Crossover with "InFAMOUS Displaced" by Wayward Shadow
(3rd Person POV)
“GAHHH!” Sebastian yelped as the three fell through the portal, their destination unknown.
“Guys, I think we might be reaching the end of the road, brace yourselves!” Alex said as a bright light appeared in front of them.
An hour before the summoning
(Delsin's POV)
We (being Tia, Lulu, Stella, Dusk and myself) exited the portal from Tito’s world to our world, Celestia’s office specifically. I could honestly say that it felt good being home.
But, it's usually around that time that Karma decides to be a $#@&¥.
“Your Highnesses!” An Eagle Guard officer barged into the room and bowed. “An update on our search for the Skullcap leaders in Manehatten!”
“Rise, and report.”
“We've discovered an abandoned hideout, but it's what is in the hideout that may catch your interest.” The guard pulled out some photos and hoofed them over to me. I looked at the pictures with some interest.
“What is this?”
“We're not sure, but we're hoping you could help us identify the device.”
“Alright, I'll depart immediately...and Tia’s coming-”
Tia suddenly activated a teleportation spell.
And we arrived in the Manehatten Guard post.
“-with,” I finished.
Tia simply giggled at my deflated statement. “I had the feeling you would allow me to come.”
“Well, don't get used to it,” I said, playfully poking her nose.
She swatted my hand away. “Just go find that device.”
“Where is it?”
“Just a few blocks North,” a nearby guard said. “You'll notice it easily. The place is crawling with Guards and Anti-Skullcaps.”
“Thanks.” I exited the guard post and trekked the few blocks north to the site. The guard that gave me directions wasn't really lying with his description of the place. Guards and Anti-Skullcaps constantly moving. It took me a while, but I was able to find somepony to take me to the device.
The room the device was in seemed impressively built. The interior alone seemed like it could take the very Wrath of God and survive with barely a scratch. The device itself, however, caught my attention. It was a large circular frame with blast shards attached to said frame. The machinery was more complicated than I could adequately describe. The only thing I could say about it was that there was a spot for something to go on the device to activate it.
“This must be the Mother Ship,” I jokingly commented as I walked into the room...only to trip on something and knocking over a desk that had two odd looking swords and a handle for something. The swords clattered to the ground harmlessly, but the handle, in a fit of Bad Karma, decided to bounce onto the device's activation pad.
The portal kicked to life and flung three armored beings on top of me.
“Gah!”
“Dooof!”
“Owww!”
I unceremoniously pushed one of the armored beings off of me, just in time to hear the door to the chamber closing. “Oh CRAP!” I smoke dashed to the door just as it closed and latched. “CRAP!”
“Ugh… anyone get the ID of that Pelican Gunship?” One of the figures spoke up.
I whipped around, smoke trailing my arm as I got a better look at the newcomers. Two of them looked like Spartans from Halo, although one had a mismatched arm. The third looked like a better outfitted version of the Iron Armor MK 1.
“Where… where the heck are we?” Another figure asked, surprising me as the voice was female.
“Better question is, who are you?” I asked, silently prepping a smoke grenade.
The three spun around to face me, their bodies showing their shock. “Vik? You’re not the only one seeing this guy, right?” The third figure asked.
The first figure shook his head. “Buddy, we weren't expecting to do a house call. We have no idea why the heck we were even called here!” He said.
I lowered my arm, canceling the smoke. “I was meaning your names, since we might be stuck in this chamber for a while.”
“Name’s Viktor, and these two are Alexandra and Sebastian, Alex and Sasha respectively.” He said.
“Delsin Rowe,” I said as I used a ray sphere pulse to check the three. Viktor and Sasha were clean, but Alex had the gene, and it was active. “I'm going to avoid shaking your hand for the time being,” I said to her.
She nodded before Sebastian seemed to realize something. “Wait… Delsin? Tito mentioned you when we were in his world….”
Something felt off about what he said. “That's interesting. I just actually was done in his world a few hours ago...at least, according to my perspective.”
“Weird,” he said, “you were there a few days ago, according to him. Time must be different in each Equestria.”
“That...actually makes sense. Maybe synchronization may happen once I...HEY!” I saw a young colt placing the item handle in the portal device. It turned on, sucking the colt in and then exploded, sending blast shards into the walls.
“Ah shit….” Viktor growled. “How the hell are we supposed to get out now?!”
“Let me see if somepony outside can help us out.” I walked to the door and banged on it. “Hey! Could somepony help us out here?”
