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// Siege of the Crystal City Part 3 
// Story: The New World | Millennium 
// by Escalator 
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Kremlin Square, Moskva city




The Supreme Soviet Council of Rodinia convened today in what was to be a resolution to the possibility of opening relations with Equestria and the Crystal Empire, this being said there had been rumors of a Pro-American diplomacy party that had been willing to adapt to a more peaceful approach rather than the approach Secretary Brezhnev had issued upon entering into the party affairs.

The source of these rumors is Boris Yeltsin, who among the council is representing the entire Soviet council within the Red Mother's power boundary she had set up. Whether you may call it hierarchical or not, it has so far worked within politics, except for the lower classes divided between the Oligarchs and the civilian working class.

Boris had been a crusader for change in the flawed system, but they all stalled out. 

Now why may you ask? Well, that's because it's either been tossed out in the voting process, or simply because even if it does get voted in Brezhnev would veto it. (If not put the damn bill itself into the paper shredder.)

No matter what the policy Mr. Yeltsin tried to implement had been nothing but excuses and fails, and his solution was simple for the matter which was the deposition of Brezhnev entirely.

Of course, the last time that ever happened was when Stalin attempted to overthrow the Supreme Soviets, which the Red Mother had disposed of him, but calling for a deposition of said leader would be a written death warrant.

Despite him joining the party in the first place for advancement in his career, he had been a bit risky with its ideals, sure he had been contemptuous of the Secretary General's actions, but when he heard that Gorbachev was sent for the meeting in Canterlot instead of Brezhnev, two things were learned in Boris's head.

A Vanity and a sloth.

But as he finished his usual drive, he stopped at the front where it was crowded by either delegates from the regions of Rodinian territory, or civilian and Oligarchic spectators who came to see the procession ongoing.

Meeting him at the front is a RIB captain who is the current head of security.

"Good morning Mr. Putin," greeted Yeltsin, as he and the captain shook hands.

"Good morning to you comrade Yeltsin, I assume you didn't bring anything sharp, or any firearms?"

"None of that Captain," Yeltsin replied.

"Very well, just step through the metal detector and you may be on your way," the captain insisted.

Obeying, Yeltsin stepped through and the checkpoint lit up green which showed he was cleared.

"I hope you have a pleasant say Mr. Yeltsin," the Captain thanked, as the two shook hands and the Captain was back to his shift.

As Yeltsin walked inside he noticed something on his hand and was afraid to look at it at first before he saw a blank card on his hand.

"Strange."




Crystal Empire, Sombra's basement




After reviving Sombra and restoring his original body that he lost to the Crystal Heart in the first apparent contact with the Mane 6 and Patton's men, the last he remembered was that he had some bruising before being disintegrated by the Crystal Heart, but thanks to Radiant Hope and her gifted healing magic (Rare by the way.) His body was back to the way it was-ish, after words she explained that she had met the "Fairy Pixie Umbrum" that they weren't monsters, and that Sombra was created to be their champion defender. But in Sombra's eyes...?

"That doesn't make any sense! If they look like Pixie's then why am I like this!?"

"You were meant to be their champion to defeat the ponies who feared them because they don't understand what they are, to protect them from the ponies like the ones outside."

"Outside!? Who is-"

KABOOOM

The noises from outside had broken through the basement floor as gunfire was now heard outside, Sombra is alarmed but Hope is surprised.

"Good Faust, it looks like the battle is more intense than I thought?"

"Than you thought? Hope, did you do this?" Sombra questioned, as the sounds of Preubic APCs could be heard from the underground.

"I had some help, but one of the princesses and her-"

"PRINCESSES!? THEY'VE COME TO DESTROY ME AGAIN!" He shouted.

"Sombra wait! There's still a war going on outside!"

Sombra was about to speak but realized a factor in it all, he thought about some things given the time.

A war going on inside of his former dominion, Radiant Hope here leading and liberating him, and the Crystal Heart.

"Where is the Crystal Heart!" He exclaimed.

"It's right here around my neck, why?" Hope questioned, and in a burst of Laughter Sombra ran up the stairs.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"





Above the ground, wounded in the round of tens or above had been placed inside for medical attention, as peacekeepers from the League of Nations HQ, which is one of the remaining free areas not affected by the attack, had arrived to treat the injured soldiers.

Cadence was helping one of them dragging an injured Heavy Rodinian Soldier still covered in armor vest, and Atlyn Helmet.

"I can still kill them, lemme kill them blyats~" he said weakly, muttering random nonsensual words until he was placed on the ground beside injured Rodinians and Ponies.

"Are you sure you don't need any help treating the injured?" Cadence asked towards the L.O.N. Blue Helmet, to which he replied.

"No need Your Highness, we've seen deadlier stuff like this, such as Parsley and Brodfield, and whatever is going on in Senturya."

"I WANT MY VODKA!"

"I wish for your health then," Cadence hoped, when she heard faint laughter she went to investigate it and found Sombra running through the hallway.

"Time for my revenge!" He exclaimed, running right past Cadence who was hiding beside the wall.

"Sombra wait!" Yelled Hope.

"Sombra!? It can't be!" Cadence whispered to herself, as the two left her sights.

"I have to alert Celestia and Luna!" Cadence said, heading down to the nearest communication officer.





As for me and Gold Star, we've been busy, hard at work, and doing everything in our power to evacuate the civilians, however for some odd reason the enemy is gathering up their forces on the other side, and I don't like what they're planning here.

But on the bright side, the last civilian family had just left the city, they'll be escorted by Rodinian forces to Hedgeward and then... Well, I guess we'll be on our own... And I realized we're fucked.

"Well that's the last of them," Gold Star said, as he slung his rifle around his neck.

"Yeah, but now we're reduced to smaller numbers, and while only a handful of Rodinians stayed behind to help us we're outgunned here."

"I guess you're right, but that never stopped us before."

"Guess you're right, so what plan do we have here?" I asked.

"Well, first we should probably get in contact with our division, rally what we have, and reinforce what we cannot afford to lose," Gold Star plotted.

"Like the sound of that."

As we both walked from the evacuation route Twilight Sparkle was standing in front of the dead men who were violently executed by Rodinians, this had no doubt changed perspectives with her crusade for "Humarican peace", of course, this was after she saved the ones that she and her friends had dealt with from the same fate the unlucky enemy face before she realized that perhaps some things are in consideration of who are enemies, and who are trying to have a life. In some boundaries.

But she's been quite a bit stiff on what she just saw in front of her own eyes, so Gold Star looked at me and signaled that I should probably not be in the way of what he may say.

So after I left his sight he walked towards the stunned princess and sat beside her.

From that point, he understands what Twilight must be feeling when seeing lives pointlessly taken by war and chaos. He placed his hoof on Twilight's shoulder and broke her out of the trance that her mind was having.

"Gold Star, I didn't see you there before."

"Really? I'm sure your eyes did, but then again I was busy with the populace."

After a moment of silence, Gold Star then continued.

"Your brother is gathering up the reserves, hopefully, we can try to repel this attack, given if the counterattack goes well."

"And what about your gua- I mean, men?" 

"Well, from what I heard they did put up a good amount of a fight and a proper shop, so we know where we can go in case it gets worse from this point."

Speaking of worse, the sky got darker and the sky was consumed by the darkness that spiraled out of the castle which stirred alarm between the two, they quickly bolted towards Shining Armor and the others who were aimlessly wandering around and thinking about what was going on.

"Did the sky just get darker?" Twilight Asked, when Shining Armor realized.

"The Palace! Cadence is still in there!" 

But before he could move Twilight stopped him.

"Wait! We have to stick together!"

"Twilight I have to get to her! She could be in danger!"

After relating himself from his sister's grip Gold Star tried to stop him but then he was paused by the sound of propellers.

At first, he thought it was American Blackhawks, but something he had never seen before instead peered in slicing through what appeared to be a wall of Darkness and showing a heavy machine gun, and duel rocket pods.

Before Gold Star can move to stop Shining Armor a missile was fired in his path blowing him into the bush, which Shining Armor stopped in his tracks before being punched unconsciously into the ground by the dark wall that moved and circled them.

"NO!" Twilight Yelled overwhelmingly as she tended to her brother while Fluttershy and Rarity quickly went to search for Gold Star but were quickly cut off by the chopper. During this Rainbow Dash and Applejack ran after the wall, but that was before the black wall revealed the 'presents' that just arrived as it revealed an entire army of tanks, armored vehicles, and Prueben troops armed to the teeth taking positions on top of the tanks, and the vehicles with Changelings reinforcing the horde of Preubic soldiers.

Sombra then looked at the princess with a look of evil on his face.

"So little pony, you're a princess now," Sombra said, as a transport helicopter arrived with a VIP, guarded by Preubic Death soldiers armed with high-tech weapons.

"Now this was worth waiting for," Smirked the Queen, as the VIP arrived in a surprise visit.

"Even better," the Queen chuckled. "Ah little Twilight, I'd like to introduce to you my great General, the one truly behind it all, Field Marshal Rommel."

As Rommel looked around at the scene, he noticed the mane 6 all shocked in fear, which he chuckled to himself.

The changelings then begin the attack on them, as Rommel's left-hand general arrives in a salute during the fighting.

"What're the orders sir," he asked.

"You may start the attack, send the helicopters to destroy any weapons, ranging from firearms to even the old-style cannons," he ordered.

"It will be done, sir."





As I was on my way to the base I did notice the dark clouds forming above, I didn't know what that meant before I heard a massive explosion in the background, in to my horror when I realized what I'd done...

"Oh shit!"

I ran back to the place I left behind while keeping in the cover of the destruction that was now enraged in the firey flames of war, but I wasn't focused on the battle, I was focusing on finding Gold Star, and I did, but he was injured in the hoof and the... Left-wing...

Before anyone found him I quickly ran and lifted him off the ground, while keeping his wings concealed, I know I should've allowed them to find out who he was but I wasn't taking chances, plus he was unconscious so I had no choice but to take him out of here.

"Good Luck... Friends."





"Target acquired, we've located the cannon, the user is destroying our tanks," reported the Preubic Helicopter pilot.

"Proceed in its destruction pilot."

"Yes sir," replied the pilot, as he grabbed the joystick and fired the machine gun on the cannon.





"Uh oh..." Pinkie said as the Helicopter unloaded its machine gun carbon onto the cannon which she was forced to abandon as it was violently destroyed by an oncoming missile fired from the helicopter.

"My cannon :(!" Pinkie sorrowfully spoke before being blown away by the same missile that knocked her and Rarity into the cage.

"A cage! How undignified!!" She said as she and Pinkie hit the wall of the cage.

"That's it you creepy bugs! Just let me get a little speed!" Rainbow Dash foolishly announced that a Preubic ATGM-equipped Mowag Eagle armored vehicle took notice.

"She's going for speed commandant!"

"Then let's show her speed, FIRE!!" 

The missile is fired from the rocket port and races right straight towards Rainbow Dash who quickly notices and tries to evade the missile chasing her to the ends of the earth, gathering her speed she manages to outpace the missile.

"Commandant, she's evading the missile."

"Contact Vehicle 4-9 to fire multiple rounds, if that doesn't work contact Indigo-3," the Preubic squad commander ordered.

"Yes, commandant!"

A second Anti-Tank Guided Missile is launched from another car and now two follow Rainbow Dash, giving her a bigger situation.

"Ehhehe, guys I was just joking!" She nervously chuckled, as an incoming Jet going by the designated number 3, Rainbow Dash went into a collision course toward the jet.

"Stupid pony."

The Pilot then unleashed his machine gun ammo at the single moving pegasus that was now increasing speed, and she zoomed right above the pilot.

"What was that?" He chuckled, and when two missiles raced right toward his cockpit he screamed.

"SCHIESE--"





The jet fighter was shot down by the missiles launched from the ground which Rommel looked at that with surprise and neutrality.

"Hmph. Well played."

Of course, it wasn't long before two more jet fighters arrived and shot down Rainbow Dash with a volley of missiles, which brought her down from the shock waves the missiles generated and blew her into the cage.

After Applejack bucked another changeling she was quickly surrounded by the Preubic Death Soldiers who pointed their guns at her, forcing her to submit to them.

Rommel looked at her and the other mares and said.

"You all fought well today, but unfortunately not enough."

"Twilight is still fighting! She'll save us!" Pinkie Pie yelled, followed by an outcry of support for Twilight's willpower to fight.

"STAY AWAY FROM MY BROTHER!" She shouted, shooting the Changelings off when Chrysalis dived right towards her and threw her to the ground like a dogs chew toy.

Twilight got back up and fired several shots toward the Changeling Queen before Sombra came from behind with no remorse and sapped her horn covering it with black shards disabling Twilight's ability to use her magic.

She resorted to charging head first to the shadow king before being gutted by the Preubic men who beat and pinned her down on the ground giving Both Sombra and Chrysalis a nice sight.

"Pitiful, I was told you were the strongest out of them all... I guess I was wrong to assume."

With her last piece of strength, she broke through the Preubic men's grip and attempted to pin Sombra down herself before she was blasted back and beaten twice by the Preubic men before getting lifted by them on her hind legs weak.

Her friends watched in horror as Chrysalis menacingly cackled at the Alicorn's defeat.

" I DID IT! I FINALLY BEAT HER! Minions! Take these two to the cage and make sure their magic is contained!" Chrysalis ordered as Shining Armor and Twilight were dragged by both Changelings and Preubic soldiers Rommel looked at the mass grave before him as General Ferguein arrived at the scene.

"12 of our men died in the initial fighting, and the bullets are not even American."

"What are they, sir?" Asked Rommel's left-hand general.

"Rodinian crafted 39mm bullets, General, now tell me, what's the death toll in total?"

"We didn't get the chance to count, but most likely hundreds of our men, also sir, General Cynthia is dead."

"Do you have the body?" Rommel asked as Ferguein signaled the Coroners to bring the dead Cynthia to him.

They unwrapped her and showed Rommel.

"Hm. Mutilated, and dead, unfortunate, what's the autopsy?" He asked.

"She lost her mechanical arm, her entire jaw line has been disconnected and her brain has trauma, the cause of her death is the bullet wound that penetrated her brain."

"Do we know what bullet it is?" He asked.

"21mm, a luger bullet. But we believe she was killed by none other than Lieutenant Vader J. Yates sir," Ferguein recalled.

