//------------------------------// // Chapter 30: Ponies vs Warriors // Story: Prisoner and Savior: Part 2 // by efug25g //------------------------------// Somewhere 250 meters south of Canterlot..... Admiral Jiarius has prepped three of their battleships to aim their bombard cannons close to the outer walls of Canterlot, right in front of the battalion led by Colonel Janus. From inside the command bridge of the Empress' flagship, Jiarius sees from his binoculars that Janus' men are able to get close enough to the walls with their tanks before he gave out the order to fire. With just one wave of his hand, the Sectanium Crewmen operating the battleships opened fire upon the walls of Canterlot, forcing the defenders to flee deeper into the city of Canterlot. As the Admiral sees the tall explosions of shrapnel booming out from inside Canterlot's walls, the Empress grinned with delight that most of her men are able to breach the castle's first line of defense. However, Vanista and Jiarius still didn't see Janus anywhere near their army's ranks. No matter, Vanista knew that Janus already did her part in taking down the outer walls. Unfortunately, the huge shield barrier protecting the rest of Canterlot is still in place as a few explosions only struck the shield, unable to damage any buildings, except for the ponies that got caught in the blast. Seeing that the UFF Marines and the guard ponies defending the walls fled inside the huge shield barrier, the Admiral ordered the ships to cease fire once more before the Empress makes another command to one of her officers while sitting on her throne. Vanista turned towards General Zulux to send in a second wave of their troops. "General, you are to move in and find a way to shut down their shield barrier protecting that city!! Now move it!!!" "Yes, your majesty!!" Zulux said as he saluted the Empress before leaving the command bridge. As soon as he went down to the battlefield, he rallied his men from the encampments inside the Everfree Forest before marching towards the wrecked battlements. As Zulux marched forward, a team of Warriors rallied behind him along with another battalion of Sectanium Soldiers and Mandor grunts. For the surviving soldiers and the hover tanks front of the shield barrier, they all stood by to await further orders from either the Empress or the Sectanium Army General. Meanwhile in middle of the city of Canterlot, most of the pony conscripts took up positions inside the buildings while hiding underneath the shadows of its constructs. For the Mane 5, they noticed that Pinkie somehow disappeared in an instant the moment they could hear the blasts and shouting coming from the outer walls protecting the city gates. Applejack already knew that Pinkie is just being random while helping out Princess Twilight at the battlements. Though, they all need to do their best to keep their voices down while laying low underneath the huge shield dome protecting most of the capital city. From the windows of the buildings near the streets, UFF Marines are holding up as they held their sniper rifles up to their chests. For the Royal Guards stationed in the middle of the city, they also remain hidden behind several restaurants. The buildings that haven't been occupied by the Royal Guards or the Marines have all been boarded up with wooden barricades. Even Rarity's Canterlot Boutique is boarded up with the aid of the unicorn Fashionista and Sassy Saddles. Of course, Sassy didn't want to get involved as a conscript. So, she fled to Canterlot as well, along with most of the chiefs and nobles. On top of the buildings that the Mane 5, the Royal Guards, and the UFF are occupying, they already setup anti-air gun emplacements at the rooftops in case shield dome comes down. With all ears and weapons concentrating at Canterlot's Main street, they all did their best to hold their ground in protecting the palace with everything they've got. In an unexpected surprise, Applejack sees that Princess Twilight, the Gate Commander, and her surviving guards have fled towards her position before they hold themselves up inside a nearby diner where the orange earth pony is at. "Twi, what happened?" Applejack asked excitedly. "Keep your voice down, Applejack." Zeck said, appeared from behind hushing the earth pony. "The enemy has just breached the front walls. They're all outside of the shield barrier." For the UFF Marines, Xul, Pam, Chmone, and Anta, they went to an abandoned warehouse which is mostly empty before they closed the entrance behind them. As they hid behind the wooden boxes, they aimed all of their ranged weapons at the entrance, ensuring that they will shoot down any Sectaniums that attempted to breach their fortified warehouse. "Did any creature see Pinkie Pie??" Applejack asked in a whisper. "She took off the