A loudspeaker suddenly crackled to life. *Who's in the chamber!?*
“Nobody but us chickens.” Viktor wisecracked before Alex whacked him on the back of the head.
“Thank you,” I muttered before responding. *Delsin Rowe and three-*
*The demon has been captured! Retake the base!*
“Sheesh, and I thought Spartans being called demons by the Covenant was original…” Alex muttered.
*Let us out of here or-*
“Or what, darling?” A seductive, feminine voice said from the loudspeaker.
Wait a minute. “SASHA!?”
“I was wondering when you'd find that trap,” she said, “It took a lot of effort to plan out.”
“Old friend of yours?” Sebastian asked. “And why the heck does she sound like Rarity?”
“For one thing, I've heard of her, just never met her. Second, she sounds like that because she's practically a-”
“Now, now. No need to call me names until we at least have our first date.”
“Put a cork in it lady.” Viktor growled. “You already blew this out of proportions when you got us involved.”
“Delsin, dear? Would you kindly keep your pets-” I fired a cinder missile at the speaker, shutting up the transmission.
“Boring conversation anyways… so how the hell are we supposed to get out of here?!” Viktor asked.
“Only one idea left.” I extended my hand for Alex to shake. “I'm gonna need your help. And I'll apologize after we shake.”
Alex hesitantly nodded and took my hand. Our hands then suddenly lit up in blue auras and both of us fell unconscious.
(Alex's mind)
My life had been perfect. I had a brother that cared for me and two great parents, but then one day, when my mom and I were coming back from a mall, a man that had had too much to drink crashed into our car and totaled it. My right arm smashed into the door and was crushed between it and the car. My mom survived also, but when we got to the hospital, the doctors said my arm couldn't be saved and they had to amputate it. The next few days were a blur for me, but a company that made custom prosthetic arms offered to make one for me. Since I was a big fan of SoulCalibur, and of Ivy Valentine in particular, I asked if they could make it after her right arm armor. A few weeks after I got the arm, Viktor, his friend Sasha and I went to the New York Comicon, both me and Vik went as Spartans from Halo 5 while Sasha went as a Astartes from a game called Warhammer 40,000. Unfortunately, Sasha forgot our weapons, but we soon found a vendor that was dressed as a trader from the same game. After we bought the weapons we needed… all three of us blacked out. I woke up next to Viktor who had been looking around at the forest we were now in. Soon after that, what looked like wooden wolves attacked us, I was so scared, I thrust my hand out to deflect any attack. What I didn't expect was a burst of energy that shot out of my hand and smashed into them, turning them into nothing but bits of twig. I realized then that I was able to use magic, and to this day, I'm still scared of my power… but I know that I will use it to protect others.
(Back in the real world)
After the power vision, I woke up to see the business end of a rifle pointed at my face. “Umm...trigger happy, lately?”
Viktor raised his weapon and gave me a hidden glare. “What did you do to Alex?!” He growled. Sebastian was lowering his own weapon, a more heavy looking automatic weapon that was clip fed and from the look of it fired heavy caliber bullets. “You shake her hand and she suddenly faints! So what did you do!?”
“You guys familiar with InFAMOUS?” I asked them.
“We’ve heard of it, never really played it.” Sebastian said, his weapon suddenly vanishing from his hands.
“Third game in the series, the protagonist has the ability to absorb the powers of others of his kind.” I pointed at Alex, who was just beginning to stir. “She's one of them.”
“A conduit? Please, the character her arm’s based off of used magic herself. She wasn't a conduit.” Viktor snorted.
“I've met two Displaced that had their conduit genes active, but in ways related to the character. Sora for light, Vanitas for darkness.”
“Hang on, I’ve heard of those names, they're characters from Kingdom Hearts. You mean there are KH Displaced?!” Sebastian asked in disbelief.
“Can we get back on the topic of escape?” I asked. “I need to see what I can now do.”
“Sorry.”
“Now, you see the glowing crystals that are embedded in the walls?” The two nodded just as Alex shakily stood up. “Grab them. They'll come in handy later.” The three began extracting the blast shards as I examined the door. I closed my eyes and began to feel an energy flowing into my eyes. When I opened them, I was able to see the lock mechanism in the door. “What do you know, this door wasn't designed with intelligent beings in mind.”
Alex looked over to me. “So it can be lock-picked?” She asked.