"Hm, I did not doubt that she was going to break formation in an attempt to grab her revenge, no doubt what so, hopefully, her replacement will learn from this mistake, and won't follow her footsteps further, but..."

"But sir?"

"But the name itself is peculiar, and even the American political government has an interest in him."

"What are you suggesting sir?" Ferguein asked.

"I'm saying after we're done we'll-"

"SIR! PRINCESSES CELESTIA AND LUNA ARE IN THE VICINITY!" The Soldier yelled as Celestia and Luna landed right in front of the trio.

"So they are..."




Ponyville, base Alicorn.




After Alex and his men arrived at the base they quickly got to business and grabbed anything heavy, ranging from miniguns, Light Machine guns, more tanks, and ammunition.

"Here grab this," he insisted, as the soldier grabbed the M249.

"What do you think is about to happen if we fail?"

"Something bad, and I don't want it to happen, do we have contact with the Air Force?" Alex asks.

"Yes sir, they're on the line."

"Good patch me through."

The soldier lended him the phone and he spoke with the captain of the nearest aircraft carrier group.

"Who's the captain!" Demanded Alex.

"Sir the captain is currently-"

"I'll take it from here Sergeant," the naval Captain insisted.

The Sergeant gave the Captain the phone and he spoke.

"Colonel Alex, glad to hear from you again," he said.

"Captain Weaver, glad to hear you're back from the academy," Alex greeted.

"Thanks, now what can I do for you?"

"Captain Weaver Crystal City is under attack and it seems we have a new enemy in the scope."

"So I've heard, but I'm sorry to say but we're doing air exercises, and MacArthur says we're disabled until the evening exercises have been concluded."

"FUCKING WHAT!? DO YOU REALIZE THERE'S A FUCKING WAR BEING WAGED IN THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE AND ALL THAT DAMN GENERAL WORRIES ABOUT IS FUCKING EXERCISES!?"

"Sir please calm down."

"CALM DOWN!? CALM DOWN!? I'LL CALM DOWN WHEN I SLAP THE HELL OUT OF THAT GENERAL!!"

"I uh..."

"Captain Weaver, is there a problem here," Asked the Admiral.

"Sir, Colonel Alex from the 105th Armor Division is requesting air support for the Crystal City," the Captain informed.

"For what??" The Admiral asked.

"Crystal City, apparently there's a battle ongoing there."

"Lemme see the phone," the Admiral requests, which he was given the phone.

"This is Admiral Jerry, how can I assist?"

"Admiral Jerry? Do you mean Wilburg Jerry? Is that you?" Alex queried.

"Yes, I'm that Jerry, now what in tarnation do you want with my planes," the Admiral asked.

"Well, first off how'd you know I needed air support?" Alex asked.

"Because I can hear your goddamn yell all the way from Timbucktu!"

"Apologies admiral, but we're in a more dire period than you may think we are," Alex excused himself.

"No need to tell me about it, we've just gotten a report that the Princess of Friendship, and Prince Armor had been captured, along with other 5 ponies, what the hell do you think I was doing this whole time!" The Admiral scolded.

"Well not helping us in the sky for one thing," Alex replied.

"We do not have information with the enemy's sudden air-to-air capabilities, and their unknown jet fighter technology, I cannot send the men in not as long the bastards have birds in the air, and even if they decided to pull out where the hell are we even going to strike Colonel, besides the best we could do is sit and watch."

"But those are my men Admiral!"

"And if you care about them, then I suggest you keep your forces where they are and wait for further orders to arrive until then, do not further interfere," the Admiral then hangs up the phone, giving Alex a fit of rage as he tosses the phone at the wall and shattered it into pieces.

"MOTHER FUCKING SON OF A BITCH!"

"Sir-"

"WHAT!" Shouted Alex.

"We've gotten the tanks repaired and prepped, they're waiting on your word sir," informed the private.

"...Give me a moment."

"Yes sir."

As the private left the room Alex was left with conflicting thoughts, sure he could wait for orders but then this would increase the death rate for his men and eventually be responsible for sending everyone there into a slaughter he wasn't prepared for. With the high advantage the enemy has he doesn't really have a clue what to do here.

He tried to think of a plan in his head but every time that does there would be casualties involved that he could not afford to have, he was a leader, but not a strategist and usually it was Yates who came up with these plans in the background, not him, of course, given that his Lieutenant is overdue for a promotion he kinda felt off about this whole thing.

What happened next was that a Staff Sergeant knocked at the door.

"Come in," insisted Alex, as the Sergeant entered and saluted.

"Colonel, we have volunteers who are willing to come with us, sir."

"Civilian ponies?"

"Yes sir, most likely family members of the six mares."

This gives Alex... A potentially risky but perfect idea... Maybe.




Crystal City




"Hello Sombra," Celestia glared lividly.

"You two!? How did you get here so quickly!?"

"We got a message from cad-"

"ENOUGH!" Shouted Sombra, as he attempted to shoot Celestia before colliding with Celestia's counter spell.

As the fight was ongoing with both sides distracted Spike approached the cage quickly and quietly intending to free them only to find that the lock was magically sealed.

"Drats! They really like the color of their horns!" Spike spoke.

"Spike! Where have you been!?" Rarity asked quietly.

"I was told to hide somewhere, I didn't think you'd get captured."

"Spike we can handle ourselves, but the best for ya to do is get help, Yates and Gold Star are still out there, if you can find them you could find help for us!" Applejack said in encouragement.

"But what about you guys? What about Twilight!" 

"I'll be fine Spike," Twilight assured, waking up from being beaten up by Sombra and Chrysalis.

"You must find Gold Star, and then find Yates, it's now up to you and them to save Equestria before it's too late!" Twilight ordered, which at first Spike was hesitant but when he saw that Celestia's horn was disabled by Radiant Hope he quickly ran from the cage and to the streets.

However, he slipped on the debris and fell, creating noise that drew some of the Changeling's attention.

"Hey! It's that pipsqueak called a dragon!"

"Let's get him!"

"Oh, Celestia!"

Spike quickly got up and ran for his life as the Changelings gave chase to the little dragon through flight. Spike looked around for any opportunities to find and dodge the pursuing changelings when he saw an unstable sewer pipe that had been ripped from its foundations, taking advantage of its unstable structure he slid under it and burnt the wood support beams that held the pipe in its place.

With the flames burning away for the wood plank the pipe gave weigh and clattered the two changelings in the head, buying Spike time to run further before the bugs got free.

"Push! Push like you mean it!"

"Ah shut up Revok!"

"No, you!"

After running a good distance Spike can notice a lone man walking with a pony.

"Thank Celestia! HEY! HEY!" Spike Shouted, which grabbed my attention to the little dragon.

"Huh? You must be Spike correct? Where have you been?" I asked.

"I've been with Twilight the whole time, but I should be asking where have you been!"

"I was originally going to get in contact with my men and some of the Rodinians, but as you can see Gold Star has been injured, and from the looks of you being by yourself Twilight and the others had been captured."

"That's right! And they sent me to ask you and Gold Star to help," Spike informed.

"Well, in this condition we cannot, Gold Star is injured as I said, and we need to organize for a counterattack, and hopefully with a plan to or no one is getting rescued, I'd suggest riding with me," I insisted.

"Ride? But you don't have a-"

"On my shoulder, if I can carry this hunk of weight (no offense to you Gold Star) then I can easily carry you."

"Fair enough," Spike agreed, climbing up to my shoulder and holding onto me as we both headed back to the base.





Both Celestia and Sombra started exchanging their flares of magic as Celestia fired her barrages towards Sombra and went into a ramming position, at the same time Luna and Chrysalis were dueling, not with magic but... Rather with swords.

The two were in the air dueling and fighting while Rommel and his men stood by and watched, they would want to help but it would be dishonorable, of course in case Chrysalis lost he would have the pleasure of shooting Luna himself when she wasn't looking.

But as the fight was ongoing the caged ponies cheered them on at the fight, Rommel, who has been quite eager to study this property of friendship magic, decided this was the best call to start studying.

As Chrysalis landed beside him aiming her catacomb sword towards Luna's throat she noticed them cheering too, but before she could say anything Rommel simply whispered.

"Let them."

She didn't understand it at first because of Luna going for the first strike charge on her, but after getting breathing room in the sky she now understood why.

Rommel took notice of how the cheering may have a connection with magic, this was because the mane 6 are friends with the princesses, including the brother of one of them Shining Armor.

During observation in the fight as Sombra continued to struggle a little bit against Celestia and her onslaught of magic spells, it was that moment when Celestia's spells intensified significantly, and comparing with that with the spell thickness she had been using only a short moment ago he was scared shitless.

He nor his army was powerful enough against this magic, and even if he were to kill the source it would just be more hell for him and his army. The magic was imposed by the goddess Harmony, titled the overseer of Magic, and the right-hand mare of the Creator who is the overseer of humanity.

As for the fight with Luna vs Chrysalis, the two continued to swing at each other either for the legs or the head, however, every swing equaled a parried attack as both swords clang and banged generating sounds of forged metal as they locked in face to face with each other both with hatred towards each other.

Luna occasionally used her own style of barrages of magical spells against Chrysalis that were intended to neutralize her.

To death.

But even with spells Chrysalis used her shield spell against Luna and sometimes when she could, she would use the green sticky fluid plasma that stuck her opponent to the ground for a moment as Chrysalis charged for Luna's forehead but because it was Luna's hooves that were sticking to the ground and not her horn, Luna would easily unstuck herself with a clear spell and would go for Chrysalis and her torso.

Meanwhile, Celestia had nearly blown Sombra off of the face of the planet before Radiant Hope appeared and cut her magic off.

As this was all happening he had the observation written down for his men, now it was time for math cracking, as the fight died down when Radiant Hope closed off Celestia's magic, Celestia without giving time to react was turned into stone.

Out of anger and vengeance, Luna attempted to pierce her sword into Sombra's throat but in the process, she was turned into stone as well and landed near her sister.

The Mane 6 now looked at this in horror as the sisters were now defeated.

As for Rommel, he has no doubt that they would use this as a reminder to keep fighting, and with that knowledge, the magic of friendship would boost their strength, although he could have them all executed right away, this would start a war with an already powerful enemy he and his forces cannot match.




Deployment




It had been two hours by now, and President Ronald Reagan had authorized the deployment of the weapon many in the world had recently feared.

They call it, the Nuke.

After reading the deployment codes to the Pentagon command Rodinian forces were placed on high-level alert and soviet jets had been spotted above American soil as fears started increasing across the world.

Unknowingly America is using it for something else...


East Humarican Ocean


It was nighttime at the airbase when the codes were used, Johnson and his fellow cabin mates were above the skies inside of the B-52 on the failsafe path to where they were assigned in, the flight took so long that everyone but the pilots and the radio men were asleep.

It was then that they received the attack order code on their radio

"W-what the!?" Exclaimed one of the sleeping pilots, as the radio captain looked at the code with a blank but neutral face.

"Relax, it's just the code alarm, nothing to be... Well, alarmed," the captain awkwardly gawked, and the men looked at him with unimpressed faces.

"Alright, lemme see real quick," he said, as the men were eager for the code to be recalled back to base, but to the Radio captain's fear when he opened the code book and looked at the code, comparing it from the radio to the book, he placed the radio over his mouth.

"I... Uhh, Johnson, we've just been given attack plan K."

"Repeat that?" Worried Johnson.

"I just said we've been given attack plan K."

"That can't be possible, send out a signal of confirmation," requested Johnson.

"Roger," the radio captain replied, as he sent out the signal for confirmation, and when they responded they responded quickly.

"Confirmed Johnson, we have the togo order, attack plan K has been confirmed."

Johnson laid his head back with the sounds of turbine engines blaring in the background.

"My God, it's really happening isn't it, what's our target?" Johnson asked.

"Take the wheel will you Johnson?" Requested the bomber commander (the pilot).

"Sure," he replied, as he switched controls over to him his commander got up and opened the safe that contained an emergency kit, playpony magazines, files, laser pointer, flares, and finally 6 top secret document files all handed to everybody inside of the bomber.

And every single one of them had two words.

Crystal. City.

"I think I'm going to be sick sir," said one of the crewmen.

"Well... That's an order from the president, we do not think, we act," said the pilot, flicking switches and turning towards Johnson.

"Well, you wanted action, here it is," the commander said.

"Yeah... But why the Crystal City? They don't have nukes?" Johnson replied.

"Son, there are a lot of things and goings on with that city, hell if I know, for all we know we might be nuking the bastards just to be safe!"

"Yeah... I guess..."

As the bomber changed course from going in circles to heading to their two-hour target they didn't notice that the moment they left American waters they were followed under the radar.

"This is Fencer-1, we have eyes on the Hawk over," Reported a Soviet pilot, flying below the radar to prevent detection.

"Roger Fencer-1, proceed with pursuit."




Ponyville




The Red Mother hadn't called Yuri back for ages now, and due to this tardiness and lack of calls he had been bored out of his mind, first off, why was no one calling him? Has Rodinia all forgotten about him or is he destined to just rot in the damn apartment, cheated out of the revenge that he so desperately craved on Twilight Sparkle.

Every day something happens and he is left out, and every time this happens it infuriates him even more and more.

And as he drifted off to the point of insanity his phone rang, and without a single hint of hesitation he grabbed it and cleared his throat.

"Yuri here."

"Ah Yuri, it's been a while, how was your break?" The Red Mother asked.

"Break!? I wasn't informed of such!"

"Oh... I assume the memo was lost, unfortunate, but I'm here to tell you that it's over and that you have a new mission."

"About time, so tell me Our Red Mother, what is my mission?"

"You are instructed to secure a landing zone for special forces, they will be given civilian uniforms and are instructed to scatter, the weapons will be airdropped separately so secure a second landing zone as well."

"I see, so that's the purpose of that?" Yuri asks.

"American president Reagan had foolishly decided to deploy his death toy on the Crystal City, and Celestia and Luna are knocked out of the Arena."

"As for... Twilight Sparkle Our Red Mother?"

"She has been captured."

DAMMIT! He thought a chance of revenge had been cheated out and off of him! What a damn waste, how he just got cheated, damn all these villains to hell!

"I... See... I will work on getting those zones prepared, when are they dropping?" Yuri asks.

"Tonight, somewhere beyond midnight," informed the Red Mother.

"Thanks, dasvidanya."

"Dasvidanya."