moment we heard noises and explosions coming from the main gate." "I'm here!!!" Pinkie squealed as she carried a huge present on top of her pink back. As soon as Applejack, Twilight, and Zeck see the box Pinkie is carrying, the pink earth pony started making a stupid, wide grin before she put the box on the floor in front of them. "Pinkie, what did you just bring with you?!" Twilight said, feeling confused over Pinkie's unexpected surprise. Before any pony could answer, they hear angry, muffled noises coming from inside the huge present. In an instant, the present was moving back and forth as an angry female voice intensifies. Suddenly, the present fell forward right next to Pinkie as it opened up the moment it hit the ground. A distraught Colonel Janus came out of the box completely tied up and gagged, with her officer uniform completely soaked with water. Pinkie couldn't help but giggle silently as she covered her mouth with both of her front hooves. "You should all see the look this meanie witchie's face!!!" Pinkie smirked. "Pinkie, please be quiet. The enemy is still out there!!" Zeck ordered in a stern voice. Once every pony and creature fell silent, they all looked out the windows to see that the Sectanium Army has yet to find a way through the huge shield barrier. Deep within the tunnels..... Celestia, Luna, Rockhoof, Flash Mangus, and a platoon of unicorn guards are slowly getting pushed back to the entrance leading back to the palace's underground entrance due to the endless waves of Mandors attack them up front and in person. As they find themselves cornered, they all see that the Sectanium Soldiers are finally showing up the moment the Mandors halted their advance. The soldiers immediately opened fire upon the ponies as the unicorn guards are forced to raise their shields up high. However, the soldiers are firing upon them relentlessly as most of the unicorns are unable to shoot back. However, another squad of pegasus came through the underground entrance and hurled their spears at the Sectanium soldiers, puncturing and impaling them through their combat armor with ease before they collapsed backwards dead. See this as another opportunity to hold them back inside the tunnels, Rockhoof and Mangus charged forward as they leaped towards the soldiers while bashing them on the head with their melee weapons, giving most of the Sectanium Soldiers massive concussions and blunt trauma with their skulls cracking and bleeding out. For Celestia and Luna, they shot out long beams of magic to keep the Sectanium soldiers away from the unicorn guards. After the pegasus guards hurled their spears, they drew out their swords before swooping in to help Rockhoof and Mangus take care of the leftovers. In the middle of their whacking spree, the Mandor Chieftain finally appeared within the ranks and lunged at Mangus, forcing the latter to hold the green-skinned creature back with his shield. Just as the Mandor Chieftain slammed his cutlass onto Mangus' shield, the pegasus legionnaire shoved him back while flapping his wings vigorously, grunting underneath his breath. "Hang in der, laddie!! I'm coming!!!" Rockhoof exclaimed after smashing another Sectanium soldier upside the head before charging towards the Mandor Chieftain. *WHACK!!* Before the Chieftain could see it coming, he was bashed on the head by an swinging shovel. As a result, the Mandor Chieftain was sent crashing into a nearby wall inside the tunnels head first. Upon impact, the green-skinned creature collapsed on his stomach before passing out, with blood coming out of his head. After seeing the Mandor get slammed away from him, Flash Mangus flew backwards as he went back behind the unicorn and pegasus formation. As for Rockhoof, he cheered in triumph only to come face-to-face with another Warrior that emerged from within the Sectanium soldiers firing at the unicorn guards. Seeing that the huge earth pony possessing such unchallenged strength, the Warrior attempted to brainwash Rockhoof with his mind-controlling abilities. He didn't had enough time to parry against the creature's yellow beam with his shovel as the beam struck him in the forehead. Rockhoof could feel the world around him fading away as his eyes are becoming totally dilated, unable to resist the powerful effects. Upon seeing this, Mangus attempted to dive bomb into the warrior to save his life-long friend. However, it wasn't long before another Sectanium Warrior came out and shot the pegasus dead-on with his mind-controlling abilities. *UURRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!