I turned to her, seeing her armor’s weak spots. She recoiled a bit upon seeing me. “In a way, yes. But no pick will be needed in the process.” I turned my attention back to the door and carefully examined the three bolts that held the door closed. I tested my telekinesis on them and found it was like those trial and error puzzles. It took a few seconds, but the lock was disengaged.
“Say hello to Freed-” The door was suddenly impaled by eight rock spires, forcing the door to stay closed.
“What in Dorn's name?” Sebastian yelped. “Who the hell did that?!”
“Must have been one of the Skullcaps,” I growled. “Most of them are rock conduits.”
Sebastian growled before his entire form suddenly began to glow. “I'm not gonna stay in this room and let those idiots try and harm anypony!” He shouted before the glow became so bright, me and the others had to block our eyes. When it died down, we stared at him in shock. Towering above us was a massive robot, with what looked like a rotary type cannon and a massive fist with a built in gun underneath. Sebastian's voice then emanated from it. ++Well… this was unexpected…++
Viktor whistled. “Dang dude, you’re a flipping Dreadnought!”
I shook my head. “If you're going to go crazy, aim for the ponies painted in red, have bone armor, and have black veins on their faces. Everypony else is not to be harmed under ANY circumstances.”
++ I'm not a bloody Berserker, I do know enemies from civilians.++ Sebastian muttered before he pulled his fist back. ++To a quote a certain Marvel hero: IT'S CLOBBERING TIME!++ He roared as he swung his fist forward. The door flew off its hinges and crashed into the wall. He then changed back into his power armored form and staggered. “Geez, that… took a lot out of me…”
A glowing chunk of rock suddenly flew into the chamber and exploded, sending shards of rock over the four of us. While the three armored Displaced had protection, I wasn't as lucky, getting hit with a few chunks in the ribs and abdomen.
As one, the three suddenly had ranged weapons that weren't in their hands before, and opened fire on our attackers. The rapid chatter of an assault rifle was accompanied by the heavy thud of Sebastian's gun.
Alex quickly ran over to where I was, what looked like a high tech energy rifle in her hands. “You okay?” She asked.
I pulled the rocks out of me, the blue light of magic ‘leaking’ out before the wounds sealed up. “Just the day in the life of a Conduit.” I stood up and unraveled my chain. “Now, let's beat these guys into next Tuesday.” I ran forward, teleported in front of a few Skullcaps and lashed out with my chain. The chain transformed into ethereal ruins and struck hard, behaving like a whip.
The three others soon also charged in, each armed with a different melee weapon. Sebastian was armed with a mace that crackled with energy while Viktor was armed with a massive two handed hammer. Alex however was armed with what looked like a normal sword until she flicked her wrist and the blade transformed into a whip.
“Let's see you fly!” Viktor yelled before he swung his weapon. When it hit, a visible shockwave sent five Skullcaps flying.
I teleported to a catwalk above the combat and began firing off bolts of magic at the Skullcaps below. I charged a shot and fired three homing bolts of magic that hit and restrained them. “Oh, I'm SO going to use this!”
Sebastian smashed aside a Skullcap and shouted, “I'm getting tired of you boneheads! This isn't exactly humerus!”
I dodged a rock bullet and tossed the attacker off of the catwalk. “Now’s not the time for silly puns,” I shouted out. “Save them for tomarrow...DANG IT!!!”
“Fine, I'll finish punishing these guys and leave the jokes for later.” Sebastian chuckled as he punched a Skullcap and sent him sprawling.
I jumped off the catwalk and slammed my fist on the ground, causing several Skullcaps to be sent flying from the magical shockwave. “You guys may want to hold onto something!” I then summoned my magic and began to gather energy into the center of the room. All the Skullcaps, loose boxes, and debris were then sucked into it. I held the energy for a few more seconds before I released it in an explosion that blew the Skullcaps against the walls, wrapped up in magical restraints. The boxes and debris were vaporized. I then collapsed onto my knees, exhausted.
“Holy throne…” Sebastian muttered.
“So what do we with these guys?” Viktor asked, looking at the restrained Skullcaps. “Wait until the authorities arrive?”
“That’s usually best,” I said. I then looked around the room briefly. “Now to find our way out of here.”
“Kyra’s picking up an exit a few feet from us.” The Spartan said, looking around. “I have a nav point on it.”
“Then lead the way. This definitely wasn’t the back alley hideout I entered earlier.”
Viktor nodded before he lead us out of the room. We wandered through the seemingly empty corridor checking every door we came across. “Cheerful place,” I commented after searching the fourth room, finding it empty.