As he hung the phone up, he grabbed his tactical formal uniform and looked at the news that displayed Chrysalis and Sombra's faces. As he was finished dressing, he raised both of his fists and gave them both the usual middle fingers.

"Assholes."

And then he left for the forest.





The battle between two villains and two princesses resulted in the victory for the villains, Sombra had turned the two Princesses into stone, and the sight horrified Princess Sparkle and everyone else in the cage.

"NOOOO! What have you done?!" 

"We did it, we beat the two sisters," Sombra declared, as Chrysalis rolled around the floor laughing her ass off as if to hear a funny joke.

"Now there is nothing left to do but to-"

"Wait!"

"There's another princess here that needs to be dealt with permanently, She'll try to stop me," Sombra warned, with the intent of turning her into what her mentor is, a stone statue.

"Sombra she's trapped, tell him, Princess, you won't get in his way will you?" Radiant Hope begged a question to which Twilight Replied.

"No, I won't"

"See? She said she-"

"I wasn't finished!" Twilight interjected. "I won't stay out of his way as long as I still have the strength to stand, I will see to it that you are punished for what you did to Celestia and Luna!"

"You're a brave fool, Twilight Sparkle."

"And you're a vicious coward! I read your journal!"

"And now you'll be an entry in it, goodbye princess."

Before he could turn Twilight into stone his legs gave weigh as a result of overexerting his recovery when he was fighting the Alicorn sisters, although it was less action as to the last time they fought they had weapons, of course with Luna having a weapon in this one except for Celestia, but this fight was awfully quick and swift, yet... Combative.

But it didn't bother him, what did was that his body gave weight.

Radiant Hope took Sombra in, but he refused.

"You need to rest, remember our goal," Hope reminded.

"Leave me alone! I can do it myself!" Sombra snarled, like a child refusing his morning medicine in the evening.

The two turned away from the cage and walked from it, with Rommel ordering a guard post, it was this sentence however that drove him and Chrysalis into a Ridiculed face.

"But you're right, I do not need to defeat this powerless princess now. Soon I will set the Umbrum free and I want her to see what they will do to her world," Sombra mumbled.

"Wait! Did you just say Umbrum!?"

"..."

"Farewell, Princess," Sombra said. "When I return I will have my own army, and you will call me, Emperor Sombra."

"Sombra! Get back here!" Chrysalis demanded, running after him giving Twilight time to figure out a plan hopefully.

"We have to do something, we cannot let them release the Umbrum!" 

"It's no use! These bars won't even budge! Even Applejack tried to buck our way out!"

"Sure can't do," Applejack sat expressionless at the dented wall.

"Even if we get out how in Celestia's name are we going by these guys! They don't even look like the humans we know about!" Rainbow Dash ranted, pointing at the Preubic soldier.

"Hey! I am a human! >:C" Said some background soldier.

"Good to hear but I don't care!"

"*sigh* I hope Spike is alright, he's all alone!"





"Don't you DARE! Ignore me Sombra!"

"I already grow tired of you, remove yourself from my path!" Demanded Sombra.

"I aided in your rescue! It is my army that defeated your foes! I am a Queen and you will show me the respect befitting a queen!"

"This seems like the perfect amount of respect for a Queen of insects, a Queen of vermin," insulted Sombra.

"HOW DARE YOU!" Shouted Chrysalis.

"Sombra, she's our ally, you should hear her out," Radiant Hope suggested, which stirred Sombra to sigh.

"Very well, say your piece," he answered.

"Thank you."




History of the Umbrum




Because I hate Chrysalis, and that she is a bitch whore who I keep beating the shit out of, I'll tell you it in my style.

So apparently these Umbrum creatures are beasts, they are pure shadows and are known to have burnt down the homes and crushed the hopes of the Crystal Ponies.

Technically moving shadows, however like all shadows they do not like anything light material, such as the sun, and the climate in Crystal City is perfect for the conditions, and in order to live and inhabit areas they have their style of cloud that can blot out the sun just so it can habitable to these beasts.

But there are other ways to take the sun to them, and this was proven by Patton, that to kill them without the sun is to either shoot magic towards them or shoot them.

Given that you have an Assualt rifle or any gun for that matter, which I do, then it'll work, if you don't well you are in deep shit, though my men are already armed to the teeth, so that left us with one problem, what to do when Sombra actually does release those things into the world.

Of course, all this is just a long explanation from my Greater Grandfather Canter so to sum it up.

Bad shadows, death-bringing creatures, can be killed by a light source, can blot out the sun, Et Cetera, Et Cetera.





During the conversation between the King and Queen, Rommel was starting to get nervous about what Sombra said earlier.

The Umbrum are dangerous beasts, releasing them is a suicide, Chrysalis then walked towards the disturbed, yet, unsurprised Rommel who said.

"I would say that I told you so, but it seems you are already taking this hard."

"How was I supposed to know they were going to free those beasts!"

"Well neither did I, but I can safely say that we are squared." Rommel looked around at the destroyed city and shook his head. "I've already informed my officers that we were pulling out immediately, as soon as you give the word your highness."

As much as Chrysalis would like to make the city her dominion, it wasn't worth fighting an army of shadows that you cannot even touch.

"Linux!" She called.

"Yes your highness," answered one of the Changelings.

Chrysalis looked at Rommel who was waiting for her command he nodded and so the Queen ordered.

"We are pulling out, we did what we would do, order our forces to retreat!"

At that moment Rommel repeated the order.

"Contact air-marshal Goering, and inform him that we have completed our mission here and that we are pulling out, also have him inform the fuhrer that I'm going to need a new officer more smart than Cynthia," Rommel added.

"Yes, commandant! It shall be done!" The soldier said, when Twilight took wind of what was going on and yelled.

"Cowards! You're just going to run away just like that!"

This gave Chrysalis a snarl.

"Unfortunately princess, I already did what I came here to do and that was to beat you to the ground, and now as a parting..."

She then lifted the roof of the cage open fast and plucked Twilight out of the cage and threw her into the crystally ground face first.

"Enjoy the sight, Princess! Because it'll be the last you see of your kingdom!"

As Chrysalis cackled she and her army left Rommel's troops who were later airlifted by never-before-seen transport helicopters.





We arrived at the camp zone, and we dropped Gold Star off at the makeshift medical sector made by the Peacekeeper group that was stationed here before being allocated to the castle, south of us, to commence an evacuation of "mass proportions" we were all suspicious but we didn't take note of it while I dropped off the major to have his wounds patched up, meanwhile! Spike was given a cool new Jacket just so we don't accidentally hit him I think? (I don't know why the men gave him one but that's fine, looks cool on him too be honest)



Credit to: edy janurary


But with that Gold Star woke up from the small concussion and immediately he was aching to get back into the fight but I had to keep him down.

"But Twilight Sparkle! Her friends! O-our friends, they need me!" 

"They would want you alive Star, I'll try to rescue them myself, but I can't have you going out with a sprung leg wielding a gun in the middle of a warzone, especially your..." I paused and looked both ways making sure that Spike wasn't hearing in our conversation, all he was doing though was just fascinating himself with his new jacket. 

"*Sigh...* Lemme give it to you straight man, if you go out there you will be exposed, you cannot be seen with your Alicorn body or Creator knows what!"

"I understand you want to protect me, so answer me this," he swung his hooves towards me, so I leaned close and then he said. "Why the hell are you still here!" Gold Star scolded.

"Uh..."

"Well if you do not want me to leave go! Save our friends! That's a order, go!" He urged, I nodded and grabbed my M249 Machine Gun, my side arm, some additional ammo, shades, and a Spike.

"Wait, what about Gold Star?" He asked, which was a simple question with a simple answer, But... With a complicated backstory attached to it.

"He needs time to rest and heal, he'll be back and running in a couple of half an hour minutes, but right now we need to get to your friends," I answered.

"I know where they are! Quick follow me!" Insisted Spike as he climbed over the fallen debris I followed suit, though, in this chaotic mess, I would be surprised if we both stepped on a land mine.

"So what's your story?" Spike asked as we continued to trek across the war-torn city.

"My... Story? I don't get the picture of what you mean by that?"

"Your story! Like how did you get here, or what made you get here, or why did you come here? I mean you couldn't have been here purposely, I've never seen you before, or even at all, in fact, the first time that I saw that human was during that time with the wedding," Spike Childishly articulated, walking over a shelled-out hole, surrounded by what remains to be a tank and a Armor vehicle.

"Oh? And tell me, did he happen to use the same gun I'm using?" I questioned.

"Yeah! Or... No, well I don't know what weapon he used, but he had those cool moves! And how he punched Chrysalis in the face! Though kind of odd, I could've sworn she said your name a while ago?" Spike wondered, as I rolled my eyes and smiled with a slight smug.

"And the fact that the event then and now hasn't dawned on you that perhaps the guy you're referring to had been with us this whole time?"

Spike paused and so have I, he placed his claw and thought about the hint I gave him, waited for his response to the question.

But.

"Wait! Is he a spirit? Or is he actually with us in person!" Spike glamorized in his voice, while I could face pal myself I know that he is just a kid who has yet to learn about his own environment, but though he seemed to be unable to figure out that by now that the guy is me, so much for hints as much as I like for him to figure it out, eh maybe next time.

"In person, and yes I know him, he's me!" 

Spike was dumbfounded, he felt the urge to bombard me with questions and request for an autograph, but... We started to approach the castle and before he could say anything I ducked us into the bush to avoid the oncoming Changeling patrol.

"Do you think we'll find that little purple dragon?" Asked some changeling.

"We have to! That pipsqueak might end up doing something heroic! Tartarus! Look at that statue! If that pipsqueak is worshipped by these wretched love-filled ponies who knows what power he has for us!" Exaggerated the other changeling when his fellow comrade walked beside him with discontent and a bilateral sense of looking at the Changeling with a stupid mood.

"What?"

Then he just walked off.

"Hey! Hey! Wait what did I say! What did I say!"

As the two walked out we both peeked our heads and looked at each other, I was confused with questions, but Spike was confused as to why I was looking at him with confusion.

"What?" He asked.

"Well, I understand you're a fan of mine, but I guess you have your own story to tell, such as the question as to why you have a gigantic statue of yourself in the middle of the city square in your honor?"

"A story for another time?" Spike replied, although my curiosity is as normal as an average human, I have to know why. But first, starting with the imprisoned Mares and a prince.




Supreme Soviets of Rodinia






Boris Yeltsin was sitting on the front row seat amidst the arguments ongoing on the council floor.

Apparently, the American president authorized the new weapon on the Crystal City.

One side called for total investigation the other to just sit and watch, while the majority, however, started calling for all immediate intervention operations to be on the table, including a full-blown war.

However, as the arguments reached an impasse General Secretary Brezhnev entered inside, with his presence freezing everyone in the chambers as if a cold unforgiving breeze had just entered the building, and it wasn't natural either as Brezhnev usually walked through the seats from the back as he would've usually been greeted by the council members but instead he entered from the front doors of the podium stage with Rodinian Guards entering with death written on their masks adding the even more creepified tension in the room as Brezhnev stepped towards his "throne."

But of course, with the chaos ongoing with America's deployment of the superweapon no one had heard a thing from the secretary General and now the response that they've waited for unfortunately does in a form of mystery and... Surprise....

Once he sat on his chair he finally spoke.

"My dearest comrades, do not fret over the situation," he said, stirring some murmurs in the background before being silenced by the sound of Brezhnev clearing his throat.

"At 8:30 PM Eastern Humarican Time, I have dispatched our finest fighter squadrons en route to intercept the bomber that is heading to the Crystal City, with no time to spare."

It was then that one of the councilmen rose and asked.

"How is this certain they'll catch up to a fast American bomber? You'd have to go high speeds to catch up to the damn thing!"

"Good question, but classified answer, unfortunately, but without a certain doubt, it will be intercepted by tomorrow, mark my words."

The word "classified" created more questions than answers in the chambers as some were confused discerned, or even skeptical about their leadership and its position in the military situation, specifically when the crisis unfolding is given to the higher powers.

It had also been a while since they'd heard about the Red Mother, it made them nervous. They know what is about to happen.




Canterlot




Patton's forces had finished packing their things and had started rolling their tanks in the streets of Canterlot en route to the Crystal City.

As the group passed by ponies who had been distressed over the defeat of Celestia and Luna, Colonel Canter couldn't help to wonder what they were going through and how they felt seeing tanks thinking it was some sort of invasion but more of a liberation mission.

However the moment died when the convoy stopped, and Patton hopped out of the tank with a letter and headed right straight for Canter's jeep.

Patton knocked on the window and Canter's driver rolled it down.

"Colonel, read this, and tell me what the hell I am looking at here!" he insisted, with Holt and some of the other men standing beside Patton.

Canter looked at the General confused but then shrugged as he cleared his throat and read.

"Good Day General Patton, in the light of the events ongoing in the Crystal City you are ordered to be incorporated back into the mainstream military for reasons... Unknown? I hope you have a blessed day Creator bless America... Sir? Why is this saying we are to be incorporated?" Canter asked.

"I don't like it, whatever it is those government bastards and their backstabbing scheming lead me to believe that they're up to something, and I will not let them achieve their backdoor scheme, Everyone get back on board we're continuing forwards!" He ordered to the men standing silently before letting his outrage out and shouting. "WELL DON'T JUST STAND THERE! GET YOUR ASSES BACK ONBOARD NOW!! WE NEED TO DOUBLE TIME IT!"

Immediately the troops got back on board and the convoy was restarted, only this time at a quicker pace In hopes of reaching Crystal City on time.




Crystal City, East wing centre




With Gold Star being the only commanding he resorted to using a cane to be able to walk on his foreleg, but on the bright note, after examining the makeshift depot it has some good expectations of a forward base, but now there was another concern, and that was getting in contact with the world outside.

And to his luck when he saw the enemy withdrawing from the city by helicopter as they flew over the city skylines he looked at the radio operator who kneeled blazingly at the sky-filled airborne vehicles.

"What the hell are you doing!" He scolded. "Get that damn radio uplink online now!"

"But sir! What if they-"

"I don't care what they've got on just check!" Gold Star ordered as the radio man got the equipment on.

At first, there was only static on the radio.

"Set for Channel four."

"Aye aye sir," replied the radio man, as he set the radio uplink channel to four and thus, thought Gold Star, came life on the radio.

"YES! IT WORKS! THANK THE CREATOR AND HARMONY! Now quick! Give it to me now!"