* Mangus grunted in pain as he is about to lose consciousness while under the mercy of the Warriors. Celestia and Luna shrieked out in horror upon seeing that Mangus and Rockhoof are now under the brainwashing control of the Warriors. Before either alicorn could use their magic to reverse the effects, they were immediately fired upon again by the advancing Sectanium soldiers pouring through the tunnel. In the confusion, Mangus and Rockhoof attempted to full-throttle at the two alicorns with sheer aggression. Luna and Celestia struggled beyond their limit as they both raised their shields to stop the two brainwashed ponies from crashing into them. Thankfully, Luna used a sleeping spell to knock Flash Mangus out cold before he fell to the floor. For Rockhoof, however, he immediately battered down on Celestia's shield repeatedly with his shovel before making it shatter into a million pieces, forcing the white alicorn to cover her eyes with her right front hoof. Just when it couldn't get any worse, Celestia regains her sights only to see Rockhoof holding her by the neck with his shovel in a front choke hold. Celestia frantically gasped for air as she struggled to shove back Rockhoof away from her with both of her frontal hooves. Unfortunately, she immediately felt very hard pressure coming from Rockhoof's muscles as his Rockhoof is slowly crushing Celestia's windpipe in a few seconds. "TIA!!!!" Luna screamed in horror, fearing for her elder sister's life. Before Luna could intervene, she barely had enough time to react when another Warrior fired another yellow beam at the dark-blue alicorn, forcing the latter to parry it with her blue beam of magic. "L-L-Luna!! I-I-I-I'm s-s-s-sorry!!" Celestia gasped as she is slowly losing her voice while feeling her neck getting pressurized by Rockhoof's overall strength. *FLASH!!! BOOM!!!* Just when Celestia is about to collapse due to strangulation, Starswirl the Bearded arrive in time to cast a wide radius of his cancellation spell, mixed with an exploding flashbang spell that blinded both Warriors at once. When Starswirl's spell hit its mark both Warriors screamed in agony as they were forced to avert their eyes way from the painful, bright light, forcing them to lose control of Rockhoof. As soon as Rockhoof is released from the Warrior's control, he collapsed on his stomach with both arms stretched out and his head on top of the tunnel's flooring. "We have to pull out of the tunnels and seal them off. NOW!!!" Starswirl shouted as he makes an immediate suggestion. "Alright, then!!" Luna acknowledged as she picked up a coughing Celestia with her hooves before flying out of the underground entrance. "Everypony fall back!!! Fall back now!!!" Starswirl shouted out to the rest of the unicorns while picking up an unconscious Rockhoof with his magic. After hearing the wise unicorn, the other unicorn guards and pegasus took off immediately from their fight with the Mandors and the Sectanium soldiers before making their way out of the tunnels. As soon as the three pillars, the unicorn and pegasus guards, and the alicorn sisters made it out of the entrance, Starswirl uses his magic to seal the underground tunnels with a permanent lock. Hopefully, it will keep the enemies from sneaking into the palace from underneath the city. While Twilight is hiding inside the building with her friends and some of her guards, her horn lit up in a white swirl and started ringing as if she is receiving a message from somewhere in the Canterlot palace. "Your majesty, are you there?!" Starswirl's voice spoke. "Yes, I am, Starswirl. Where are you?!" Twilight said, in a quiet voice. "The tunnel we were defending is overrun. We had to get out of there immediately." "Okay, stay in the palace with the others. Me and my friends will hold them off at the main street." "Good luck Twilight!!!" Starswirl replied before the white swirl disappeared from Twilight's horn. As Twilight turned to her friends, she pointed out her hoof past them as Applejack and Rainbow take point at the upper levels, while Rarity and Zeck stood behind the windows. For Pinkie, she took a gagged, tied up Janus away wrapped her up to a nearby pillar, ensuring that she doesn't go anywhere. After that, Pinkie went up to the building's roof before taking out a very long telescope from her pink mane to see what is happening at the ruined gates. Three hours later, right outside of the huge shield barrier...... General Zulux is seen at the front of his battalion, which has merged with the one who suffered moderate casualties no thanks to the Royal Equine Guards and the UFF Marines at the city gates. After both battalions regrouped, Zulux was figuring out another method to breach the shield barrier protecting the rest of the city. Before Zulux could give out any orders, he receives a phone call from one of the other officers sent to storm through the castle's tunnels. "This is General Zulux. What's happening? Over!!" "General Zulux, this is Captain Trine. They sealed off the tunnels leading to the rear entrance