“Trust me, I’ve been in places that would kill.” Sebastian muttered. Viktor then halted and held up a hand.
“I’ve got eyes on the exit. But I'm hearing footsteps outside…” he said. “Wait… I'm hearing a female voice outside and it's not that mare from earlier… geez, she’s got a quite a mouth on her, she… Ouch, Celestia is not gonna be happy about being called that name!”
Suddenly, something small came running from the exit and hid behind my legs. “That crazy robot pony is after me!”
“Who’s this?” Alex said, taking her helmet off and letting her black hair flow onto her shoulders before kneeling down and looking at the colt.
“Yah!” The colt suddenly jumped up and held onto my neck. I was able to get a better look at him while struggling to climb onto my head. He looked like the kind of painted horse you would see Native Americans ride in old west pictures. His barrel was covered with an apparatus of some kind with a variety of tubes coming out of it. And his hooves looked like they were scarred by something.
“Please, don't eat me!” The colt shouted. Hearing his voice suddenly brought something back to me.
“Wait a minute, you're that conduit that begged for my help using that neuro-tar on me!”
“I recognize him, that's Pipsqueak! But… what happened to you?” Sebastian asked the colt.
“He was tortured,” we heard from the door. Looking, we saw Dusk walking through the door, an odd combination of a scowl and sad face on her face.
“So you're Dusk…” Sebastian said, with a nod.
“Yeah? What's it to you?”
“Dark and Rainbow mentioned you when we were in his Equestria. They weren't kidding about you being one moody Alicorn.” He chuckled.
“Don't remind me,” she said, “Anyway, you found Pipsneak and I'll leave you five to deal with Sasha.” She began walking off.
“Dusk.” Alex said, causing her to turn around. “You’re not the only one who went through a hard time.”
“Don't try to sympathize,” she said nonchalantly. She then static teleported out of site.
“Geez, she must be really fun at parties.” Viktor said sarcastically. He then looked at Pipsqueak. “So why did you need Delsin's help?” He asked.
“Well, the power that I have was forced upon me,” he said, “It hurt for it to happen. Then they tried to make me do things...bad things.”
Alex's eyes narrowed in anger and her tone was steely as she said, “Whoever did this… just pissed off the wrong Displaced.”
“I think we should definitely take care of Sasha. If she goes down, that's one less problem for me.”
“What do you know of her?” Viktor asked.
“Tar conduit that looks like the very spawn of Tartarus itself...from what I remember from the game,” I said. “And I hope she has the decency to wear better covering clothing than what the game depicted.”
“So I'm guessing her weakness is fire?” Sebastian asked.
“No,” Pipsqueak answered. “She wears a thing like me.” He pointed to the tube covered apparatus on himself. “You pull the tubes out and it gets harder for her to control her powers.”
“Or take the tubes out from afar…” Alex mused.
“Sounds like a plan,” I said, pointing to the door. “So, this way buddy?”
“Yup!” Pipsqueak answered.
We followed him down the hallway as it began to slope downward. As it began to level out, we noticed that there was a black liquid up to ankle depth.
“Ugh… even though my helmet I can smell the stuff… it’s gonna take forever to get my armor cleaned.” Sebastian groaned.
I knelt down and examined the liquid. “Guys, when we take on Sasha, don't let any of this stuff touch your head or spine.”
“Let me guess, it does something to you?” Alex asked as she resealed her helmet.
“Brief contact will mess with your head a bit, longer exposure, ingestion, or injection will mean a complete takeover of your mind.”
“Good thing we wear helmets and armor then.” Viktor said. “Otherwise, that wouldn't be good.”
We advanced into the neuro-tar, but partway in, Alex was suddenly pulled under the surface of the tar.
“ALEX!” Viktor shouted.
“You really don't know proper dating etiquette,” Sasha’s voice came out of a loudspeaker. “Bringing another girl with you to pick up your date? How heartless.”
“That girl is my sister!” Viktor snarled, what looked like a handheld railgun appearing in his hands. “And you just made the wrong choice, you Tartarus spawn!”
“Delsin, we need to talk in private, away from your pets.” I felt my leg get tugged by something. When I looked down, I was suddenly pulled under and instantly blacked out.
(3rd person POV)
“Delsin!” Viktor shouted as the Conduit was yanked under.
“Pip, can you guide us to where we need to go?” Sebastian asked the colt.
“I think so,” he said nervously.
“Don't think you're off the hook either, welp!”
Pipsqueak shouted out in fear, jumping up and latching onto Viktor’s visor.