"Yes sir!" The radio man said happily as the men cheered at the reestablished contact.




Delta Base-whinnypolis




The base was one of many other established areas and regions in Equestria, it was created by the Brookish military as a gesture of goodwill and defense on Equestrian soil due to some ethnic language similarity, this base in particular houses the Special Air Service (Not to be confused with the SAU), one of the tactical and lethal companies within the Federation.

Alongside is the Green Berets which was currently stationed at the base and only hosted a small amount.

"Captain, I'm detecting a small low-range frequency," said a communications official, going by the radio code name 'Phoenix'.

"Can you trace it?" The Captain asked.

"Yes sire."

Phoenix traced the signal and when he finished his eyes widened as if he saw a ghost.

"Good gracious, Creator save the Queen! Sir! The signal is coming from the-"

"Well!"

"Blimey! It's the Crystal City," replied the officer, as his captain sat down in surprise. "Sir it's the Crystal Cit-"

"I know..." The Captain paused and looked at the screen that was now displaying the radio waves emitting from the Crystal City.

The reason for this shock was that all military personnel in Equestria were to not proceed with any combat operation in the Crystal City, doing so would result in death from the incoming nuclear bomb code-named "Titanus" However, they have direct contact with the Prime Minister and their monarchy.

"Patch the communication through mate, and get me, Major General Wingate now!"

"Yes, sire!"

As the other officials got get the general, the Captain overhears the radio being patched through to him on the communications computer.





"This is Captain Orellus of the Special Forces base in Whinnypolis, we hear you, but we request identification."

Gold Star is given the radio piece of the uplink and replies.

"This is Major Gold Star of the one hundred and fifth armor divisions, we're currently being held up in the Crystal City and we're trying to have the city liberated but we cannot do that when we have insecure skies from an unknown enemy!"

"Crystal City you say, Major?" The captain asked.

"Yes, and we need support if you can get me in contact with the airforce that would be great!" Gold Star requested.





On the other side of the phone, General Wingate arrived at the scene and looked at the room.

"Bloody hell, what did I miss here?" The Brookish man asked, taking a sip of his tea.

"Sir we picked up a low range frequency, and we traced it back to the Crystal City," reported the soldier.

"What? I didn't quite hear you there. Did you say we have mates still alive in that city?" The General asked.

"Yes sire, it would seem they survived the attacks that our agency had earlier predicted months ago!" 

"Did those fucking arses show at last?" The General asked.

"Yes sire, it was the Jerry's, and we currently have some of the Yankee's in the city breathing."

"And the city? Are those damn Yankees outside it sending anything to help?" He asked.

"I uh... You might need to read this," the soldier insisted, handing the general a message written. "All Personnel is to stay 10 km away from Crystal City, Code K is now in effect."

"..."

"Sire! All divisions had also been given this order," the soldier replied further.

"Those damn fookin bastards! Of course, they'll kill their own, I ought to skin their bloody arses for this, get me General Montgomery immediately!"

"Yes, sire!"




London City, Brook Province of America 




Now the history of the Brooks was a long period and age ranging from the time of the tribal period to King Arthur, to the Griffonian takeover all the way to its incorporation within the Federation.

The land of the Brooks was once independent just like Texa and Hosea, of course after joining the American Federation it and Hosea was given their special autonomy, basically semi-independent but also at the same time being a part of the mainland Federation.

Unlike other states, Brook and Hosea had their own type of government, a military, and their agencies, with Brooks being a constitutional monarchy.

The states of the Brook Province were Scotlandia, Brittania, Eiarish, and Sodor.

Their leader is Prime Minister Margret Thatcher who is the current head of the land, followed up by Queen Elizabeth the second, dutchess of Tidmouth.

General Montgomery at this time was at an annual royal party being hosted by the Queen in celebration of the military deeds in establishing "bases" in Zebrica when the Queen's servant approached him.

"Jolly good day to you sire, but you have a call from the tele."

"Really? Please show," Montgomery requested.

"Certainly, right this way good sire."

The servant led Montgomery to the phone that he left off at the base and handed it to the General in the private lounge.

"Good day? Who's this may I add?"

"General Montgomery, my name is Lt. General Wingate for the Whinnypolis base."

"Ah, hello there Mr. Wingate, say how are the Equestrians treating you on this fine night?" Montgomery queried.

"Very good good sir, but we're quite a bit in a pickle here..."

"How so Mr. Wingate?" Montgomery asked as he took a sip of his hot brewed cup of tea.

"Remember the reports stating condolences to the unit trapped in Crystal City was considered KIA, and that it devastated Uncle Sam when he got the news about it?" Wingate asked.

"M-m-m... Poor fellow, he's currently in the royal lounge being treated by the Queen over it, what about it?"

"They're alive"

"*PFFFFFFFHHH* BLOODY WHAT!?" The general yelped in surprised after spitting out his tea.




Crystal City Centre




As Sombra entered the palace he noticed the wounded men injured in the hallway at his mercy.

"Pitiful, to think that these wretched weaklings everyone called the mighty race had become Celestia's puppets for her gain," he said.

"Sombra you didn't even leave them no choice back then, the day you invaded a neighboring country just because of your ambition was-"

"I know what I did Hope! Do not remind me..."

As he and Hope walked by the injured who were being tended by Peacekeepers who had initially feared Sombra's presence before being told off by Hope to keep doing what they'd been doing originally.

Hope had just finished her remedy for Sombra's body reconstruction and applied it to him, he and Hope were now heading into the basement.





"Good god was that fucking Sombra!?" Said an injured man, being tended to by a peacekeeper who was as shocked.

"Eagle-4-5, what's your status over?" Said a person on the radio.

"Go two, how's the recovery vehicle going?" The peacekeeper asked.

"We've managed to salvage an M113 and a UAZ jeep, but I don't know if that is enough for a standardized evacuation for injured over."

"Copy Eagle-3, but we need to try anyways, unmount any space we can use and fast, if Sombra is here then I know in great hell we are in big trouble."

It was then that Cadence was walking past and noticed the same peacekeeper with a stress.

"Being a leader is tough, I know."

"Princess with all due respect, when you're having to tend with 12 people in a time frame of just getting them out of the city it can break you sometimes," the peacekeeper phrased.

"I see, if you don't mind did you happen to see Sombra?" Cadence asked.

"Ummm... I cannot help you with that, no I'm sorry but I can't risk a full-fledged fight, not when there are injured men inside midst the fighting, I won't do it not to them!" The Peacekeeper protested.

"I understand," Cadence added, and she walked right by her continuing her search for Sombra, when tread noises were heard and a bearded Abrahamic man came inside with two other men besides him, they all wear blue Helmets and vests.

"We're back Emily, and we have good news but bad news..." 

"What's the good news, Jason?" Emily the peacekeeper asked.

The good news is we managed to clear it out, at this rate we might make it with the amount of space but..."

"But what?" Emily asked.

"One person will have to be left behind due to space."

"...Take everyone here and load them up, I'll make sure to keep a haven point here," Emily volunteered, which made both the injured and the men concerned about her quick and rash choice.

"I... Don't know what to say to that, by the time we come back for the second pick the city would be fighting again and no one will be helping at all!"

"If it means saving all 12 of the people here then I will stay here, now stop your talking and help me load them up onboard the APC!"

She started picking up the stretcher and got to work on getting the injured inside of the armored vehicle, the three men who hesitated at first followed suit and started loading the injured inside of the APC as well.

As for me and Spike.





We arrived at the cage and checked our surroundings, so far it would seem the enemy had just pulled out though I was willing to bet that there was a trap I'd probably spring, but in a move so foolish Spike got out of the hiding spot, I kept my distance though, for all I know Twilight may have been a changeling and is waiting for me so it can pounce on me.

But when I saw the two hug each other followed by additional chatting before my hiding spot was exposed by Spike pointing at me being creepy with the binoculars I got up and waved awkwardly.

And then I ran right towards Twilight.

"Damn, you've taken a beating," I said.

"I guess that's the perk of being important." Twilight shrugged.

"Not my style of a perk, hmph... Well, it would seem that these dammed black shards are covering your horn."

"Gee what did you think Einstein!" Rainbow Dash interrupted.

"...Shut. Up. Don't you see that I'm trying to fucking think, it'd be nice to just LET. ME. THINK!!?"

"Gees! Alright didn't need to blow your temper off at me!"

"Well when you are to happen to be in the most deadly of death zones here in Creator knows fucking where! I get fucking pissy! Now let me concentrate while I get her horn freed, in the meantime, Spike here use this MBR, should free them from that dammed magic reinforced cage."

"MBR?"

"Magic barrier Remover come on get your head in the game we're fricking humans for crying out loud!!"

"O-okay, but how do I use it?" Spike asked.

"Oh simple, there's a switch below your claw, right where I'm pointing at."

Spike then flipped the switch and a tiny blade came out of it.

The MBR was designed and invented in 789 when an incident occurred when an Eclipse brigade operative was captured by the Equestrian guard garrison.

They used a magic barrier instead of iron bars when he was imprisoned due to high escape rates. So when the Operative was sent back to America and revealed to his commanding officer of his cell they started the project "Magidom" It was a series of technically enchanting a knife so that a single pierce would shatter the whole thing.

Or to dumb it down, think of it like popping a balloon with a thumbtack.

Anyway as I plucked the black crystals off of Twilight''s horn using the same tool Spike popped and shattered the barrier and the cage, who says children can't use knives! Anyways Twilight's marefriends and Shining Armor were freed from the magic enchanted cage, and as for Twilight, after plucking off 34 to 40 Black crystals she can now use her magic again.

And she asserted this as she lit her horn up.

"Alright! Now we're talking! Let's go get that jerk and show him what happens when you mess with Equestria!"

"YEAAAH!" The girls shouted.

But I was concerned, the sky may have been cleared and the mane 6 had been freed and ready to liberate their friend's kingdom.

But when my gut is burning that's when I know.

That I have a bad feeling about this...




Everfree Forest, Ponyville




It is in the heat of the evening, the 105th brigade at this time had left for the Crystal City and the towns ponies of Ponyville were continually flourishing.

Unbenounced to them the sky was lit with clouds as the three most known aircraft to the American military were flying over Equestrian airspace dropping some cargo.

These illusive planes are the Ilyushin Il-76s, and it seems the Soviets are setting up shop in the Everfree Forest.

As Yuri looked through his binoculars he popped the red flare and threw it onto the ground in front of him where a special forces soldier landed right in front of him.

The man had a Blue Beret, indicating that he was a part of the infamous Rodinian death squad the Knife Brigade.



As for the others, this unit that the Red Mother had told Yuri about is armed to the brim with light vehicles, yet heavy weaponry.

The said weapons are BTR-60s,  UAZ jeeps, PKM ammo and weapons, and ammunition for the standard-issued AK-74M rifles. Finally, the vehicles that are are dropped in the next pass are the light auto-cannon equipped BPM-97s, fresh from Yakyakistan, and a single BMD-3 armor IFV.



"Are you comrade Yuri?" The Lieutenant Colonel of the unit asked.

"Yes comrade I am, I assume you were sent by the Red Mother," Yuri replied.

"Of course, but in a matter," the Colonel paused and looked up at the sky when he saw a platform containing construction equipment for the base floating down from the air like a light feather.

"I would also assume my job here is done... Correct?" Yuri asked unenthusiastically...

"Indeed, you may be free to do what you please, for now on we will send someone from our established makeshift FOB to inform you of our next mission, in the meantime the Red Mother has already given you a secondary assignment, take a read."

The Colonel gave Yuri a big piece of paper, still whole and not wrinkled, and the note read.


You will be sent to Sector B in the Whinnypolis region of Equestria, I expect this to go well as this area contains... Some knowledge that our scientist can dissect, you may freely do this at your own expense but I will send someone if Equestrian officials take notice of this place.

- I bid you luck. Now burn this paper.


Without warning the Lieutenant Colonel burnt the paper and it turned into a map.

"Ah, soviet magic, never fails to disappoint me, odd, so this is the place yes?" Yuri asked.

"Indeed comrade, according to one of our spy planes they had recently started detecting structures rising from the ground, there is a possibility of an ancient city, potentially rich in advanced literacy or even science."

"Where there's science, comes great knowledge of weapons that we can use, I will depart but first... I need to do some other things."

"Understandable comrade, have a nice day."

"Dasvidaniya," Exited Yuri.




Crystal City, the Castle




Me and the others had entered the belly of the beast, the castle, where the whole thing started in the first place.

On our way through I met a woman named Emily, a League of Nations Peacekeeper who was recently shipped out back from Brodfield and was supposed to be on leave before Sombra attacked.

As Twilight was getting the basement opened she told me the time in Brodfield and when she was talking I wrote everything down in the Journal I am writing right now.

Brodfield had been under a state of chaotic ethnic cleansing for quite some time now, and she was assigned to the unit that was sent originally to investigate the species rights violations starting with the factories that the American Government had leased to the monarchial allies as a gesture of "friendship" between the leadership.

However when Reagan came into office and forced the factories to close down the businessmen instead left the companies owned by Humarica and aligned themselves with Skyfall's business currents which prompted Reagan to pressure Skyfall into allowing investigations in Brodfield.

Despite Skyfall's rejection, they were threatened with being sanctioned under suspicion of slavery so they allowed the factories to be investigated in Brodfield.

The factory owners to their horror quickly ran away with the money and went into exile in the neighboring State the Lushi Government, when the Factory workers saw that their bosses had left hell broke loose and Brodfield fell into a state of war following this was an all-out ethnic conflict.

Things got worse from there when Gryphian Cossacks along with the Omarian Militia from the Northern Territory of Gryphian Host, launched a cross-border raid using according to reports "AK-47s and Jeeps" which prompted a countryside cleansing, currently, there are rumors that a communist front was formed and is currently being funded by guess who, the Rodinians.

Despite buffer zones, their neighbors took advantage and invaded from all sides, from the criminals of Blackrock to the Capitalist forces of Lushi, to Cyannolisa in the south. Brodfield is truly in hell.

After the conversation a jeep arrived and she waved to me to bid farewell and she left.

By then Twilight had now opened the Basement, I'm not sure if I'd make it out alive so hopefully, I may, if I don't I wish the person to pick up this journal to continue my story.




Luna sea




"What's the current location?" Asked Johnson, as the mapper pinned the projection of their location.

"About a couple of two thousand miles away from our target, we're currently nearing Equestria's coast," the mapper informed.

