal sheets places at the end of each limbs. There where used to block incoming blades and bullets. The commander had a large sword and an assault rifle. On his arm sat a battle grapple. I what used to either get around quickly or hang from a roof. It could also be used as a weapon and could be used to throw something or someone with little effort.

The last guards prepared to fire. "Stop, hes mine!!" The commander yelled.

"Arrogant fool." Siege thought to himself.

The commander pulled out his assault rifle and began firing at Siege. Siege countered by swapping from armor mode and speed mode in rapid succession so he could avoid as much damage as he could, jumping from wall to wall looking for his chance to attack. That chance came when the commander started to reload. Siege jumped at him and swung his blade down at the commander. The commander instinctively dropped his gun and pulled out his sword, barely blocking Siege's blade as it came down.

"Your better than you look." The commander said as Siege jumped back. Siege Dashed towards the commander and swung at him again. He was aiming for the hand holding the sword. The commander blocked the first swipe but could not avoid the second blade. A large gash was left in the commanders arm plate. It was not thick enough and some wires hand been cut in the arm. The hand went limb and the commander was forced to use his sword with the other reducing his own strikes and blocks. He swung his sword at Siege, who easily dodged the attacks as they came.

Siege switched his focus and aimed for the weak center of the suit. Every time the commander made a wrong moment, Siege would strike at the suits center but something was keeping him from doing damage. Finally he got his chance and was able to get a clear shot at the commander but as he tried to stab the center an odd force pushed the him back with drastic power.

Siege was sent flying into a wall. "Ha, you think you can win this?" The commander taunted. In all the fights Siege had fought he had only seen this happen once before. During a assault on Cell base the, turrets in place had been able to repel almost and missiles and explosives shot at them. Bouncing some of the missiles away. He had heard rumors of an energy based shield that cell had been testing. This must have been a personnel shield. He would have to use an EMP bomb against the commander. There was only one problem. His suit would also be deactivated during this time.

He took his chances and prepared a EMP bomb in his hand. If he struck whilst using the bomb he could build up enough momentum beforehand to pierce the commanders suit. Siege dashed at the commander again rapidly attacking to break its defense. He saw his chance as the commander started to stagger. Siege began striking movement and half way through activated the bomb. Everything went black for a moment as his suit reset itself. Once his visor had turned back one he looked down and the commander. He was still breathing but his fight was over. Siege began transferring the data.      

Joul had taken care of the remaining guards during the battle a was watching the door.

"The reinforcements are back." Joul yelled out to Siege.

"It doesn't matter any more." Siege activated the Mass code. Joul looked in horror as he watched people who had been his allies turn to dust. They were yelling out in pain but quickly became quiet.

"I hope I never have to seen something like that again." Joul said.

"You won't have to. A transport ship is coming to pick you up." Siege said with a smile. He quickly check though the formation data and found no survivors. In an instant the entire station had been completely wiped out aside from Joul. He was not proud with himself. He knew that most of those soldiers were forced into work and hated the fact that he had killed them. "But if it meant the safety of this system, then so be it." He thought to himself.

Siege started to fully shut down the mining station. All the lights turned off and there was a brief silence.

"I hope you can have some way of seeming in the dark." Siege said to Joul.

"Don't worry about me, this suit has thermal vision." Joul replied. "I can see everything fine but it will take some time to get used to."

Siege and Joul slowly walked up and out the spire. Siege was glad he didn't have to turn to plan B and activate the auto turrets. Then there would be far more carnage and chaos. Not only that but he would have had to hunt down all remaining soldiers. Luckily that was not the case.

The two sat there for awhile in silence as they waited for the transport ship to arrive. It didn't take long for it to arrive. Even though this system had been so close to the Cells border they never detected the ship. Siege and Joul said there final goodbyes and the transport was on its way. Bringing a newly free man to his new home. Siege was happy about this. He was at least able to spare one man and give him a new life.

Siege waited for a moment and then started his way back to the ponies little camp. They needed answers and he had them.

[Another thanks for reading my beloved story. I hope this chapter didn't mess up the story to much and that you have had as much fun (or whatever) reading it as i have had writing it. This story really does seem like its swapping from fantasy to sci fi but don't fear, more magical awesome is on its way.

Here is also a little bit of information so you can see the difference between Cell's exosuits and Crytek's nanosuits.

Crytek use nanosuit with use tiny machines to enhance all the user basically turning them into a superhuman. The suits are made with different modes to fully enhance one of the humans natural abilities or to make them invisible or bulletproof for short periods of time. These modes can be mixed but require far more energy and skill than using a single mode. Speed mode and cloak are suit modes only given to secret ops and higher ups. All suits merge with the user making it impossible to completely remove them but there also able to keep a soldier from dying even when they should have been long dead. Even if the outer suit is removed the inner suit can never be removed once it has been activated.

On  the other hand you have Cell which use an Exosuit (Exoskeletonal super Suit) as there primary armor. It enhances the speed and strength of the user and is much cheaper to make. The exosuits vary greatly depending on rank and training. The basic suit is used by the lowest ranked soldiers dubbed grunts. As the ranks go up so does the protection and uses of the suit. The most powerful suits are used by soldiers dubbed generals. Though they don't give any of the main orders and tend to only lead small groups of highly trained soldiers. Commanders Are the highest ranking Units in command. They give all orders during battle and all have the own unique suit designed to there own preferences.  

I hope this info helps you readers understand the difference a bit better. So good news in I got a prereader. I will be posting the chapters based on my own prereadings but with update them once the prereader has filtered through the chapter. I don't know how long this takes how ever....

Anyways again thanks for reading and is I'm rushing or messing with to many things at once, please tell me in the comments and I will try to pace down a bit.  

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