“You want him? You go through us…” Sebastian growled. “You think we're scared of you? We’ve seen things that would give you nightmares…”
“I can show you nightmares,” she said as something was formed from the liquid.
Sebastian snorted. “Please, that's not scary.”
The Alien suddenly sprouted a unicorn horn and wings. Its tail then morphed into multiple, whip-like tails. Sebastian’s gun arm was snagged by one of the tails as it flew at him, bio-blades brandished.
“If that's supposed to scare me, then you need to do a better job.” He said before a handheld flamethrower appeared in his hand. “CLEANSE AND BURN!” He roared before a jet of flame engulfed the construct. The construct howled in pain as it burned, but it managed to land a strike with its Bio-blade before dissolving.
“Stronger than I thought,” Sasha said, “And to think I fell for Delsin.”
“Sorry, but I'm not in the mood for dating.” Sebastian growled, wincing as his enhanced physiology healed his wound. “Now give Alex and Delsin back!”
A door nearby opened up, revealing a larger, more flooded room. “Claim them if you can.”
“Kyra, keep an eye out for any movement.” Viktor said, after repositioning Pipsqueak on his helmet.
“You got it.” The AI replied.
The two entered the room, their weapons at the ready. Knowing now that the tar was vulnerable to fire, Viktor had replaced his weapon for a flamethrower and was now sweeping it back and forth in case an attack happened.
Once they were in the room, they heard footsteps up above them. They looked up and saw that both Delsin and Alex were being suspended by tendrils of tar coming from a bald woman in jogging pants and a zipped up jacket with tubes coming out of it.
“Let me guess, you’re Sasha?” Viktor asked.
“Very perceptive,” she said.
“Why go to all of this? You could be helping ponies, not enslaving them and having them do your bidding!” Sebastian said, glaring behind his helmet.
“Answer me this,” she said, “Was Hitler truly a heartless monster?”
“Depends on who you’re talking to.” Viktor replied, his voice guarded. “But what you did to Pipsqueak… even someone like Hitler wouldn't want that to happen to someone.”
“And yet he did it to the Jews.”
“Just what is your point?”
“The same as him. Destroy those who would deny safety for freedom, and bring down the false rulers of this land.”
“By enslaving others? Killing the Princesses? That's not freedom, that's tyranny! You’re just as bad as Sombra!” Viktor spat, “He tried the same thing as you are doing now and failed miserably, what makes you think you'll succeed?”
“Simple, unlike him, I’ll have a proper means of escape, should I fail.”
“Then I have one thing to say.” Viktor said. “Boom.” She looked down to see a plasma grenade glowing blue at her feet.
She simply giggled as the explosive went off. She was dissolved in the explosion and the tar tendrils holding the prisoners were now coming from the flooded floor.
“Vik, now!” Sebastian yelled before the two unleashed a flamestorm from their weapons.
“Bet you did Nazi that coming!” Viktor snarked.
“Clever pun,” they heard her say. She suddenly rose from the floor and began to grapple with him. He was surprised by her strength, her lithe frame hiding it.
“You honestly have no idea who you're dealing with.” He growled before he rammed his head against hers, the helmet multiplying the impact force and stunning her. He then kicked her away and after summoning twin SMGs, took a few pot shots at the hoses and disconnected four. “I'm not some police officer you can overpower, I'm a Spartan of the UNSC, the elite of the elite.” He then activated his thrusters and slammed into her, sending her smashing into a wall. “And you just pissed me off big time.”
She smiled and dissolved. A giggle was heard behind him and he was hit hard with two tendrils, sending him flying into another wall. “And I’m not your average succubus.”
“But you do have one thing that applies to any living being.” Sebastian said. “You can BURN!” He growled as he unleashed a blast of flame at her.
She screeched in pain and dissolved. More tendrils came from the pool and began knocking the two warriors every which way, hitting every other wall.
Alex suddenly yelled, “HEY!” before she suddenly teleported out of the tendril holding her. “You want to fight someone? Then bring it on!” She snarled, her gauntlet suddenly charging with arcane energy. She then whipped her sword out and flicked her wrist, the blade separating into its whip form.
“Since I’ve managed my escape,” she said, raising from the floor. “I can spare a few minutes.”