"Copy, maintain course," replied the bomber commander.



The radar man was eating his burger when he saw two green dots catching up to them at hypersonic speeds.

"Uhh, guys I think we have company!" 

"What do you mean by that?" The commander asked when two jets zoomed by with the markings of the Soviet Red Star.



"WOAH! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Johnson shouted when the SU-57s started firing at the bomber with their machine guns passing along and shooting the hull as some of the bullets penetrated and killed the radio man.

"KENNETH! NO!!" Shouted Roger.

"HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY! WE NEED TO GET US NEAR THE GROUND FOR A POTENTIAL CRASH LANDING! HOLD ON TO YOUR ASSES WE'RE GOING EVASIVE MANEUVERS!" The commander shouted back as he pushed the joystick down to the ocean as the SU-57s persuaded with harsh might.





"The Americans are diving, proceed to use Heat seeking missiles," Said Fencer-1

"Dasdonye." Fencer-2 obliged.







The SU-57s fired Heat seeking missiles at the B-52 following and generating a trail of smoke, the bomber's early warning systems went off with the speakers shouting.

"Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning!"

"JOHNSON! LAUNCH COUNTERMEASURES!"

Johnson pressed the button and the B-52 activated and spewed out a volley of flares which managed to draw both Missiles off of their backs however it wasn't enough as the SU-57 jet fighters were too resilient to back down as they continued to fire their next hellfire of machine guns at the bomber's hull.

"We need to land before it's too late!" Johnson yelled.

"WITH WHAT RUNWAY!!? THE OCEAN!?"

"IF THAT MEANS SURVIVING THEN YES!"

"NO IT'S NOT DAMMIT! IF THIS PLANE CRASHES WE'LL ALL GO DOWN WITH IT! IT'S ALL ARCTIC WATERS DOWN THERE, DO YOU WANT US ALL TO DIE JOHNSON!!"

"..."

"Warning, engine terminated, proceed to crash positions, altitude, altitude."

"... On second thought, EVERYONE PREPARE YOUR CHUTES, BECAUSE SHIT IS GOING TARTARUS HERE!" The commander shouted, however amid the shouting the SU-57s fired and destroyed another engine on the left.

"WE JUST LOST ENGINE 5!" Reported Mechanic one, as a missile landed on the right engine blowing up another engine on the Right.

"ENGINE 2 IS GONE!"

"Warning! Warning! Altitude! Altitude!"

"Ah fuck it then!! ALRIGHT IT'S TIME! EVERYONE BAIL BAIL BAIL!" The commander yelled as Johnson grabbed his parachute.

But it was then that a SU-57 fired it's hail load of machine gun bullets which were equipped with AP tipped ammunition which penetrated the plane's hull killing everyone but him and his CO inside.

The bomber was now in total freefall as the rest of the engines now sputtered from the black smoke residue from the engines which were on fire.

On the inside It was painted Red.

"COME ON JOHNSON WE NEED TO GO NOW!"

As Johnson shook his head out of the trauma he now has he ran towards the door and saw an SU-57 aiming its guns before he jumped the Commander pushed Johnson and covered him as the stray of bullets pelted the commander, saving Johnsons life.

"SHIT! SHIT! COMMANDER! COMMANDER!"

The Commander was dead, if he were alive though he would've said go, and Johnson would follow those words

To live with the memories of his now dead crew he jumped out of the plane and unleashed his parachute however due to the altitude he was too close and he smacked head-first into the cold shallow arctic water below knocking him out unconsciously, the B-52 now covered in bullet holes crashed and imploded in a explosion, however the only valuable material on board, was the nuke which was released from the installed failsafe and landed into the water sinking before the Rodinian pilots eyes, the victors of the encounter, the Rodinian Fencer Squadron circled the dropped nuclear bomb like vultures.





"This is Fencer-1, Target splashed, inform the Secretary-General that his package has been dropped and to send in the "thieves"

"Understood Fencer-1, and as for survivors?" The operations commander asked.

"Only one managed to jump, the rest were most likely dead on impact or shot up, though due to the water being cold I doubt the one survivor will last long in the arctic waters."

"Roger, but just to be sure I will send a PT boat to scan for the bodies, for now, you are ordered to return to base."

"Dasdonye."




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"STAY CLOSE THEY CAN'T STAND MY MAGIC!" Cadence yelled in panic as she and Radiant Hope ran from a wall of death.

"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!? WE CAN'T LET SOMBRA RELEASE THEM!"

The two ran after a severe failure in what would seem to be the obvious case of naive hope.

Radiant Hope thought the Umbrum was something along the lines of "pixies" and how wrong she was when they showed their true form, even more embarrassingly in front of the princess that she was trying to show. Even though Hope's mind is still in a childish stage she will no doubt be traumatized from this experience.

But in a way, when Cadence found Hope after reading what was a journal that was locked in Sombra's basement (heh, that is a bit funny) it explained Sombra's Life and primarily talked about Hope the entire time. Talk about a love interest.

But now the two ran and dashed from the wall of fury and grudge and out from the forsaken world that I will call "Umbrum World" too obvious? Yeah probably, who knows I might trademark it, (or not)

But anyway after escaping that world Hope used her teleportation spell and landed literally behind Sombra who was thinking a lot. But now he is just plain confused.

"What is the meaning of this!?" Sombra exclaimed.

"Sombra! You can't do it! You can't uncover the door and let them out" Hope begged.

"Ouch my leg."

"I uncovered it before I was ever imprisoned I just couldn't bring myself to open it."

"You couldn't unleash monsters on your own home... Oh, Sombra!"

"No, Hope, It's much worse than that," Sombra added. "What if I opened the door and they were good after? What if I was the only real monster?"

"Sombra, you can't open the door I was wrong about-"

Her sentence was interrupted by Twilight when she fired her lethal at Sombra in a surprise attack they didn't expect.

"You are a monster! And I told you you'd be punished!" Twilight entered. "You harmed my friends! My Family! And made me doubt myself! Now it's time you learn a lesson!"

Now... I know that Sombra is the bad guy, but I'm kinda bit nervous with the tension here...

I mean he was here for what hours? Half? He didn't even open a smidge or a crack of that door.

Unfortunately, I wished I had known that faster enough in the first place when I realized also that Cadence wasn't even harmed, well other than her leg but it's merely a bruise.

"TWILIGHT NO!"

But something I should've buried Twilight for was something I wouldn't forget when she fired her lethal, and I mean  LETHAL on Sombra, it hit something, just not Sombra, instead it hit Radiant Hope knocking her unconscious on the ground.

"SHIT! TWILIGHT WHAT THE FUCK!"

Before she could reply Sombra in a style of rage when seeing Hope injured and possibly bleeding opened the door and that was when all hell broke loose, and Twilight if you are reading this, fuck you.

As for us, may the Creator spare us.

There was a massive struggle when these creatures pounced on us, I would never think of meeting these dammed things but it so fucking happens that I'm fighting off one of them that's got me pinned on the ground!

"RUN! RUN DAMMIT RUN!"

"What about you!" Applejack asked.

"WE'LL HOLD THEM, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE AND FIND GOLD STAR NOW!" I ordered, which the 5 mares got away except for Spike who was pinned down alongside me, Twilight, Shining Armor, and Cadence fought well against these guys, but I didn't because I left my fucking gun in the fucking lobby! (I'm such a fucking idiot!) I did try to use my pistol but they bit onto that and dragged it along the floor like a dog bone.

All that me and Spike did was watch as the three were quickly consumed and teleported into the dungeons that were on top leaving me and Spike alone with the self-proclaimed "King of the Monsters" and his new shadow goons one of these things spoke to me.

"What is your name creature?" Asked what would seem to be the female second in command of these creatures, if not the chief of them.

"Yours first," I replied calmly, even though I was being pinned against my will.

"Answer him," Sombra insisted.

"As you wish then, my name is Rabia, now answer the question I asked before, what is your name?" Rabia asked once more with the sounds of impatience.

"My name is Yates," I replied.

"Yates?" Asked Rabia, expecting more than just one name.

"Yes, just Yates, nothing else!" I exclaimed.

"Odd, but very well... Yates, what do you wish to do with him, my emperor?" Rabia asked towards Sombra who was looking at his injured friend so he turned and asked.

"Unless you have something of interest say your piece, otherwise it's the dungeons for you!" Sombra threatened, meaning what he said I could help Radiant Hope to get myself out of this mess, I know medical fields I was teached by one professional once primarily on magic-created injuries.

"If you could get me a room I can help Radiant Hope and hopefully examine and heal her injuries," I bartered.

" And what makes you worthy of treating Empress Hope and her wounds?" Asked Rabia.

"Empre-? I mean, I have experience with this stuff, hell I'm having to treat these types of wounds so much that people almost think that I'm the fucking medic!" Of course, this was an exaggerated lie, but like I said I know how to treat wounds, especially magic-induced types.

"Very well then, we-"

"Wait, I assume there is a catch to this deal," Sombra suspected.

"None at all! Although except Spike, he's my assistant!"

I am-?" I slapped him on the head. "I mean yes I am!"

"Very well then... But if you deviate and try to run away I will have you executed violently!" Sombra warned, giving me a hard gulp to swallow.

"Understandable!" I said sarcastically in fear.

Sombra turned to Rabia.

"Show them their quarters," he said, and she obliged, nodding her head.

"Show these two to their room, and bring Empress Hope with them so that she may be healed!" Rabia ordered,
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As we now began moving back to the surface level we were taken above sea level heights and into a room where we were then all locked up.

"Great! So what now?" Spike asked.

"Now? We keep up with our deal," I placed down my bag and grabbed the medkit and some morphine just in case she woke up in the middle of her treatment.

"Alright my friend, we have work to do!"





Gold Star was happy, because they just got in contact with the outside world, but at the same time he wasn't because of what he was told.

A nuclear bomber was dispatched from Guantanamo to drop its payload, although Gold Star at first panicked and nearly shouted for everyone to get the fuck out of the city, but to his surprise, the bomber was shot down by unknown sky pirates, they've yet to send out a search and rescue unit but the fact that they sent a nuclear bomber in his way indicated that this was much more than what he was facing eventually.

Luckily the Brookian monarchy is sending aid to their fellow neighboring monarchy, with some tanks, APCs, Special Forces, and some of the Green Beret Special Forces volunteering to support and rescue their American brothers.

It was going well in Gold Star's ears before he noticed the sky was covered in pitch black, blotting out the sun he noticed that a wall of shadows was heading directly towards them.

"GET INSIDE QUICK!" Gold Star commanded, as the men dropped what they had and got inside the LON Headquarters building that they'd been using as the base for an eventual counterattack.

As the shadow wave passed there was blackness initially before some sort of manmade light was lit throughout the street, came after was the Umbrum who scanned the area looking for their slaves only for them to get angry and smash a building out of bitter rage.

"There's nothing here! Let's go somewhere else!" Said one of the Umbrum.

"I'm hungry :("

As the pests got out of the clearing Gold Star and his men peaked out to check if the coast was cleared and there was the opposite in the south corridor as the Umbrum sniffed out for any Crystal Ponies to feast on their fear before they left leaving Gold Star and his handful of men to think of a strategy.

"I propose we stay here! Who knows what these demons are here for!"

"Yeah but what if they find us here!"

"We have guns we can shoot them!"

"They're made of oxygen you idiot!"

"What did you just call me bastard!"

"An idiot!"

"COME HERE! I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S AN IDIOT!"

Immediately two of the men started fist-fighting each other before it was broken up by the crowd.

"Enough! ENOUGH! WE'RE IN A FUCKING LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION! ANYONE FIGHTING HERE AND I WILL SHIP THEM TO FUCKING ZEBRICA!"

The was broken by Gold Star's threat to send them to Zebrica, he then placed his hoof on his head and sighed.

"Alright, clearly we will need to hold out until reinforcements arrive, what we should do is get that BTR-82 to work, Corporal Garrick! What can you tell me on the controls of the thing?" Gold Star asked.

"So far major it would seem that it is as simple as its previous counterpart, but the turret is very... surprising..."

"Oh? How so?" Gold Star asked.

"The turret part of the BTR-82 unlike the BTR-70, it's unmanned, meaning you can stay inside and shoot at the enemy without getting out to man the turret!"

"So in other words the Rodinians weren't that low-tech after all, well this will put a dent in American intelligence so uh... How do we man this unmanned turret exactly?" Gold Star asked.

"Easy, the secondary that sits besides the driver can simply use a Bluetooth iPad that's digitally connected to the Turret abd it's interface!"

"Wait, that's how the Rodinians shoot those things?" Gold Star asked.

"What? No no, the original screen that was in the BTR was damaged by the shrapnel, Creator knows how they still hit anything with the thing, but I can perhaps still upload the interface on my tablet and fire it from inside," Garrick explained further.

"Why not from a remote location?" Gold Star asked.

"Because the amount of range it has is so tight that if I stepped out of the vehicle itself then I would lose signal, the Rodinians may be advanced enough for unmanned turrets, but they are not advanced enough for superior technology as ours."

"Right, alright then I have an idea, first I will send a scouting regiment to the castle just to see why these things started rampaging the streets and why Yates had not come back I'll-"

"RUNNN!!!" Said a familiar pony.

"What were you saying sir?" Asked a soldier.

"I... I said I'll be-"

"IT'S GETTING CLOSE!" Said another familiar pony.

"Ok that time that voice was familiar, what's-"

It was then that the 5 mares who ran for their lives barged right through the doors that were bordered up, closed them and quickly boarded them up again in a fast pace wearing them out, not knowing that they were infront of the entire American army, the soldiers screamed and so did Twilight's friends, except for Rainbow Dash and Gold Star who had a unbearable sound experience.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!"

As the screaming became unbearable to the point were everyone started throwing random objects Gold Star unholstered his pistol and shot up in the air scaring both sides into submission.

"Thank you both for shutting up! NOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" He demanded for a answer.

Applejack stepped up and replied.

"Yates told us to find ya, he and Twilight were captured, along with the Royal family and Spike!"

Gold Star was shocked by this answer.

"What! Where are they!?"

"The castle in the Crystal city!" Replied Applejack, as Gold Star immediately grabbed his gun and was gunning to make a rash move to the doors.

"Sir you can't go out there, we have no plan, our resources are dwindling, and if anything we'll probably be nuked! And yet your happy about it!" The human soldier added.

"The human is right, we have nothing against those things! we're practically out numbered!" Rainbow Dash said.