of the castle. We can't get through!!!" "Captain, get your men out of the tunnels and rally behind my battalion. Once you all regroup with me, we'll get ready to breach their shield barrier!!!" "Yes sir!!!" After giving out orders to Captain Trine, Zulux turned to face the team of 10 Warriors on his left. As he nodded at them, the Warriors move into the front of the battalion and stood by to raised their hands towards the shield barrier. In just one hour later, the moment that Trine and his men show up behind Zulux's ranks, the Warriors all touched their right hands on the barrier, letting loose a circular, plasma-like vortex that slowly opened up an arch passageway that reaches up to 8 feet in height. Upon seeing the Warriors ripping a path into the huge shield barrier, Zulux reached his hand out towards the city as he ordered his and Trine's battalions to march in and hunt down the UFF Marines and the Equine ponies inside the city. In single file lines, the Sectanium soldiers marched forward with their weapons held up to their chest while following the General. Back at the building that Pinkie is spying from, she sees that the Sectanium Army has cut out an archway gap before they enter through the shield barrier that Shinning Armor and his team of unicorns are maintaining. Without further a due, she immediately rushed back to where Twilight and the others are at to warn them of their second attack upon the city of Canterlot. "Guys!! The enemies have cut out a passageway through the shield barrier. They're approaching our position!!" Pinkie shouted at Twilight. "Alright then. Get ready to ambush them, every creature!!!" Twilight said as she gave out another order to her guards. "Remember what we taught you about using our grenades for combat. As soon as they reach the mark, we hurl them at the Sectanium Army before we jump on them. Let's go!!!" Zeck said as he took out his grenade from his belt. As the Sectanium Army led by General Zulux marches their way through the main streets of Canterlot, the hover tanks are seen moving alongside them from both left and right. From behind their ranks, Captain Trine is leading the Mandors and the Sectanium soldiers that withdrew from their attack in the tunnels underneath Canterlot. The main force is seen as a massive row of troops that are flooding through the streets in closed ranks. However, they have still yet to confirm where are the UFF Marines and Canterlot's guards are hiding at. The General has also ordered Trine to have the Mandor grunts move into the front lines with the Warriors formed up inside the ranks of the Sectanium troops. "Make no mistake, everyone!! They're out there!!!" Zulux said, reminding his soldiers and officers about their cunning adversaries. As the Sectanium Army entered the plaza, which is 20 meters before the palace, all they see is a ghost town where buildings have windows that are too dark to see from outside. Most of the food stands are totally empty, with nothing but dust and wind flowing past them. From what the General told them, the soldiers and Mandors did their best not to let their guard down as they slowly proceed through the plaza. Just when they think its clear, one of the Mandors stepped on something hard underneath the marble pavement. When suddenly, the Mandor disappeared into a fiery explosion that catches most of the Sectanium soldiers and the other Mandors off-guard. Also, several other Sectanium Soldiers also stepped on the mines hidden underneath the pavement as well before they disappeared in pillars of explosions, catching the rest of the battalion off-guard. Before they knew it, several lobs of grenades were thrown out of the windows and struck at the hover tanks escorting them. Upon impact the hover tanks were zapped from within before they landed flat on the ground. In an instant, the hover tanks also exploded as the mines underneath them went off. At the same time when the grenades exploded, several soldiers try to flee only to get swallowed up by pitfalls buried in front of the entrances of a couple of buildings in the residential section of the city. As soon as the soldiers aimed their guns in all directions, the pony conscripts popped up from their hiding spots underneath the marble floors and opened fire with their crossbows and magic spells, hitting several of the Sectaniums in the face or in the chest, knocking them off-balance. "AMBUSH!!!" Trine shouted at the top of his lungs. The Royal Guards appeared up on the rooftops of the buildings in the plaza before hurling spears, grenades, and shooting crossbow bolts at his troops. With all three types of projectiles laying waste on Trine's men, he scrambled for cover behind one of the abandoned fruit stands before opening fire at the Royal Guards above him with his blaster. The soldiers that