Alex smirked under her helmet before she suddenly teleported before Sasha could react and delivered a combination of blows from her weapon and magic blasts to the Conduit. “Still think you can beat me? I was trained by Twilight in magic and in combat by a Spartan named Eliteslayer!” She said as she delivered a powerhouse blow with her right arm, the punch sending Sasha into the wall. She then walked forward, restraining the Tar Conduit with bands of magic. “I'm called the “Spartan Mage” for a reason, I'm both a UNSC Spartan, and a powerful magic user.” She then sheathed her sword and summoned a single pistol. Taking aim, she then fired and disconnected the rest of the hoses. “And you just failed.”
Sasha coughed in pain, but continued to giggle and laugh. “Are you sure that I’ve failed?”
“Unlike you, we care about the ponies and their well-being. And we will defend them at all costs.” Sebastian said as he cut Delsin down from his tendril.
“Did you forget what I said. I said, ‘I’ve managed my escape.’” The sound of another portal device opening then exploding was heard. The fake Sasha then dissolved.
“...shit…” Viktor swore.
“She may have escaped… but we managed to save Pip.” Alex said, looking at the colt.
“Well, now another world is going to have her as a problem,” Delsin commented. “I just hope this won’t be like my doppleganger.”
“I think she'll end up hitting the wall. The Multiverse isn't a picnic for the uninitiated.” Viktor said. “But if we do encounter her, she’ll find us ready and waiting.”
“How much do you know about my doppelganger?”
“Enough to know that he’s a threat to the Multiverse. But he’ll find out that there are beings that can easily remove his powers for good.” Sebastian said, his tone steely.
“Let’s not resort to the authors or whatever they’re called just yet,” Delsin shuddered. “I already had a bad encounter with mine or whatever.”
“I wasn't talking about the authors. There are beings known as Displacers and Void Dwellers that are more than a match for any Displaced.” Viktor explained.
“They haven’t interfered yet in my dealings with him. He’s limited to where I’ve been or summoned from in the Multiverse. So, you’ll have a wacknut to deal with when it comes to your world.”
“If he does attack, he’ll find he’s bitten off more than he can chew.” Alex spoke up.
“He is resistant to death,” Delsin answered, leaving the group speechless. “Your point?”
“The point is, there's a Displacer that guards our universe. Along with a void dweller named Ahriman, who used to be a Displaced himself apparently.”
“Okay, I’ll admit, I may not have to deal with him on your world, but I’ll still need to head to your world to at least find that colt that, for some reason, activated that portal and traveled to your world.”
“Right… Let's hope your Celestia doesn't get too worried about you…” Sebastian said. “Incidentally, congrats on being engaged.”
“Ah, so you heard,” Delsin said. “There are some invitations, should you be open to come.”
“Hopefully we’ll be able to, if this damn war ends soon…” Viktor said.
“Okay, let’s get to the surface.” He turned to Pipsqueak. “Pip, lead the way.”
(Delsin’s POV)
After Pip led us out of the underground hideaway, we found ourselves just outside one of the warehouses at the edge of the city.
“This is frustrating,” I said to no one in particular. “I went just a few blocks north of the guard station and now, I’m who know’s how far away from that original spot!”
“Let me try something.” Alex said before she launched a burst of magic into the air, the orb exploding after it hit a few feet. “Magic flare, should get the guard’s attention.”
A bolt of neon suddenly came flying from a nearby rooftop, hitting Alex in the leg and causing her to be bound up from head to toe in neon bands.
“Hey! What was that for!?” The Spartan asked indignantly.
In response, a rock grenade landed and exploded between the other two.
“Oy! We’re friendlies!” Viktor shouted.
“NEON!!! OBSIDIAN!!! GET YOUR FLANK ENDS DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!!” I bellowed. Two earth ponies were suddenly standing at attention in front of me.
“You called?” Neon asked.
“When are you two gonna stop doing that!? Seriously! I leave homeworld for a few days and you’re both already at each other’s throats!”
“Um, mind getting me out of these?!” Alex asked, struggling against her bonds.
“Just give me a sec.” I walked up to a shop window and drained the neon sign in the front. I unraveled my chain and swiped at the bonds, cutting them clean off.
“Thanks.” She said, rubbing her wrists.
“No problem. Stay here for a moment, I’m gonna see if there is any guard movement that saw your flare.” I then ran up the side of a tall skyscraper in a blur of neon. Once I arrived at the top, I was able to see some of the pegasi from the Solar Division making their way to our position. I jumped off of the building and landed just behind Sebastian.
“Anyone coming towards where we are?” He asked.
“A few pegasi from the Solar Division.”
“Welp, while we're waiting, I'm gonna listen to some music.” Viktor said, “Kyra, active music file 8300, key word For Freedom We Rise.”