Although Gold Star was confident in the weaponry of humanity both his men and his friends are right, being the rash decision maker he is and at times doubter of himself he had yet to create a well thought out plan on how he can manage this whole situation.

Taking back in his time at the royal guard back in Canterlot numbers were almost infact anything, but it depends on how the other side uses it, it's like playing a game of chess, despite numbers he can still inflict massive casulties and perhaps dwindle the other sides population.

But these creatures are different, but they can still be killed by light according to Canter. 

So this all left him with two choices.

One being he could organize a plan to overthrow the Umbrum and restore the Crystal Heart, depending if they can find that sucker, and then after try to get in contact with someone who is a higher if not the highest rank in the military to stop the nuke.

Or...

He could stay in the shelter and await the green berets potentially dwindling chances of victory, and would probably risk a capture or even being killed by the oncoming nuke.

Both sides of the choices has both a positive and a negative...

But considering that he and everyone else inside the building (except for the mares) are all armed with guns then perhaps there is a chance, plus they have a tank so this will make it even better.

"Alright here's the plan, it involves you 5 grabbing contact from Alex, we need him over here to reinforce us," Gold Star said.

"Meaning?" Pinkie asked.

"Meaning you need to get and find potential contacts that will benefit us and hurry." 

"OH THAT'S EASY!" Pinkie yelled, but was shushed by everyone in the room.

"Oh sorry! I mean, oh! That's easy!"

"Not to disturb this plan but what we'll you all do?" Rarity asked.

"We'll prepare for when the main assualt begins via scouting, or break in, through depending if Alex is on his way he may be bringing relatives or something."

"...Why do I think that what you said is some sort of foreshadow?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Because that's literally what Alex would do in his free time."

"Oh... Wait... What else does he do in his free tim-"

"NOT A QUESTION!" Gold Star interjected.





Back to the room, me and Spike had been working on Radiant Hope and her injuries, I was the one who did most of the work due to experience, Spike was using his experience by giving me stuff when I need it the most.

"Damn, Twilight really did a mark on her, what kind of spells has she been studying?" I asked.

"Usually it would be studying on teleportation, offensive spells, or even the type that would penetrate pelt skin," Spike replied.

"What exactly is her motive in all that exactly? To research every possible known lethals possible?"

"I don't really know, she never told me the importance of it all, although I did read something familiar with that spell that she used that was suppose to cast out shadows."

"But Radiant Hope is not a shadow though!" I ranted.

"Yeah... By the way have you been needing anything yet other than towels?" Spike asked.

"Yeah, see if you got any bandages I'm almost finishing up here, thank Creator, if it wasn't for her cloak we would both be dead right now because this could've pierced her liver!" I praised, but then I detected something... Odd about some particles...

"What about her rib cage?" Spike asked, when I rolled my eyes, and showed him a piece of it that was lose in Radiant Hope's body.

"0_0 Wait! Twilight did that!?"

"So it would seem, y'know if you ever get the opportunity perhaps have her not be trigger-happy! This shot is enough to penetrate the hardest vest in Humarica, actually... Let me write that down real quick."

Note to self, do not piss off Twilight Sparkle, invest in the Vest industry someday.

"Well while you do that, I suppose we sow it up now?" Spike asked when that... The image of purple particles inside of her was familiar, however, I couldn't deal with it now as I did not have the advanced tools I needed, I will however tell her about this but... This wasn't something I liked to be familiar with...

"Yeah... Best we should..." I was Startled in reply, Spike then handed me the bandage I then sowed her open wound and halted the Morphine that had done its magic.

After the hard work of focusing on sowing her wound I took a breather and lay back on the pillar that had stood behind us the whole time, but those things however, they were still on my mind, but the best thing I can do for now is let her rest.

"I reckon we let her sleep for now, poor thing, what made her decide that this was all worth it." I pondered, though I would discover the reason being that she was fooled by her own childish imagination.

"So all she had was a bad cut right?" Spike asked, it was then I figured out something, this wasn't just a spell, this spell is exclusive Alicorn spells!

"Ehh... Not quite so, although while it would dissipate in the long while without a trace her case is special, for some odd reason something was keeping her well... Alive, magically, whatever Twilight shot at her with may have triggered something within her body."

"I kind of don't get that, could you dumb that down?" Spike asked.

"In other words Twilight shot her spell, and the residue that remained is draining Radiant Hope's life," I simplified.

"B-b-but Twilight would never use a spell like that!"

"Yeah but the thing is, only an Alicorn would have that sort of power, so at one point Celestia may have trained her to use this spell..."

"How do you know this much with magic? You're as smart as Gold Star!"

"As much as I would I was only teached by Major Gordan, back when Alex was a Captain himself, Gordan would teach me a whole shit ton of magic, magic in the grass, clouds, and even us human beings, however, the one thing he taught me mostly was the Lethal and Non-Lethal Magic, of course, this was all before I was shipped out to the navy to fill in on that year's conscription gap."

"So, why did you seem frightened by this magic specifically?" Spike asked.

"That magic, is called by these ponies as a tool to remove shadows." I replied.

"What do you call it?"

"I call it the Slow Death Spell..."

Spike was confused on that title, but since he's a child I understand, but considering that he is typically a close assistant to Twilight and Half-Sibling I hope what I would tell him would he remember to remind Twilight never to use that dreaded spell.

"It wounds its opponents alright, creates a lasting scar, but not just that, it leaves behind a residue that kills its host by draining most of their magic until there isn't nothing left."

"But after their magic is gone they'll be better!... Right?"

"...Spike, when it drains all the magic, it will start to feed on its hosts life, although the magic part takes a good while but I'm afraid to say is that Radiant Hope will lose all her magic within 12 years from now, and then after she would have a year left."

After getting slapped with that reality check that I've given to Spike I can tell his gut was burning from the immense guilt for what Twilight had done, after that Radiant Hope came about and woke up from her slumber.

"W-where am I?" She asked, placing her hoof on her head as her head was seething in pain I got up and kept her down.

"Easy easy! Don't move ma'am, I just did surgery on you, you shouldn't be up yet, not at all."

"Sorry," she replied. "It's just that I... Oh, what am I kidding... I've doomed everypony!"

"Ehh... I mean you sort of did, but not directly," I replied, trying to cheer her up, but Spike was giving me that face of disappointment.

"Alright so maybe you did play a hand with the potential end of the world, but hell I'm sure my race could kill these things... Violently."

"But you don't understand! These things are so powerful! No pony can defeat them now that they've been freed! Not unless they have the Crystal Heart," Radiant Hope spoke in dreary.

"Do you have it?" Spike asked.

"Oh does she have it? What type of question is that Spike? Of course, she doesn't have it!"

"Actually I do!" She answered, as I stood there dumbfounded.

"...Nevermind..."

She then levitated the satchel and showed us the Crystal Heart, it was still in one perfect piece, it was then that a knock at the door was made and some Umbrum creature appeared.

"This strange contraption was bothering the Emperor and so Rabia requested that I bring this to you, is this a medical device?" Said an Umbrum servant. As he stupidly hasn't realized that he is holding my M249 Light Machine Gun, making me smirk. (What an idiot)

"Of... Course >:D"

"Are you sure? Don't lie to me," the Umbrum checked.

"Why would I lie to y'all? If I ever did it'd be my head remember?" 

"...Eh fair enough, by the way, the Emperor requests the status report on Empress Hope."

"Empress?? Never heard that title since Grover got hitched. Although I only heard that in the news, but yeah you can bet your Empress is doing fine, but she needs recovery."

"Great, I'll let Emperor Sombra know, by the way, he hopes to see you at the execution ceremony of the Princesses!" He spoke happily, while Spike was in terror and shock while I looked nervously concerned...

"Hehe... Great..."

The Umbrum slammed the door and Spike broke down in panic.

" EXECUTION!!? YATESTHISISTERRIBLEWHATAREWEGOINGTODO!"

"I know... Calm down Spike you're going to blow your brain up just by panicking."

"BLOWMYBRAINOFF!??!"

"Is he always this panicky?" Hope asked.

"Not like this, Twilight was his caretaker, the end of her is the end of him," I answered, petting Spike's spine in an assurance of comfort.

"So what do you plan to do?" Hope asked.

"If I tell you that would be cheating," I chuckled slightly, picking up my Machine gun off the floor.

"But what's your actual plan here?"

"Obviously Sombra knows that we'll still be sworn in allegiance to his will which gives us the upper hand, I'll still serve him, but then I intend to give him a surprise." 




Luna sea, the Arctic Ocean




Rodinian Patrol boats scoured through the waters looking for the single survivor but couldn't avail, as Rodinian Warships arrived from the allied ports from Olenia to pick up the Atom Bomb the Naval Captain of the Search Group got impatient.


"Our military command is too paranoid, there's practically no one here. No one could've survived that fall! And even if they did they'd be dead in this God forsaken water!"

"Should we keep searching sir?" Asked a Seaman.

"No, there's no point, we got what we need from the American Scoundrels anyways, Full head, follow our fellow naval men back to Port." The Rodinian Captain ordered.

"Dasdonye," acknowledged the seaman.

As the ships and patrol boats turned around and headed straight for Olenia, Johnson was beneath their boats the whole time, although after being deep in the cold arctic water for quite some time he swam for his life to find a suitable place to rest, luckily a floating ice chunk was streaming through the ocean so he sat his armed and his entire body on it, and finally he rest.

"I'm going to die..." He said to himself, as he slept into a coma-like state.




Marine 1, Presidential Helicopter




President Reagan sat on the presidential chair on a phone call with his high-ranking generals continually informing him of the situation with the Crystal Empire.

"How do we not have contact with anyone yet!" He exclaimed.

"Sir multiple communications have not been able to reach the group it's as if-"

It was then that a door was opened with Vice President Bush entering Reagan's Quarters.

"Ah Vice President Bush, how can I help you?" Reagan asked.

"President Reagan, It's Mrs. Thatcher." 

"...Say no more, gentlemen we will have to speak about this some other time, but for now if you may excuse me I need to attend a very important call." Reagan excused, hanging up the phone and picking up the other one.

"Prime Minister Thatcher, this is a surprise what brings you to call me?" He asked.





"Good day to you Mr. President, I was just informed by my good General Montgomery, that they've found your men contacting my men!"

"I see, I will see to it that they-"

"Ah! Ah! Ah! One moment Mr. Reagan I wasn't done!"

"..."

"You tried to fire a bomb at your own men!" She scolded.

"Well you see I-"

"And not just that! What you've done was more damaging! My team of experts told me to tell you that those dammed Jerries' were going to come out of nowhere and that is what they did! And then you tried to nuke the problem without consideration! Do you realize what the Rodinians did just right now!" Thatcher continued in her rant.

"I... Assume that they're pretty angry about our deployment?"

"Correct! But not just that they're at our doorsteps right now!" 

"They've always been though I thought?" He queried.

"I'm sure of it, just ask the polite gentlemen who call themselves the Rodinian Navy! They are parked in my naval base! All the dukes even including Sir Topham Hatt! Is spamming me with demands on forcefully removing them!"

"I... See, I will try to solve this immediatel-"

"You want to solve it, Mr. Reagan? SEND IN THE TANKS! DEAL WITH EQUESTRIA! AND DO YOUR JOB! Thatcher then hung up the phone giving an odd awkward silence as Reagan turned towards Bush.

"... Vice President Bush?" Reagan asked.

"Yes, Mr. President?" Bush asked.

"...Get me, General Carville, now!"




Crystal City




Gold Star looked through his binoculars spying at the Umbrum who were guarding the entrance of castle entrance, he also noticed Celestia and Luna's lifeless stoned bodies which gave him a stutter of fear.

"Damn... So that's why the sun is out at 1:00 in the morning... Do we have anything to release them from the ungodly spell?" Gold Star asked.

"Not with us sir no," replied a soldier.

"Damn, then it's up to us to liberate this place first, Save Twilight and Yates and everyone else, and then free those two from the stone prison, but for now... There is the matter of a very important question,."

Gold Star then grabbed his radio.

"This is Charlie-1, what's the status on that set up Echo-6."





On the rooftop, a sniper team was established with the most skilled sniper warrior on top guarded by one man with a minigun.

"This is Echo-6 Carlie-1, we're in position, mark the target," replied the sniper warrior.

"Roger, shoot at marked targets pinpointed on your scope," replied Gold Star.

Gold Star grabbed his electronic marker and clicked on a button, lighting the rifleman's scope.

"Hehe, I see him."





The two Umbrum guards were standing when they saw a red dot on one of their chests.

"Ooh, Red dot!"

The sniper Warrior fired his suppressed M82 and penetrated and killed the other.

"WHYYYYYY~~ WHAT A WOR LD WHAT A WORLD~~~"

"BOB!"

The other Umbrum got shot and he too was disintegrated into the air.

"AHHHHHHHnn~~"





"Charlie-1, entrance secured, good luck Major."

"Roger that Echo-6 much obliged, alright kids, time to play," Gold Star chuckled, as he placed his goggles down on his eyes and led a group of 3 soldiers to the castle.

Their mission was to conduct an early scout and potentially if they haven't been caught, rescue everyone inside, this is an in-and-out mission, and while the men have no experience with stealth they know the rule of being silent as the grave.





Meanwhile, in the sky, a single AC-130 was dispatched from Delta-Base, under orders of General Wingate authorized by both Prime Minister Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth.

Inside are multiple Special Forces groups trained for this moment in their lives as they loaded their rifles and prepped their night vision goggles as they have been advised that the depths below them have been darkened.

These groups consist of the Green Beret Group led by its appointed Squad Commander, as for the SAS it is being led by Macmillan, who was recently been transferred from Thestria as a Special Operations Task Force officer, he looked at the map with no utmost surprise.

"Welp, this doesn't surprise me at all," he said, as the light flashed Green.

"Well boys, that's our cue, best of luck to ya."



As the men got up from their seats the ramp opened revealing a cloudy sky below, as the men straightened their Parachutes and grabbed their weapons, some said their religious verses and prayers.

After the Ramp fully opened down the men ran out to the sky being patted forward by the men at the entrance.

After everyone left the rest jumped as well.





Inside the castle Gold Star and his selected few men had just finished scouting the lower floor, terminated anyone in their way, and made their way back to the ground level.

"This is Charlie-1, no confirmation on where they're keeping Twilight and Cadence, over."

Echo-6 responds.

