Twilight's Castle
Soon after the ponies and men woke up, the men ate some energy bars so that they would be satisfied yet light on their mission. They soon geared up and were headed out the door toward the Everfree Forest.
"Good luck guys!", Rainbow Dash cheered.
"Do be careful now boys!", Rarity warned.
"Make sure you stomp out all them bugs now, ya hear?" Applejack stated. All the ponies were cheering them on as the humans waved back to them.
"Wait! Twilight!", Pinkie piped up as soon as the humans were out of view.
"Wasn't today that day when Starlight and Trixie were coming back and you were gonna throw them, Thorax, and Discord that huge congratulations party? I thought the princesses were coming to!", she stated.
"Oh no Pinkie, you're right! I can't believe I forgot!" Twilight yelped as she ran back inside, thinking of a good present to give to Starlight.
'...Maybe a friendship mirror would do?'
At the entrance to the Everfree Forest
"Here we go guys!" Ramirez stated excitedly as he put on his music.
"Here we go again", the other guys said in unison, as they had grown used to their leader's taste in music.
"Well, too bad we don't have helicopters, it would be so much easier to find this hideout if we had one", Summers stated.
"Yeah, but what's wrong with a little hike through the forest?" Ramirez stated, being an Eagle Scout back home. Soon the guys were hiking through the forest. Thanks to the map that Mandible had labeled, they found the hideout within ten minutes. It was not difficult to spot, it looked like a giant fire ant nest like the ones that formed in Texas. Ramirez shut off the music as he saw the mound creep into view.
"Alright, Newbie, Smith, go see if anyone's guarding the entrance. Yankee, go to those bushes over there and make a sniper position. Parker, you're with me. Move!" Ramirez ordered as the team stealthily moved into position. Summers and Smith crept their way through some bushes and came to the mouth of the anthill-like cave, to see two changelings standing guard at the entrance. Smith pulled out a mirror he had in his uniform's breast pocket and flashed it back at Ramirez, indicating that there were two changelings at the entrance. Ramirez then told McLaughn to pick off the two changelings using hand signals. McLaughn took aim.
BANG! One changeling fell dead as the other felt green blood splat near him. As soon as he turned to look, BANG! McLaughn's second dart ended him. While doing this, McLaughn noticed a second entrance to the nest since he was positioned at another angle from the front.
"Hey guys! There's another entrance on this side!", he called out. Soon, buzzing was heard coming from the hive.
"Alright guys! Smith and Newbie go with Yankee into that other entrance, Parker you're still with me. Charge!" The guys then charged at both entrances, where the changelings were coming out of. Ramirez activated a new song to get him pumped up on his phone.
Soon the guys opened fire on the changelings! Darts, rival balls, and magic beams were flying all over the caves as the battle was now raging wildly in the hive. Deep within the caves of the hive, Queen Chrysalis suddenly heard the noises of gunfire, heavy metal, and magical blasts.
"What is going on out there?!" She yelled at a changeling who ran into the cave.
"My queen, the hive is under attack! It looks like those bipedal aliens are here! We need to get you out of here!", the changeling replied.
"No. First, I want to see these so-called 'aliens'", she replied. The changeling bowed and ran back into the battle.
Back in the caves, the men were shooting up a storm and yelling out battle cries as the changelings hissed at them and charged and fired magic at them. Ramirez's heavy metal echoed throughout the caves, giving the men a strong intimidation factor. Parker had revved up his rapidstrike and blew down a ton of changelings with it while Ramirez picked off the magic wielders with his stryfe rifle. At the other cave, Smith was lighting up changelings with his stryfe smg while Summers blew heads and limbs off with his rival atlas shotgun. McLaughn picked off the ones that were using magic against them with his retaliator rifle. The caves were littered with changeling bodies and the Lunar Nightwatch soon rallied where the caves connected, taking cover behind some rocks while still firing at the changelings who were defending Chrysalis' makeshift throne room. The humans were putting plenty of darts down range, killing off the changelings very quickly. Soon, they reached the throne room and soon found Queen Chrysalis standing in front of them.
"So, you are the aliens who have been killing off my children", she coldly stated while looking at their impressive gear and physiques.
"Yeah, and you saw what just five of us can do! Now put your hands.. or hooves .. up and surrender!" Ramirez yelled while he and his men raised their weapons. Queen Chrysalis just laughed at this and fired a magical beam at them. The men hit the deck and opened fire on her, but she pulled up a magical energy shield that protected her from the high-velocity darts and balls.
"Foolish creatures! Did you think that you could simply kill me? The one true changeling queen?!" She shot a very powerful magical beam at Parker, and ended up throwing him into a wall. "Man down!", McLaughn yelled as he ran over to protect him. The queen laughed.
"You pathetic creatures may have been able to defeat my small army, but this will be nothing compared to what I am about to bring upon two of Equestria's cities!", she threatened while turning and running for a secret getaway passage in the room that sealed shut behind her. The guys tried to blast through, but couldn't. Meanwhile, Parker had a large cut in his leg from being thrown into the stone wall, and McLaughn had brought out his first aid kit was now bandaging him up. Soon, the others picked up all the ammo from the dead changelings. This was a gruesome job, but one that had to be done until the Princesses could start mass-producing ammo.
"Hey Smith, do you still have that flag Twilight gave us?" Ramirez asked.
"Yeah I do", Smith replied. Before the team left, Twilight had given them an Equestrian flag to raise on top of the hive so that she could spot it. Soon, the guys climbed up to the top of the hive and set it on the highest point. It soon waved proudly in the wind.
"Good job guys! We did it!" Ramirez stated as the guys cheered. Soon, they returned to Ponyville with news of their victory.
Twilight's castle.
Pinkie Pie had just swept up a bunch of party stuff with a large teapot looking vacuum when the doors bust open. In walked the tall, dirty, battle-worn humans. "Hey girls we're-- Pinkie what is that?" Parker stated, limping while holding onto McLaughn for support.
"Oh! Just my after-party cleanup vacuum! We had a party for the heroes who saved us when Chrysalis kidnapped us!" Pinkie replied.
"Dammit, we missed out on a Pinkie party!" The guys stated in unison.