struggled to get out of the pitfalls were met with Earth pony guards and conscripts pouncing on top of them, making them fall back into the pits before getting beaten to death. For the soldiers that are about to take cover into the nearby buildings, several doors swung wide open in front of them as earth pony conscripts leaped out towards them before beating the Sectaniums to death, toppling the monsters with their sheer numbers. Most of the Sectanium soldiers were pinned to the ground while receiving hoof beatings from the angry earth pony mobs. For the UFF marines, they opened fire from the windows in the buildings above with their sniper rifles as they blasted the Mandors and the Sectaniums in the head, pinning them down behind various boxes and food stands. For those that haven't been struck by the oncoming enemy fire or get jumped on by the Equines, the Sectaniums near General Zulux drew out their swords and before they attack back at the pony conscripts and the Royal Guards while those behind him returned fire with their blaster rifles. The moment they faced the Equine ponies head on, some of them leaped at the Sectanium soldiers in hopes of pulling them down to the ground to finish them off. However, some of the soldiers and Mandors struggled with the ponies as jumping on top of them as they frantically threw the equines away from their faces before bearing down on the ponies with their swords and the butts of their guns. Some ponies were jabbing the spears and lashing out at the Sectaniums and Mandors with their swords in furious melee attacks during the chaotic battle in the plaza. More pony conscripts and Royal Guards came running out of the buildings from all over the plaza to join in the fight, while the Sectaniums and Mandors are pressing forward into the area from outside of the shield barrier as the battle within the city streets intensifies. In the middle of the fight between ponies and evil aliens at the city plaza, Twilight, the Mane 5, Chmone, Zeck, Xul, and Pam have all jumped into action as they left the buildings they were hiding in before they unleashed tartarus upon the Sectanium Soldiers and Mandor grunts with their weapons, magic, and with their grenades. When Pinkie Pie fired her party cannon at several Sectanium soldiers, they were sent flying off their feet before hitting the ground behind them. Seeing them caught off-guard by Pinkie's confetti cannon, Rarity and Applejack charged forward as they finished them off with their battling antics. Applejack hurled her lasso at one disoriented Sectanium creature by the neck, with the latter getting strangled as he felt the rope choking him before getting tossed into a nearby building on her left. *SMASH!!!* Upon impact, the Sectanium ensnared by Applejack's lasso crashed into the building's concrete wall before he slumped on the floor, totally out of commission. Just when another enemy soldier tried to aim the gun at Applejack, she lassoed his hand when he held onto the weapon before jerking it out of his grip. Before he knew it, the Sectanium was met with a powerful kick in the face by the orange earth, breaking both his nose and his jaws all at once before falling on his back. Rarity summoned a massive diamond-like spell before she made it explode into a barrage of crystals before aiming them all at the Sectanium soldiers that got to close to her. Instantly, most of the Sectaniums got hit in the face by Rarity's crystals, breaking their noses as they squirt out blood before they squirmed on the ground in agony. Xul was seen fighting alongside Rainbow Dash as she opened fire with her blasters at her ex-comrades before jumping behind cover at a nearby fountain as the Sectanium soldiers returned fire. For Pam, she jumped out the window and opened fire at the other Sectanium soldiers who aren't currently engaged with the Equestrian Royal Guards at the plaza. For the fast, blue pegasus, she drew out a knife from her sheath and held it with her mouth before zeroing in on several Sectanium soldiers, not giving them a chance to react. In an instant, Rainbow flew right past the enemy group as their throats got slit before they knew what hit e'm. Just like that, they all fell down like sack of potatoes. Pretty soon, the fighting from the plaza immediately spread throughout the food court and all over the residential square as divisions of Sectanium soldiers and Mandors are ordered by Captain Trine withdrawal to other sections of the city to avoid being overrun by the aggressive little Equine ponies and the UFF marines firing from above them. Not that it matters, the ponies already know where to go around the city, so they still lured them into several other traps such as tripping them over ropes, ensnaring them with huge nets, and when striking the Sectanium soldiers from the