Clare, outsider royal castle:

I drew my Colt Python and slowly opened the top hatch. At some point the statue of Celestia had fallen off the tank, probably when we had plowed through Joe’s Doughnut shop. I peeked around but all I could see was a bunch of dead changelings and empty brass casings.

I exited the tank but made sure to close the hatch behind me. I lept off the side of the tank and began to look around. Something wasn’t right, something felt off I could just tell. Then I felt a presence behind me.

I swung my body around and pointed my revolver to the figure but then my jaw dropped as I realized who it was, actually there were two of them.

“Discord… Sky Dancer” I said unsurely. Sky Dancer smirked “I’m back” she commented and I chuckled. Discord was holding an M60 in each hand and Sky Dancer had her old titanium combat armour but it had been completely refurbished, along with her twin M134s. “But aren’t you two dead?” I asked and she nodded as she pointed to her halo ring that floated above her head.

“I told Elder I’d make out with him if he sent me down to Equestria to help you out” she said with a depressed sigh. I looked to Discord. “What? You didn’t think that I, the god of chaos, would miss this did you?” Discord asked and I rolled my eyes. Figures only Discord would break the laws of afterlife just to be in some epic battle.

“By the way, nice driving” Discord commented. I shrugged, “Nah, it was my buddy Danko. He’s a little tipsy right now” I informed him. Discord nodded, “Well I must say I’m very impressed with his driving. In less than twenty minutes you two managed to destroy half the city and even managed to knock over the statue of Celestia” he said. I think it was a compliment but I wasn’t sure. “Uhm… thanks” I replied unsurely.

I looked to the castle. “Right, now we need to storm the castle, kill the rest of the changelings and defeat Sombra and his goons… oh and I need a gun, preferably a big one” I said. Discord smiled as he tossed me an AA12 fitted with a 20 round drum magazine. I smiled then he tossed me a belt with three extra magazines.

I looked over to him as I clipped the belt around my waist. “Trust me, the ammo goes fast” he said and I nodded.

Third person, inside castle:

“Alright, I want a defensive perimeter set up in this lobby” ordered the changeling lieutenant. The other changelings began to fan out but suddenly a wall blew down. The changeling lieutenant covered his face from the blast but as he looked to see the aggressors he was taken off his hooves from a blast of buckshot.

A draconequus, a zebra in titanium combat armour and a human in leather clothes walked into the lobby. Changelings jumped out from behind a lobby desk but Sky Dancer turned towards them and her twin Gatling guns buzzed them down with a stream of hot lead. The changelings’ bodies twisted and turned as the twin rotary machineguns tore them apart.

Changelings scurried about as Discord fired both the M60s, the ammo belts dangled about from each gun as they chattered in unison. Some of the changelings retreated and Discord shot them down, one off the changelings flung its forelegs up in the air as it was blown apart by the dual machineguns.

Some changelings rushed from a hallway beside them and Discord dropped to his knees and fired the machineguns as if they were pistols. The changelings flung about as bullets blew gaping holes in their bodies and painted the walls behind them green with their blood.

Some changelings burst from the cover of a desk and Clare fired his AA12 from the hip. The vile creatures were blasted off their hooves and propelled through the air as buckshot blew apart large portions of their bodies.

Changelings shot from balconies and ledges at the trio. Sky Dancer trained her twin guns on the changelings and fired. The iconic buzz of the Gatling guns filled the lobby as 7.62x51mm rounds blew apart the changelings and the balconies with explosive rounds. Stone ruble fell to the ground along with the mutilated bodies of the changelings.

Elsewhere changelings looked to each other as Solar Eclipse led them forward. “We must buy our bosses time while they set up the final part of the plan” Solar Eclipse told them but suddenly the large doors in the hallway were blown down by a barrage of automatic fire.

Bullets and buckshot caught changelings and blew them away. Solar Eclipse stepped back and put a changeling in front of her who was soon riddled by bullets.

Clare, Sky Dancer and Discord stepped through the doorway and all fired their weapons at the group of changelings. Solar Eclipse rushed behind the cover of a stone pillar. Changelings scurried about but were soon chopped down by a hail of lead.

Clare fired the AA12 and multiple changelings screeched as they were tossed into the air by the powerful buckshot. Empty shotgun shells littered the ground along with the spent brass from the other machineguns.