"Copy sir, but I advise you evacuate the castle, I've received word from the post that the SAS and the Green Berets are now in our vicinity airborne, and are landing at exfil point at my location."

"Copy, we're moving now, Charlie-1 out." 

As Gold Star and the others made their way out Sombra appeared in the hallway not noticing their presence at all, walking up the stairs and heading for what seemed to be the upper levels of the castle, Gold Star looked at him with fury over his evil, he doesn't recognize Sombra anything, not even as a thing, or he, but rather a it.

As Sombra was gone from his sights Gold Star and his fellow men ran to the outside avoiding patrols and reaching towards Echo-6 who was looking up in the sky, and to Gold Star's happiness, Special Forces had arrived.

As much of the men landed their commanding officer landed and viewed his surroundings.

"Well, this place looks shitty," said the Green Beret squad commander.

"Am I glad to see you guys," Gold Star greeted.

"You must be Major Star, glad to meet you," Macmillan greeted back, shaking his pony counterpart's hand in the hoof.

"So what's the situation," asked the Special Forces commander.

 "The Umbrum have been freed, all of the civilians here have been evacuated and the good thing is that our guns seem to kill them on point but only if we use tracers, which luckily that's all we've been supplied with on our way here, as for the positive targets, Twilight, Cadence, and then you have Lieutenant Yates, Spike, and Shining Armor, they are being held," the major briefed.

"And for everyone else?" Asked the soldier.

"Kill on sight, but Sombra is to be left alive."

"Why so?"

"So I can have the liberty of killing that bastard myself."





Sombra knocked on the door after climbing a good amount of steps up to her room. It had been a while since the attempt on his life.

"Hope are you awake?" He knocked, which I then opened the door.

"Hello there." (General Kenobi)

"Oh, I see, is Hope in there?" He asked.

"Yep, she's laying in front of the window, but uh, I may need to tell you something about her-"

"That will be all human, you two earned your freedom, now leave us," Sombra ordered, which I and Spike shrugged and left the room.

"Well that was easy," Yates whispered.

"Yeah... So what now?" Spike asked.

"Now... We have an execution to crash."





"There you are I was worried that I would wake you, should I have somepony bring you dinner?" Sombra asked, but Hope gave no budge or a reaction or a response to the king as she stared at the lands that she had a part in destroying.

Sombra was slightly concerned with her lack of emotion.

"Why do you look out there, Hope? It only seems to upset you. Why don't you come with me?" He asked again, but again, no reply, just an emotionless head turn.

"We've just turned the prince to stone, and we're about to do the same to the princesses out on the dais."

"On the Dais?" She emotionlessly replied.

"Yes, where the heart used to be. We put an end to them where everypony can see them." He replied.

"That will be good... Then you'll have won... Right? Then we can live happily together?" She sarcastically replied.

"Well, not quite yet. If we take Cloudsdale by surprise we'll have the high ground to assault Canterlot," Sombra shared in his plans for conquest.

"Oh... So then you'll be done..?" Hope bleakly said.

"Hope that would only be the beginning! After that, there's the Griffons, the Yaks, and then after we take our revenge on the humans!" 

"Our? Revenge! And yet I am to stand as your empress in all of this! I would stand by your side and watch bu-" 

In a sudden wave of sharp pain, she struggled a bit with her strength, Sombra tried to help her but like he did to her she batted him away.

"Get back! I'll do it myself! If I'm going to be an empress I ought to at least be able to stand on my own!" she aggravatingly replied.

"...Hope, I'm sorry..."

In a burst of aggressive aggravation, she turned in frustration and began to scold.

"Are you Sombra? They told me this was who I would become, but I didn't and never believed it in all my childhood! I knew there was something better in you!"

"...But Hope, I-"

"NO!" She yelled. "I was a fool, you told me yourself that you were a monster! I should have listened but I had! Hope! The foolish foolish Hope!"

"You... Don't understand!"

"When we looked in the Crystal Heart that day, I saw this! I saw what I am now! I saw my destiny," he added, turning towards Hope. " And Rabia confirmed it, she told me I was a weapon, they made me this way I am so I could release the other monsters! I was born to be a monster."

Hope then remembered that day, her destiny was to be a princess someday but since she dropped out from Celestia and Luna's teachings she never became one, and she told this to Sombra who was now in immense guilt.

He still remembered how tyrannical his rule was, where those who fell out of line were executed on sight, he had many put to death under his rule so much that he had lost count, but yet when he was the sole reason that his best and only friend cheated her destiny for him he felt something in him he never thought he had long before everything.

When he apologized this only confirmed that Hope was truly a friend to him no matter what...

And this truly made him sick of himself, because he had thrown away something that was most to him and all for what? A rulership of a kingdom in a world mainly controlled and plagued with capitalist control.

When he stood there in silence Hope ended the conversation shorthand.

"No more talk about destiny Sombra I've never believed in it," she continued saying further. " You're the only thing I've ever believed in. Now let's go forge our Destiny together."





At the highest point of the castle, the second wave of paratroopers arrived armed with Sniper rifles, as planned they landed at the Crystal Heart's old dais that it had once floated on since Sombra's takeover.

And now being the old place that hid the Crystal Heart, it was now being used as a sniper tower for the airborne marksmen who had landed through the openings.

"What's our ETA?" Asked the marksmen commander.

"109 seconds before the main forces arrive, sir, they're almost here," replied the grunt.

"Understood, begin establishing forward positions, you know the orders, shoot anything that gets near Beta unit."

"Yes sir!"







On our way down we managed to avoid a group of Umbrum who were transporting something.

No... Someone, in fact, two someone's!

Me and Spike overheard their conversation as they went by us and to my dismay my fear just came true that when they mentioned Shining Armor my gut burned.

Apparently, he had been turned into a statue like Celestia and Luna, damn those bastards! But I had to wait my chance though acting rashly would be my downfall especially when we're in the middle of the castle potentially being aimed at by everyone potentially one of ours, though I do not think they even know whether I'm with Sombra or not.

After they chained the two imprisoned Princesses to the ground by the neck and hooves me and Spike made ourselves scram to the nearest statues, of course, Spike being a child himself caught a glimpse of Celestia's frozen horror.

"AH!" Spike yelped digging his dragon claws into my uniform.

"What was that?" Asked an Umbrum, as we both ducked behind the frozen Celestia.

"..."

"That's nothing, get back to work!" Said Rabia.

"Yes sir," replied one of the Umbrum, which annoyed Rabia.

"I mean ma'am!, sir?" Said the same Umbrum as he just gave up and went back to securing the princess's chains.

I then looked at Spike with an ignorant look, he was still in a state of shivering fear.

"Did you really have to yell like that!" I scolded.

"I-I-I wasn't scared!" He stuttered.

"... You can get your claws off my clothes now..." I insisted.

"Sorry," he replied, as he climbed down back to the ground and looked at the statue of the frozen princesses.

"Huh, just like Space Wars the Revenge of the Empire, Welp, these statues aren't going to move anytime soon," I said out loud.

"So how do we free them?" Spike asks.

"Well, first off I don't know magic, especially dark ones like this, but instead we could try pushing them for one, or two we could... Politely ask Sombra to free them. That or three and sit this one out," I planned.

"One sounds... A lot of work, two is a not ah, but why three?" Spike asked.

"I don't know," I shrugged.

Our conversation ended shortly though when we heard the door opening and came out of them were Sombra and Hope, as expected, they'll be starting an execution which would quote "quell the rebellion" type of shit is this, I swear they based most of their words on fucking Space Wars.

Or... Did Space Wars based their phrases on Umbrum language? Hm...





Gold Star looked through his binoculars with concern for Twilight, although he had long known about the Personal diplomacy being expired long ago he didn't expect Twilight to know about this since the whole thing is Humarican business.

But to think that a whole incident with a dead in the water town that happens to be a Soviet playground would end a delicate relation like it kind of disappoints him, especially when the communists interfere with peace objectives between America and his former home country Equestria.

He could recall the time when he was a filly, he can remember all those rants his dad would make at the table, calling the Rodinians jackasses, and cussing them out from every curse word in the book, of course, most of that time his mother would just cover his ears and attempt to ease the father.

While stuff like that was a bit chaotic at times, Gold Star would've done anything to have the old times back. Before the whole Alicorn incident and beyond it.

No one knows who Gold Star truly is, except for Yates, Alex, and the entire FIU and the Federation government, but even then they've been sworn to secrecy.

The only one who had not taken that oath was Yates... A friend that he had always counted on, though the FIU and even Alex told and warned him not to tell me anything about his Alicornhood Alex's perspective changed after Tirek's attack and the moment that I saw wings and not the usual Earth Pony body and didn't tell no one about it was when I proved that I was worthy to know.

The F.I.U. on the other hand... Was a different story.

But ignoring this fact Gold Star managed to get a positive ID on Sombra, and then he tried looking for me but proved none avail, eventually he gave up and turned towards Macmillan.

"There's Sombra, has the sniper teams been established?" Gold Star asked.

"Lemme see, Shadow-1 come in, how's the setup?" 

"All is dandy we have two snipes on top and a vanguard, no one has noticed yet."

"Rog' you know the orders then,"

"Copy sir."

As the Brookish Special Forces Commander hung up he added.

"Green Berets are on top, everything is set," reported Macmillan.

"Good then on my orders we-"

Suddenly Gold Star was interrupted by cannon sounds in the distance followed by a loud explosion.

"The hell?" 

He then looked through his binoculars and saw Sombra, Radiant Hope, and two other Umbrum, it was then that a second cannon burst was heard and the ball impacted and slammed the Umbrum onto the wall.







"CANNON!" Shouted an Umbrum, which Sombra and Hope were caught off guard for a moment until Sombra got his sights straight off the artillery group.

"IT'S THE REBELS! GET THE UMBRUM AND STOP THEM! THEY CAN NOT MAKE IT TO THE PRINCESS AT ALL COSTS!"

"Yes Emperor Sombra!" replied Rabia.

As the Umbrum attempted to attack Pinkie's group Rarity appeared with her own.

"All right ponies! That's our cue! Hit them with the fabulousness!" Spoke Rarity as the sun glared for a moment and disintegrated two Umbrum to death from the brightness.

"Eat fashion villians!" She phrase quipped.

"I CAN'T SEE! THEY'RE TOO FABULOUUUS~~~~"

"YEEHAW! Alright, apples! Let's tie these monsteers up and tie 'em down!"

Soon the Apple family arrived or dubbed to Gold Star in his mind, the Apple Group. Of course, in the midst, a DIY tank came out of nowhere and started firing at the Umbrum.

This DIY tank is typically a red wagon with a cannon and a lot of apples.

"Sir, not to rush you in your amazement but our men are ready to move in?" Macmillan said.

"...Y'know what fuck my signals, GO GO GO! MOVE IT MOVE IT!"

Immediately the sounds of human war cries were heard by the Umbrum Special forces started shooting everything they saw subtracting from their allies.

"COUNTER ATTACK! WE CANNOT LET THEM BREACH OUR DEFENSES!" Rabia shouted when one of her bodyguards was killed by a sniper.

"WHAT THE!" 

She looked up and saw the tower lit with light as sniper men started shooting from the roof of the castle picking off groups one by one, as a rocketeer soldier fired his missile on a group that was approaching Gold Star.

*KABOOM*

The missile killed everything in the vicinity.

However, amid the fight they focused on getting rid of the DIY tank.

"They created some sort of tube. It looks like a "U" Apple Bloom noted

"What the heck did they do that for?" Sweetie Bell questioned.

"Doesn't matter! Take them down" Scootaloo ordered, shooting a machine gun load of apples when suddenly the apples deflected through the U-tube and pied the three foals off the cart taking down the DIY tank.

"Good the tank is down,"

"MA'AM WE HAVE INCOMING!" 

"What is it now!"

"THEY HAVE A BIGGER TANK!"

"They WHAT!?"

Suddenly out of nowhere a HE shell zoomed through the air and exploded on the ground spreading shrapnel all around everyone except for Sombra and Hope as he had his barrier up.

"WHO DID THAT!" Rabia demanded.
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Patton looked through his binoculars on top of the tank as he chuckled and smirked.

"HI BASTARD! MISSED ME?!" Patton shouted from a distance, giving Sombra that memory of being beaten up by Patton's troops.

"Get him, NOW!" He ordered as the Umbrum charged towards a whole convoy of M60 tanks.

"Load another shell! Give him another canon shell up his ass!" Patton ordered, as his tank fired an HE round at the Umbrum horde, followed by tracer rounds of heavy machine gun ammo.


"AHHHHHHH~~"

"OOF~~"

"EEEHHG~~"

Patton then grabbed his radio and said.

"Colonel, deploy the death squad!"

"Yes sir!" Replied Canter." MEN! FIX BAYONETS! BUT DRIVER! DON'T STOP THE MACHINE GUNS!"

"SIR YES SIR OORAH OORAH!" Shouted the men. As they jumped off without hesitation and charged at the horde with bayonets fixed the bayonets tore through the Umbrum's shadowy flesh and thenafter shot to death.

"Sir! Why are my bullets not killing them!" One of them asked.

"Private did you use the regular bullets!" A Sergeant asked.

"Yes?"

"UNLOAD YOUR RIFLE AND USE THE TRACERS!" The Sergeant Ordered.

"YES SIR SORRY SIR!" The soldier replied.
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As the Crystal City turned into a full fledge warzone, (again), me and Spike was very stunned at how this all developed, and as we even saw Fluttershy and her army of gigantic beasts attack the Umbrum relentlessly we were also relieved that Alex had arrived as well.

However, the gunfire was a concern, a great concern because the explosions going on around us were getting too close for comfort, if a single rocket or tank shell hit Celestia and Luna they'll be shattered and they will be killed.

"Alright Spike, ONE IT IS! NOW HELP ME PUSH!" I said.

"Are you sure? Looks heavy," Spike replied.

"Well, we either push this or they die a terrible death! Take your pick!" I scolded.

"Yep! On it!" Spike said as we both pushed the statue off of its dais and inside of the castle, surprisingly the statue was not heavy but what stopped us was when I and Spike were suddenly surrounded by our own guys.

"DROP YOUR GUN! HANDS UP!" Said a Brookish soldier, pointing a gun towards my chest as I lowered my Light Machine Gun to the group and then raised my hands.

"Congratulations dumbass you've captured us, so what now," I exclaimed when Gold Star amongst the men that pointed their guns towards me and Spike rushed through.