shadows behind the corners around various houses and stores, slamming them in the face with a shovels, hammers, and baseball bats. For Trine, he still stood tall while blasting every single pony conscript and guard with his blaster before he comes face-to-face with his ex-friend Xuliana Sona. For General Zulux, he still called in for backup as more and more Sectanium soldiers and warriors are coming in the main road from Canterlot's walls. Before long, he drew out his cutlass and slashed his away through the ranks of Canterlot's Royal Guard while his fellow Warriors followed him from behind as they hacked away every Royal Guard with their plasma blades. After Twilight blasted her way through a score of Sectanium guards with her lighting spells, she spots the General and his retinue punching through the ranks of her army before heading towards the palace square. Before she got anywhere closer to General Zulux, he instant spots her in his sights before issuing out orders to the Warriors. "TAKE HER DOWN!!!" As the Warriors converge on Twilight's position, Starlight Glimmer blasted her way through a nearby building and fired a large beam of light-blue magic at several Sectanium soldiers before rallying to the Princess' side. Also, Luna, Mistmane, and Tempest Shadow have teleported behind the purple alicorn as they readied their battle spells. With all of their horns lit up to the fullest, Luna, who just teleported in the plaza after taking Celestia inside the palace to recover, and Tempest fired off their most powerful spells at the advancing Warriors, forcing the latter to raise their psi-shields, which was activated when their third eye lit up in a bright-blue color with their hands raised up towards the oncoming spells. Mistmane moved in-between Tempest and Luna as she summoned tendrils of vines coming out of the ground, wrapping most of the Warriors by their faces, making them unable to use any mind-controlling beams on the elder unicorn. For the Sectanium soldiers advancing towards her, Mistmane also cast a massive freezing spell that imprisoned most of them inside a cold prison, rendering them unable to move as they are helplessly forced to see the rest of their comrades struggle against the other Equine ponies and UFF marines. While the Warriors are still holding up against Luna's and Tempest's attacks, Starlight jumped over the dark-blue alicorn as she fired a huge blast of magic at one of them in the face, knocking the Sectanium Warrior backwards nearly hitting the General up front. Disgruntled by such a highly-powered attack, Zulux grabbed the knocked-out warrior with his right hand and swiped the creature away from his face before he aimed his gun at Starlight. Before he can take a shot at the lilac unicorn, Zulux was met with a powerful blast that came out of Twilight's horn. He barely managed to block it with his own psi-shield as he grunted from the pressure of Twilight's magic. *KA-BOOM!!* Upon impact, Twilight's magic exploded against Zulux' psi-shield leaving behind a small smokescreen before he was met with a charging Rainbow Dash. Just as the blue pegasus is about to punch the General with both of her hooves, Zulux immediately dodged it by a mere inch of face before he jumped away from the flying pony. Rainbow immediately skidded to a halt as she turned around to face the Sectanium General only to be met with a mind-controlling beam shooting towards her from Zulux's third eye. However, seeing that her friend Rainbow Dash is about to get ensnared by enemy mind-control, Twilight smashed into the General's stomach in trying to pin him to the ground with all her might. *ARGH!!!* Zulux grunted in pain as he got toppled over onto his side as he loses his focus in brainwashing the blue pegasus up front. However, he immediately grabbed Twilight's face while she's still wearing her helmet and hurled the purple alicorn a few feet away from him. As Twilight crashed into the pavement, she hit her back into a nearby food stand in which made her helmet become dented from the back of her head, forcing her to take it off her head. Once her helmet came and landed with a "thud" on the ground, Twilight is seen with bruises on her face with blood coming down the left side of her head. Ignoring the pain and blood on her face, Twilight unfurled her wings and took flight 10 feet above the Sectanium General. Seeing the high-priority target flying in mid-air, Zulux glared at the purple alicorn as he fired another mind-controlling beam at it in hopes of getting the relentless pastel horse under his control. However, Twilight fired a another magic spell at the oncoming beam in trying to resist the general in mind-controlling against her own will. As the two beams collided from both Twilight and Zulux, they grunted in fury in seeing who will gain the upper hand in their mental battle against one another. For Tempest and Luna, they both fired a barrage of spells at three Warriors that are hurling psi-shields to defend themselves against the two ponies before retaliating with their mind-control abilities. One Warrior grunted in agony as he slowly advanced towards the dark-crimson unicorn before drawing out his plasma blade from his right hip. Just when the Warrior is about to strike back at Tempest Shadow, she fired a massive, electrical beam at him, aiming dead-on at his chest. *ZZZZAAAAAPPPPP!!