Sky Dancer continued forwards without the need to take cover but one of Discord’s M60s was hit by a large caliber round and rendered it useless. “Shit” Discord cursed to himself as he took the remaining M60 into both hands and began to fire it at changelings that scurried about.

Changelings fled left right and center but suddenly another buzzing sounded and several changelings twisted and turned. They fell to the ground in puddles of blood and the group looked up to see Long Tail standing on a balcony with a belt fed MG42. He gave them a salute then stepped out of their view and into another hallway upstairs.

Clare ejected the magazine on the AA12 and loaded a fresh one. Changelings charged at him head on, firing their assault rifles wildly. Clare stopped and leveled the AA12 at his hip then opened fire. The changelings’ bodies spun about in different directions as the 12gauge buckshot blew them away.

Clare knelt down beside Discord who was reloading the belt feed on his M60 behind the cover of a terminal desk. Sky Dancer knelt down beside them and pointed to Solar Eclipse who was fleeing. “There she goes” Sky Dancer told them and Clare nodded. “I’ll get her” he said as he lept up, firing the shotgun from his hip, and chased the evil princess.

As Clare charged, changelings tried to take pot shots on him but missed terribly. Clare shot the AA12 from one hand and changelings where taken off their hooves and skidded along the ground as they were hit by the wall of buckshot. A changeling rushed out in front of Clare and leveled a G3A3 at his gut. Clare swung the shotgun and blew off the changeling’s head before the insect could do anything.

Clare raced around the corner in pursuit of the princess. Discord and Sky Dancer hid behind the desk as changelings pounded it with gunfire. Sky Dancer stood up and fired her twin Gatling guns but after a few quick moments the ammo depleted. “Shit” she cursed and Discord checked his own ammo count.

“I’m out of ammo, I’ll be back” she told him but Discord grabbed her shoulder and held her down. “You’ve been back enough, it’s my turn to be back” he said then rushed off. “Yippee Kai yah” Sky Dancer muttered as she grabbed a Saiga 12 with a 20 round drum magazine from a dead changeling.

She lept up and began firing the Russian automatic shotgun just as her son trotted up beside her firing an M60 with one hoof. Sky Dancer looked over to her son. “I like your style Rambo” she commented and Long Tail nodded, pleased by the comment. Changelings were knocked to the ground by the M60 and green blood have begun to flood the hallway.

Long Tail trotted off to one side of the hallway and took cover as he began to reload his M60. Sky Dancer ducked behind cover and suddenly a smart car zipped up. Discord looked over to Sky Dancer. “Get in!” he called out and Sky rushed over to the smart car. But rather than open it civilly, she simply ripped the door off the hinges and tossed it to the side as she lept in the car.

“My boot is bigger than this car” she commented. “Shut up and shoot something” Discord replied as he booted off his own door. Discord slammed the accelerator to the floor and the car zipped along through the hallway of the castle. Dancer fired the Saiga 12 with one hoof and several changelings were tossed back from the blasts.

Discord rested the barrel of the M60 on his left arm and held back the trigger as he focused on driving down the hallway. Changelings that were hit by the 7.62x51mm rounds flew back and slammed into the walls of the hallway, blood staining the once clean walls.

Discord skidded the car around a corner where more changelings waited. Discord booted out the windshield and rested the M60 on the dash. As he drove the car forwards he held back the trigger.

Changelings scurried about but were blown away by lead. Sky Dancer fired her Saiga 12 but suddenly it clicked. She checked the receiver to see that the magazine had run dry. As Discord drove along she tossed the Saiga out of the vehicle and grabbed an M4 that had been dropped by one of the changelings.

She began to fire it with one hoof and the 5.56mm rounds sliced through changelings. Discord swerved the car in a complete 180 and the duo looked at the damage they had caused. Changelings regrouped and leveled their rifles on the duo. Discord tried to put the car in reverse but the car had sustained transmission damage during the fight and would no longer move. “Oh fuck” Discord muttered but suddenly a tank slammed through the stone wall of the castle, breaking apart the very sturdy wall and knocking ruble about.

Changelings were crushed by the massive tank and those who were not killed did the smart thing and fled. The hatch of the tank kicked open and Danko looked out from the hatch. He looked to the massive hole in the wall as stone continued to collapse. He then looked over to Discord and Sky Dancer. He flung his arms in the air, a vodka bottle in one hand and his Desert eagle in the other, and yelled “It’s good”.

Author's Notes:

Shoulda called this Chapter 'The Expendables'