“Do you happen to have Calling or Twister in your music bank or whatever?”
“No, never even heard of those songs.” He said, just as the music file in his helmet activated.
“Oh, okay.” I suddenly remembered something. “Hey, you remember your ‘disbelief’ over a few Kingdom Hearts Displaced?”
“Yeah…” Sebastian replied.
“Well, get this. Sora’s Equestria is partial r63.” I pulled out the picture of Solaris in a dress and showed it to him. “And look at what he did to the Solar Diarch.”
Sebastian took one look and busted out laughing. “Well that's definitely something! And Eliteslayer mentioned that in a Equestria he visited, there was a male version of Ruby running around.”
“I can see that you’re already acquainting them with an alternate version of myself.” I turned to the sound of the voice to see Tia walking towards us.
“Heh, you got that right, honey,” I said.
The three Displaced knelt down in respect. “It's nice to meet you Celestia.” Viktor said.
“Don’t overstress it, Dude,” I said.
“I agree,” Tia said. “Set your formalities aside. Anyone who is on good terms with my fiance, is on good terms with me.”
“Sorry, just kinda used to doing it with our Celestia.” Sebastian chuckled. They then stood up and he continued, “The name's Sebastian, and these two are Alexandra and Viktor.” He said, nodding to the two Spartans.
“A pleasure to meet all of you.”
“The pleasure is all ours, it’s not often we meet a Celestia that's engaged to a Displaced.” Viktor chuckled.
“I heard suspicions from Delsin that another Displaced is in love with his Princess Luna.”
Sebastian frowned. “Sebaste mentioned that a Displaced he met mentioned a Gilgamesh… but I haven't really heard much about the guy to know much.”
“She was talking about Sora,” I mumbled.
“Wait, the guy who's version of Celestia was in the dress? Huh.” He then chuckled, “This’ll definitely be a tale to tell Twi and Nyx…”
“All talking aside, I think we should return to Canterlot,” I said. Turning to the three I said, “You're free to tag along as well to rest up before we tackle trying to rebuild the portal tech.”
Viktor nodded. “We're fine with that, but are we teleporting there? If not, we have our own transportation.” he asked.
“Where is it?” I asked, looking around, trying to find it.
While I couldn't see it, I had the feeling he was smirking. Suddenly, a large aircraft appeared next to the three, the troop hatch open. I recognized it as a Pelican Gunship from Halo 3. “When you're able to summon any weapon or vehicle from the games, you don't need to have others transport you.” He chuckled.
“Holy...can I try flying a Banshee?” I asked in fanboy like excitement.
“Sorry, I can only really do one vehicle at a time.” Viktor said, rubbing his head in embarrassment. “If I do anymore, it’ll leave me too exhausted.”
I slumped in defeat, “Okay, but I call co-pilot position.”
He nodded, “That's fine with me. Let's get this show on the road!” He said as he headed inside the Pelican.
I was practically shouting in excitement until Tia boarded as well. “I'm personally kind of curious how this works,” she said. “I hope you don't mind if I ride along, mostly to keep Delsin in line.”
Sebastian chuckled before a new vehicle appeared next to him. It was heavily armed, with twin rotary cannons underneath, heavier versions of his gun and missile launchers. Two VTOL like engines were mounted on the sides and the whole thing was boxy, like it could take a lot of punishment.
“I’ll do escort duty, don't want anything to take out a transport with a VIP.” He said before he jumped into the cockpit of the new vehicle.
The two aircraft started up their engines and began making their way to Canterlot. I was excited to actually see the inside of a video game vehicle, but even then, the cockpit seemed like what you would see in a military aircraft.
“Alright, I'm opening up the throttle, so you better buckle up!” Viktor warned. “Kyra, put a nav marker on Canterlot.”
“Copy that.”
“Everyone strapped in?” I asked, mostly to Tia.
“I am,” she confirmed.
“Alright, brace yourselves!” The Spartan said as he opened the throttle and the transport shot forward, Sebastian's ship managing to keep up, the underslung guns tracking left and right.
We soon arrived at the castle, both Viktor and Sebastian bringing their vehicles to land in the courtyard.
“That was Awesome!” I shouted out as the transport opened...and a paper shuriken struck and stuck into my shoulder. “Gah!” I looked out the transport and saw at least 20 Bio-guard or so, each with shocked looks on their faces.
“Delsin!” Alex shouted. She began to advance out of the Pelican, but I held her back and stepped forward, pulling the projectile out of my shoulder, neon leaking from the puncture.