* *KA-BLAM!!* As soon as Tempest hit the Warrior squarely, he was sent spinning around like rolling log before he crashed into a nearby building that ended his life. Before Tempest got any closer, she sees more Sectanium soldiers trying to shoot her down from her left, forcing the dark-crimson unicorn to jump backwards as she hurled several malachite orbs at the evil aliens, turning them into stone. After turning a group of enemy soldiers in stone, Tempest rallied back to the rest of the fighting Royal Guards as they are continuing to lash at the Sectanium soldiers with clashing against each other with their close combat weapons. For Luna, she swung her horn towards the Warrior while he still held his psi-shield up. At first, the Warrior thought he was able to block the dark-blue alicorn with his shield. However, it immediately cut a large top of the defensive object right off, nearly hitting him in the face before the psi-shield disappeared from his wrist. Luna charged straight at the Warrior with sheer aggression as she made repetitive hoof strikes at the Warrior's face, making him pinned to the ground. In the next second afterwards, Luna stomped on top of the Warrior as she watched him squirm helplessly on the ground. Just when Luna is about to finish him off, one of the Sectanium soldiers shot her in the side of her stomach, making the dark-blue alicorn scream in pain before she fell to her side. In agony, Luna looks up to see the enemy soldier attempting to slam her in the face with the butt of his rifle only to get intercepted by Zeck Stone, with the latter grabbing the weapon with both of his hands. Just as Zeck is slowly overpowering the struggling Sectanium Soldier, he shoved the alien away with a thrust kick, knocking the alien out cold as he hit his head up against the wall of a nearby store. When Zeck turned to see an injured Luna, he lifted the dark-blue pony with one hoof over his shoulder before carrying her to safety. "Zeck! Y-Y-You saved me!!" Luna gasped in relief. "You ponies should at least try to think twice before doing something as reckless as that!!" Zeck said, scolding the alicorn. "Those Warriors are very hard to beat!!" Feeling lost, Luna muttered in self-pity as she got carried back to the palace while being escorted by several Pony conscripts and 2 UFF Marines. Twilight flew up above Zulux while still converging her magic against his mind-controlling beam before she swung her head to Zulux's left, making his powers hit only a nearby wall instead. But Zulux isn't going to give up on trying to control Twilight as he fired another mind-control beam at her. Then again, Twilight shot back at Zulux's attack with a lighting ray, shattering his mind-control beam before stunning him in the process. As the ray engulfed his face, Zulux screamed in pain for he felt his eyes burn, forcing him to cover his face with both of his hands only to realize that he is temporary blinded by Twilight's spell. "DAMN YOU PONY!!!" Zulux shrieked, not being able to see where Twilight is at until it was too late. Before he could see it coming, Zulux was met with a big hoof punch to the face by an aggressive Twilight Sparkle, knocking him to the ground while rolling helplessly onto the marble streets of Canterlot. Just when Twilight is about to restrain the defeated Sectanium General, more Soldiers appeared a few yards in front of her and Zulux as they opened fire with a barrage of lasers coming from their blasters nonstop. Twilight immediately flew backwards while shielding herself against the overwhelming attacks as she tried to get back behind the ranks of her Royal Guards. "Sweet Celestia!! There's too many!!!" Twilight grunted. Just when things couldn't get any worse, Twilight sees above her that the huge shield dome has suddenly shattered as it disappeared right above the whole city of Canterlot. "Uh Oh!!" Twilight thought, realizing that the city is going to get bombarded by enemy ships again. This time, the whole city will be showered with explosions and shrapnel. As she looked towards the downed enemy General, Zulux looks up at the alicorn as he slowly recovered his eye sight only to give Twilight an evil smirk on his face as if he had a backup plan in case he and most of his Warriors got taken down.