"Lower your weapons! He's one of ours!" Gold Star ordered as the soldiers lowered their guns.

"About time you showed up! The hell have you been!" I asked.

"Talking with Alex, he just informed me that the Air Force is being dispatched to our location!" Gold Star enthusiastically said.

"Well, that's good, but not for these three! We've been trying to move them inside, yall are starting to get reckless with the explosives!" 

"Apologies, COME ON MEN! GET THESE STATUES INSIDE! By the way meet Captain Macmillan," Gold Star introduced.

"Greetings Lieutenant," said the Captain.

"Hello captain, now let's get the statues inside now!" 

All of us started pushing the statues inside of the castle but when they were pushing Shining Armor I saw the Crystal Heart and overheard them planning to shatter it, I grabbed my gun and started shooting at Rabia.

"YATES GET BACK HERE!" Gold Star ordered when the piece of the Crystal Castle roof smashed on top of the door trapping the group inside and leaving me with Sombra and Rabia.

Immediately Rabia charged at me with a huge volley of dark shadow magic lethal that pelted the rocks where I took cover, I then took my gun and aimed it at her and fired everything I had inside of the magazine, the bullets were not tracers but this did annoy her giving me room to charge at her and punched her in the gut with the gun.

Feeling the brute pain she limped for a moment before pouncing back on me using her teeth and biting on my sleeve.

"AAH FUCK-" I yelped, as I threw her on the wall a couple of times before finally she released her teeth from my skin and landed on the ground.

I grabbed my Machine Gun and tried to shoot her, but it ran out of bullets so I tossed it to her and punched her in the face.

With the help of Sombra, she pinned me to the wall.

"YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO DIE!" Rabia spoke.

Well if I die I might as well do something worthwhile.

"Sombra! Listen to me and very carefully, it is not worth throwing everything away, if you destroy the Crystal Heart it'd be the end of the world and this kingdom!" 

Sombra looked at profusely and then mirrored at the Crystal Heart.

"Speak..."

This is my biggest gamble yet as Rabia tried to bite my head off I continued to speak.

"Hope told me about her destiny, she told me she was destined originally to be an Alicorn, you know this too because she told you didn't you?" I said.

"She did... So what bothers me now!"

"SHE FUCKING LOVES YOU!" I shouted in a quick tone manner because again, Rabia was trying to fucking bite my head off.

Sombra on the other hand was stiffed on what I shouted, and Radiant Hope looked at me with surprise but also frustration because,... Well... 

Let's just say that I may or may not have broken a secret.

"Is this true?" Sombra asked, to which Hope was embarrassed, blushed a bit, and answered.

"Yes... He is right."

Sombra felt something there, I actually couldn't believe that he had a heart, but of course, he did, otherwise he wouldn't be the way he became.

"DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS PUTRID HUMAN! REMEMBER WHAT I SAID!" Rabia shouted, and Sombra looked around seeing a chaotic scene with ponies fighting shadows, and Humans shooting everything and helping others. He saw in his mind that he had created a brutal warzone.

And to think that all this time he was going to rule and conquer the world. And that shattering the Crystal Heart would seal this destiny. But then he thought of something else.

What if he did smash this and the humans happened to bring something truly more horrifying than the Umbrum itself,  he had studied the old princess and her Journal on humanity and thinking on it now, the technology being used against him and his army, and with the ponies will fight no matter the case proves that even if he executed Cadence and Twilight the Ponies will still fight.

Although the ponies would fight to the death for their freedom he doubt that the ponies even cared as much for their monarchy as their old counterparts. And even if he succeeded in conquering the world then Rabia will most likely dispose of him and gain the crown for herself.

And so that was when he made his mind up.





"Target spotted, load HE shell," Alex ordered, as the autoloader loaded the HE in the Abrams cannon.

"Fire!"

The Abrams fired at a Umbrum cloud that was generating Umbrum to fight them, however the Umbrum had now started using their magic against them, Patton's forces were recently struck by a huge magic bomb which luckily the 501st brigade, equipped with defense modules, quickly dealt with the magic bombs that were just being thrown from the wazoo.

However Twilight's friends were being buried in numbers as they ran for the BTR-82 that was providing support and covering fire, however the gun ammo ran out so they resorted to using it as a evacuation vehicle for injured personnel.

His tank pulled in at a Checkpoint which is littered with Barbed wires and sandbags and a Abrams tank that is currently holding position, overseeing it was Patton and Canter.

As Alex's tank halted infront of one of the Sandbag walls he popped out his head from the tank hatch on top.


"General, where the hell is the Rodinian allies?" Alex asked.

"Most of them ran off, figures never trusted those commie bastards, but we're kicking those demonic assholes all the way to Timbucktu!" Patton replied.

"And the Castle?" 

"The castle is fortified like hell, I'm current consolidating available troops to cover our flanks and build up for a mass push, hopefully we can hurry before they do something funny with that Crystal Heart!"

"That reminds me? How come it's not smashed yet?" Alex questioned.

"I don't know, either that bastard Sombra had a change of heart, or that same bastard is toying with us! Either way I hate any odds that will come from that bastard!" Patton ranted.

"Even if he turned good?"

"Creator forbids that happens! Otherwise I'm going to train my men to death!" Patton added.





As Sombra was thinking on his choice Rabia threw me on the ground and then after I was quickly swarmed with a whole horde group of Umbrum to which they pinned me down.

As they held me up against my will Rabia turned towards Sombra in a confused tone.

"What are you doing Sombra?" Asked Rabia.

"...Just Remembered the first time I looked into this thing, it was the first time I ever saw myself as a monster."

"But it seems it's just me and my reflection."

"Maybe it doesn't work if it's not powered up, all the more reason to destroy it!" Rabia exclaimed, which Sombra chuckled loudly.

"No I think it's working just fine, Hope?" 

"Yes Sombra?"

"Thank you," he said, as he tossed the Crystal Heart back to it's dais and flashing into a bright light illuminating it's sorroundings, this move shocked both Cadence and Twilight as they stood right there stunned and dumbfounded.

Meanwhile with me...

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS! I WON THE BET! WHOOO!"

Of course everyone looked at me in a ridculed face.

"I mean, yay," I rephrased, as the Umbrum started to disentegrate all around me.





"HOLT THROW THAT GRENADE!" Said a soldier.

"Why?" Holt asked.

"THEY'RE DESTROYING FLOWERS!" Replied the soldier.

"TO THE DEATH!" Shouted Holt, as he duel wielded two sub machine guns and chucking grenades at the Umbrum.

Before the Umbum completed faded the men were using everything at their disposal to kill the Umbrum, expecially one guy who was equipped with a flame thrower and burning the shadow beasts into a crisp.





"YOU INSOLATE BEING! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Rabia shouted towards Sombra.

"Making my own destiny! UNLIKE YOU!" Sombra yelled, as he fired a spell that mutilated Rabia's face before she was dragged into the castle. By this time Gold Star and the Special Forces blew up the wall to pieces, but to his surprise Sombra...

Saved everyone? 

"...Well hell, what do you know," he said to himself out loud, as he moved to free Twilight and Cadence, as Macmillian and his men moved to secure me.

"You alright sonny?" The Captain asked.

"Yep, very fine, and also happy," I smirked towards Gold Star.

"...You know that it's just one bet right?" Gold Star said, as he cut the neck chain off of Twilight.

"( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)" 

"Alright fine! But after we're done cleaning this mess! It's going to be a while!"

"Deal," I said, as I turned towards Sombra and Hope who're watching the Crystal Heart in it's bright but deadly beauty.

During this Alex and Patton arrived on the Abrams as the soldiers entered the Crystal City central escorting medics and professionals, followed this our airsupport as F-14s zoomed through the skies following by additional reinforcements being dropped via Blackhawks.

As the remaining Umbrum were dragged to what I would assume to be the deepest pits of tartarus the black Crystals on Twilight's and Cadences horn popped out, Shining Armor, Celestia, and Luna were freed and were quickly attended to by Military medical personnel which examined every inch of Celestia.

And finally a single helicopter escorted by two Huey helicopters arrived.

Exitting out of it was General Ben Carville, who looked around the scene.

"Dear God, this looks like some Soviet shit if I ever seen it," He ranted, as Alex approached and saluted.

"At ease Colonel, give me a update," he requested.

"So it would seem that most of the Umbrums and all Black Crystals have been successfully eradicated, also sir it would seem that Sombra has changed."

"Sombra?" Ben queried. "Changed?" He continued. "AHAHA! Really? This I have to see!"

As he and Alex arrived to the castle area and sure enough to Ben's eyes, Sombra was speaking emotionally.

"Well if I be dammed. You were right."

"Have I always?"

"What? Most of the time it's just ranting," Ben added.

"..."

"Too much?" Ben asked

"Too much..." Replied Alex.

"SOMBRA!" Hope shouted, catching the two officers off. "NO! I"M NOT LETTING YOU GO!" 

"Hope? What's happening!" Sombra asked, as he now turned into a shadow ball.

"You said I could do good! Now I'm doing it!" Hope Naively said.

"Hope you can't fight the Crystal Heart alone you'll hurt yourself!" 

"She's not alone!" Twilight said, as Ben and Alex moved aside.

At this point this turned into from a wartorn group to now a spectate segment of soldiers watching their former target now be allied and pardoned by the princesses of Equestria and Crystal Empire.

As a bright bang followed by the combined efforts of all four Alicorns Sombra was... VERY different, a whole new body and a fucking new voice!

He shook his head and stood.

"Am... I really here?"

"SOMBRA!" She yelled in happiness as the two embraced eachother in a hug of love, as for me, I just smiled and waved.

Well not really.

Sombra and Celestia had a conversation though for the first time, and it didn't even involve violence this time! Amazing! But as those two yapped Twilight and Gold Star spoke to each other. (about time)

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"Well, you've got to admit that even you haven't expected something like this to occur," he chuckled to himself.

"You're right, but while friendship is powerful this is a lot more different."

"Such as?" 

"This is something more than friendship, Hope was in love with him," Twilight pointed out.

"Yeah... Well, I have something to tell you since I got here, and not dead."

"What is it?" She asked.

"Twilight, remember the personal diplomacy?" Gold Star asked, which flushed Twilight's face in fear.

"How did you know!?" 

"Wait, know what?"

"I... Uhh..." 

Twilight tried to hide her knowledge about the Personal diplomacy being jacked off by communists in exchange for silence but she gave up and sighed.

"I was told to, the personal diplomacy from what I was told was disbanded, so what now?" Twilight asked, drooping her head down.

"Well..." Gold Star paused when a messenger came to him.

"Are you Major Star sir?" Asked the messenger.

"Yes?" Gold Star asked.

"Sir, you've been reassigned."

The sentence shocked Twilight and Gold Star, but he just gave up.

"...Well, that didn't take long, so where are we being shipped to..." 

"Shipped sir? No no, it's only you personally," the messenger emphasized, which changed Twilight's face into a surprise, and so is Gold Star's.

"Pardon... Me?" He asked as the messenger handed the official order form to the Major.

"Have a good day sir," the messenger exited, walking off to General Ben Carville as Gold Star looked at his new "Reassignment".

And to his surprise and pleasure, he smiled.

"Well Twilight, looks like we're not going anywhere anytime soon," he smirked, handing Twilight the orders that he was assigned to be her security which bypasses the Rodinian demand, this made her smile, and then they hugged each other in a tight embrace.

Patton stood watching Sombra and Celestia talking to each other when Cadence appeared beside him.

"I never knew he had the heart to change," she said, as the general rolled his eyes.

"I swear, you Equestrians always somehow come up with metaphors, now tell me, if this is how you solve problems then what is the point of us being here in the first place!" Patton ranted.

"We've never asked you to stay you know? You've insisted that you become a part of the army of the Crystal Empire and that's what you've been doing, you did your job well at saving the city, but sometimes not everypony thinks the same way that you think."

As Patton took a second to ponder the words spoken by Cadence he looked up at the skies where Jets continually zoomed by giving him that inch of dread of him and his army being irrelevant through the eyes of the world.

"Either way princess, I will be happy when he leaves this city and stays out of it," he ranted. "And after he is, I'll be glad!"

As Patton turned around and left Cadence by herself. Her husband Shining Armor came to accompany her she added.

"Whatever makes you feel happy, General..."





Once upon a time, there was a young pony who wasn't like the other ponies, all he wanted was a friend. And then, he found one. She was the most amazing friend that anyone could have asked for. He loved her and she loved him. But he didn't love himself, he was worried he was a monster and how could anyone ever care about a monster? That is the thing about friendship though, your friends are friends because they can see the great things you have inside, they can see past looks and family and even your worries, and they can see the goodness inside of you, even if you don't see it yourself.

...

If only that were true, writing from the distant future Sombra and Hope and their friendship would eventually die.

How you may ask?

Let's just say that I was the one...

Who ruined it all...




Aftermath




After the events in the Crystal Empire Johnson was found by Equestrian Coast guards and was sent back to America, he was now considered disabled, yet miraculously he survived, the Soviets had managed to dissect the bomb.

And now the Soviets are on the verge of becoming the second world power to possess a Nuclear bomb...

Johnson meanwhile, can no longer talk.

The Rodinians were quickly evicted by American troops after an ultimatum was sent which damaged relations between the Federation and Rodinia.

Despite pushes by Sunset Shimmer Thestria was eventually denied from joining the South Humarican Alliance leading to a massive strain of relations.

Chrysalis and General Rommel received news of the incident with the Umbrum and Sombra's reformation, Sombra has been declared an outlaw in the Changeling lands with charges of Magical Terrorism.




Moskva




Boris walked through the doors of the empty chamber, after a shocked with Brezhnev's visit and the surprising result with the Crystal Empire he was now the only one in the chamber.

At least for a couple of minutes when someone walked through the door.

"Oh, Mr. Putin, I lost the card of where we were meeting but hopefully this could accommodate the lost time," Boris apologized.

"That's fine Mr. Yeltsin, at least now we can get to business," Putin said, sitting down beside Boris on the council seat.

"So tell me Mr. Putin, what's with the secrecy?" Boris asked, which Putin silently thought for a moment before finally saying.

"I am preparing to overthrow the Secretary-General and his Proletariate, I wish to ask if you would like to have the opportunity of ridding our nation of him," Putin explained, giving Boris a thought of interest.

"I'm listening... Intently..."