//------------------------------// // Fortress RE-23... and so much more... // Story: The Inevitable // by frogben //------------------------------// Gina has never seen so much blood and bodies in her life, except from the Sprawl, with her, the Mane 6 were looking all around, except Rarity, who was using a magic carpet just to get around. Suddenly, a shrill voice echoed througout the compound, "FOUND SOMETHINGY!" Pinkie Pie yelled, the group ran over, in Pinkie's hooves was what looked like a small journal, "I'll read it!" Gina said as she snatched the book from Pinkie Pie's hooves. She flipped around until she found a page, covered in blood more than any other page, circled in blood were the 2 objectives "Take over Equestria and over rule King Partitiore" and "Deliver the Marker" Gina gasped, the Mane 6 peered over trying to get a peek. "What is it?" Rainbow Dash asked. "It says here to deliver the "Marker" and take over Equestria and overrule King Partitiore!" The group gasped, "We must get to the Princess and the King IMMEDIATLY!" Twilight yelled, the group nodded in unison and dashed towards Canterlot. "PRINCESS!" Twilight gasped as she and the others barged through the doors. Princess Celestia and King Partitiore turned toward the group, "What is it?" King Partitiore asked, Pinkie Pie automatically screeched, "ITSAJOURNALWHEREWEFOUND2THINGSMARKEDINBLOODABOUTTAKINGOVEREQUESTRIAANDOVERTHROWINGKINGPARTITIOREANDSOMETHINGABOUTDELIVERINGAMARKERANDINEEDTOCALMDOWNFORONCE!" Everyone stared at the pink pony, when finally Gina said, "We found this journal which said to take over Equestria and overthrow the King and deliver a Marker..." Princess Celesia and King Partitiore gasped, "WE MUST GET OVER TO THAT FORTRESS AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED!" The King said, and then they charged all the way to Fortess RE-23... "Ok, i will now cast a replay spell which will take us back in time as ghosts so we don't mess up the space-time continuim, and we can find out once and for all what happened here, ok?" Twilight said when they arrived at the wreckage, the group nodded and Twilight's horn glowed a vivid lavender, and the group was then shrouded in a pit of light. When the light ceased, the group was now translucent, and before them was a clearly intimidating structure, "Thats the fortress!" King Partitiore said, "Sh! We need to be quiet, we need all the info we can get!" Twilight hissed, the group nodded, and watched silently. Fortress RE-23 was locked up as always, with guards covering every square inch, a disciplined and elite army, and a huge population of both. Suddenly, a piercing shot rang out as one of the guards fell with a hole cleanly etched between the eyes, alarms suddenly rang out as everyone was able to trace the shot to near the front door, and the entire army of 10,000 soldiers surrounded the inside entrance of the fortress armed with machine guns, a deadly silence encased the army, but all of a sudden a noise was heard out in the front door, "Wub wub wub wub wub wubwubWUBWUBWUBWBUWBUWBWUB!" the sound gained in pitch and volume until finally a huge expolsion tore the doors apart, and the soldiers toughened thier defense, but they werent prepared when, suddenly, a burst of gun fire hit a soldier in the face, killing him upon the first bullet, then some...thing walked into the blockade, "Oh god... Is that who i think it is?" Gina gasped, standing before the milita was a creature, much like Gina in posture and height, but looked more like a machine. The creature was wearing a full bodysuit, from what the group could tell, and a helmet with 3 blue illuminated slits in the helmet probably for sight, the helmet was made completely from metal and encased the head of the creature, on its back, it had a RIG almost exactly like Gina's but it had a half-circle on the side of it, metal almost covered the creature, especially at the chest, back, arms and legs, and also there was something resembling a V shape, it was orange at the front and it was placed at the center of the chest, the creature was holding something with a Y-like shape on one end, and a stock at the other. Suddenly, the army opened fire, and the creature ran over to a side building for cover, the army surrounded the entrance, when suddenly a big boom sent the middle section flying, and out came the creature, holding a wierd device, the creature broke out into a sprint, taking out another wierd contraption and started shooting lasers, one Irellusite got hit in the arm by one and the arm split cleanly from its owner, screaming in pain, the soldier's cries were cut short when he got a laser to the neck, the head rolling around, gunfire was now sprawling all around, limbs were jettisoned back and forth as screams of pain were deafened by the sounds of weapons and explosions, and all the group could do was watch in horror, "How... how is this possible?" King Partitiore asked as a tank blew up. After what seemed like hours all the chaos ceased, blood caked the walls and buildings, smoke and flames protruded from what was left of armored cars and tanks, a small grunt protruded from the wreckage as a muscular Irellusite rose up, King Partitiore gasped, "That's Captain Methias!" Suddenly, Methias's top half fell down as a circular object struck cleanly through him, the creature walked toward the halfless captain, holding a odd object with a circular thing at one end, the circle, which turned out to be a sawblade, was held by a blue line protuding from the object, the sawblade spontaneously combusted, but the creature didnt seem to care, then he shouted, "Ok you pansy, tell me where the Marker is being delivered!" Methias looked a bit confused, "You're telling me you killed all my men just to ask where the f***ing Marker is?" he said in a gravelly voice, "Yes, and you're gonna get a world of hell and pain if you dont tell me where!" the creature spat out, Methias took a breath, "You will find it in the journal on that table." He pointed a claw to a wooden table. "Thanks." the creature said as he shot a sawblade and whipped it right through Methias's neck, while blood was spewing from the Captain's wound, the creature walked over to the table and opened the journal, flipping pages, he found a page, got some blood, and marked 2 of the objectives. He closed it and put it back on the table, "Looks like i have some exploring to do..." the creature said as he walked out of the fortress. He then jumped foward and 2 blue streams of light protruded from his feet as he propelled forward, faster than a Sonic Rainboom. The group was suddenly shrouded in white light again, when they returned to the present, looks of surprise and horror were etched onto thier faces, "That was... eventful, how about we discuss this at the castle?" Princess Celestia said, "Wait a minute... i think i know who that creature was!" Gina yelled, "Who?" the group asked in unison, "I think it was Ben." (OK guys here are the weapons used in that paragraph according to order. Seeker Rifle (almost forgot) Line Gun Pulse Rifle Plasma Cutter Ripper)