“Who threw this?” The guards all moved out of the way, leaving a lone guard with an embarrassed look on his face. I dropped the shuriken and fired a neon bolt at the pony’s leg, restraining him. “He's got janitorial work for the rest of the week.” The guards nodded and took him away.
“Noobs, they always manage to goof up.” Sebastian chuckled as he walked up to us.
“At least he hit me and not anyone else.”
“First rock, now paper? What's next, scissors?!” Viktor asked.
“Who knows? Because I don't.” I stretched a bit. “I'm still a bit worn out from helping teach Dash, getting a few powers stripped from me, and nearly getting killed by a psychotic woman. I'll be napping if anyone needs me”
(3rd person POV)
Delsin walked off, leaving the Princess with the three warriors. “Jet Second!”
A pony in silver armor walked up. “Yes, your Majesty?”
“Show these three to the guest bedrooms.”
“Yes ma'am. Follow me, please.” The guard began leading them into the castle.
“So I'm guessing you're related to Jet Set?” Alex asked as the walked through the halls.
“Yes, but I'm not proud of it,” he said.
Viktor snorted. “I'm not a fan of the nobles myself. At least some of them are a lot nicer, like Fancy Pants.” He said. “Others just grind my teeth at how they act.”
“The nobles that fit in the annoying category in your world are more than likely criminals here.”
“That wouldn't be surprising, nobility usually ends up getting corrupted, at least those that lord it over others.” Sebastian spoke up.
“There's more to it than that, but you've got the basics down.”
“So how long have you been serving the Princesses?”
“A few months, actually. The Bio-guard is relatively new. Before that, I was considered for the Eagle Guard.”
“The Eagle Guard?” The three looked at him in confusion.
“An Akomish exclusive Division of the Royal Guard,” he answered, adjusting the armor on his right arm to show the Akomish tattoo. “That's another reason I'm not proud of my father. He treated the Akomish like trash.”
A stony silence came from the three. “So not only is he a jerk, but he’s a bloody racist.” Viktor muttered.
“Let's not forget tribalist, anti-alicorn, second in command of the Descendants, and various criminal charges for being an all around idiot.”
“Yeah, he’s lucky Sebaste isn't here. I’ve seen the guy get angry, and trust me, if he had heard that, Jet Set would not be having a good time.” Viktor said with a nervous chuckle.
“I would pity him in that instance alone,” Second said. The group arrived at a series of doors. “Here are your rooms, I hope to see you three again.”
“You too Jet.” Alex said before her armor disappeared, revealing the T-shirt and pants underneath, the same thing happening to the others. Only Alex’s right arm was still armored. “We’ll see you later hopefully.”
He nodded and walked off. Just as he rounded a corner, he was suddenly bowled over by an young almost black alicorn.
“Sorry! My bad!” She said. She kept running past the three, but stopped after she passed them.
“Nyx?!” Sebastian asked in shock before he saw that she was completely different from the filly he knew back in his Equestria.
“Huh?” The alicorn looked at him with confusion. Said look suddenly changed to wonder. “Wow, you’re tall!”
Sebastian chuckled and knelt down. “Being turned into a Space Marine can do that. My name's Sebastian, but I'm usually called Sasha. What's your name, young one?” He asked.
“My name’s Stella. Wait, you said you were a Space Marine? Did you have to fight a crazy alien to get here? And are they Space Marines too?”
The others chuckled. “No, we’re called Spartans, and the three of us are Displaced. I'm Viktor, and this is my sister Alexandra, or Alex for short.” Viktor said, nodding his head towards the female Spartan, who was helping Jet Second up.
“Get back here!” A somewhat larger, yellow alicorn came careening around the corner, knocking Alex and Second down again.
“I recognize that voice!” Sebastian said, turning to see the Alicorn charging towards them. “What the… Luna?! What in Dorn's name happened to you!?” He asked in surprise.
“I’ll explain later!” Stella yelled. She then ran past them with Luna on her tail.
“Ugh…. Anyone know why there was a yellow Luna running around?” Alex groaned as she and Second got back up.
“This happens almost on a regular basis,” Second said. “Luna and Stella have been pranking each other since they got here.”
“Oh god… right, royal prank war…” Viktor chuckled. He then opened the door to his room. “I'm gonna grab a power nap, someone wake me up when we're needed.” He said before he entered the room and closed the door.
“See you later Jet.” Alex said before she and Sebastian entered their rooms.