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// CH.1 Meeting our hero's 
// Story: The conversion bureau: Spirit Evolution 
// by Grey Warden 
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Bering land Bridge National preserve 10:27 AM
There was a little over 1500 soldiers at the preserve all in small camp sites, and all ready to go to action in an instant to fight back any pony attack. Or they might have been if not for two things, the unbelievable cold, and how dark it was. Everywhere you looked you would see soldiers gathering around  their firers or just the light posts that gave little to no light but if you asked them they would say “ it’s better than nothing”. Though there was one marine there that didn't seem to mind the cold neither the dark. And his name was Tommy Himi. 
“Hey Tommy! What are you doing over there?” One of the guys in Tommy’s camp yelled out. 
“Just building a snowman!” He yelled back. “What the hell is wrong with you get over here by the fire before you get frostbite or something” the soldier yelled back. 
“Please” another said. The day Tommy gets frostbite is the day it stops snowing and all this snow melts. I mean that kid’s just wearing the standard issue gear no extra gear that we got for the cold. In fact I think he is a snowman. A very ugly snowman.” This got a bit of laughter from the men around the fire. 
“Haha very funny you guys”. Tommy said back but he did have to give him a point. His skin was pretty pale mostly from living in Seattle for so long and being here in the dark for so long wasn’t helping it. But I still look fine Tommy thought I mean I’m 5ft 8 and my hair isn’t bad or anything and all the girls I’ve dated  have said I’m hot so what do they know. And with that he went back to work on his snowman. 
“Hey you guys” another soldier said but only loud enough so the people around the fire could hear it. “Yeah, what?” One said. “Keep your voice down the first said back I don’t want the new kid to hear us.” “What you mean tommy? Why?” “I just want to know your guys opinion on him. I mean he seems a little weird don’t you think? I mean look he’s playing in the snow when any moment we could be attacked!”
“Please” another soldier said rubbing his gloved hands together “we haven’t seen any ponies this far north in 4 months, all of their attacks are coming from the Atlantic. Why do you think most of the more experienced soldiers are there?  “But still what’s your point”? “Well I’m thinking what if he is a PER agent or something”. 	
This made all of them go deathly silent Tommy still none the wiser about what they were talking about him. “Think about it, how many reasons can you think for building a snow man with how things are going? We are losing this war always stuck on defense and more than half of our population has become ponies!” This made the other soldiers look at each other than at tommy who was looking for rocks to use as eyes for his snow man.  
“All of you shut up!” A rough voice yelled causing all of the soldiers to jump a little and tommy to fall over his snow man. The voice was from there captain. Captain Kasey Edwish, he was the oldest of the group being 47 with white hair and hazel eyes and a thick beard. “All of you line up and I want you mister Himi right next to me!” “Yes Sir”, they all yelled and got to their assigned places. He looked at the lined up soldiers and then to Tommy who was locking straight ahead like the others.  
He then went right in front of Gary the man who was saying tommy was a PER agent and then delivered a powerful punch to his gut causing him to fall over and the rest of the men to take a step back. “I don’t care how scared you are soldier we don’t think like that in times like this, we need to trust one another now more than ever. Now apologies.” 
“Yes sir, sorry tommy.” Tommy for his part was confused but just went with it. “Don’t worry its nothing.” Kasey then looked at the rest of his men and told them to be at ease. The guys quickly got back to the fire and the captain walked a few feet away from Tommy’s destroyed snow man and began looking at the light glow in the distant that was the barrier slowly making its way towards them. 
“Hey” tommy said with his hand out for Gary to grab “are you ok?” “Yeah” he said back “it’s not that bad” and he took Tommy’s hand getting him back on his feet and they both walked back to the fire and took seats around it. 
“So what was that about?” Tommy said looking at the others around him. “Well we may have been thinking that you may have been a PER agent.” 
Tommy’s face was just blank for a few seconds then he began to laugh. “Well if that is true when I got 20 of my fellow agents arrested before I got conscripted in there attempted potion attack at the Tacoma dome housing center”. “Wait” another solider said “you are that Himi the one that stopped that huge PER attack before it started?”
“Yep” tommy said “the very same”. “Wow! I read about you, hey how come you’re still not in the military police? Aren’t they a branch of the HLF? So how did you get conscripted?” another soldier asked looking confused. “I don’t know” was Tommy’s answer “just one day I got the letter and before I knew it I was in basic training then I was sent out here.”
“Well sorry for calling your loyalty” Gary said looking rather ashamed for questioning Tommy’s loyalty. “But still why are you so calm? I mean with everything that’s happened I can’t get calm for the life of me!” Gary nearly shouted with a slight twitch in his left eye 
“Well when I was a kid I was in a lot of danger once and things were pretty bad back then but we still pulled through so I guess I’m still optimistic that things will get better. “Well that’s pretty good I guess.” one soldier said will the others were looking at him with weird stares that said ‘how can anything you went through as a kid be as bad as this?’ 
“Wait” Gary said “who’s we?”, “Oh” Tommy said with a look of realization “just me and my friends when I was younger, we got in a lot of trouble in fact this hat right here was the same one I wore when I was a kid” as he took his yellowish orange hat. 
“Wow that has seen better days” Gary said back “yeah but I still love it and I see it as a good luck charm”, tommy said putting it back on his head. “Hey where are you going”? Tommy asked a soldier that had gotten up and began walking away from the fire “I’m getting cold, so I’m grabbing more wood for the fire.” He said back pointing at a pile of chopped wood near the tree line that lead to a think forest of trees. 
“So Gary friends?” Tommy said with his hand out for a hand shake. “What? We just started talking to each other 2 minutes ago and I thought you were a PER agent. I would think you would be angry at me.”
“Well I’m not most people besides I would like to have someone to watch my back, so friends. Tommy said with a grin that seemed to oozy confidence Gary seemed to think it over a second before grabbing Tommy’s hand and saying sure. “Well great but since were friends I think I have a right to know more about you I mean you know my story but what’s yours? What were you doing before all this shit started? Tommy said looking at the other soldiers who have seemed to getting into little group for their own small talk. “Well Gary” said fixing his glasses “I was-“
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! Was all they heard as they all turned there heard to see the soldier who was getting the wood holding his face that was covered with a purple glowing paste. And that’s when everything went to hell. Dozens of ponies of all kinds came running out of the woods and started rushing at them throwing bottles of potion. 
“Get down and grab your guns!” The captain yelling as he unloading 3 shots from his 9mm pistol killing the three closest ponies. As the men grabbed their weapons from the covered box that had them they began unloading rounds at the ponies killing them left and right but it didn’t seem to be going so well for the other camps as tommy could hear over the walkie talkies that other camps were being overrun as soldiers yelled for help before being silenced from them fighting again or getting hit by a potion tommy was praying it was the first possibility. The captain had rejoined his men behind their limited defense of the turned over metal table they had at their camp site, but it was working. 
“Quick” the captain said “don’t let them surround us” and with that Tommy, Gary, and a few of the other soldiers got on the left most side of the bench and began shooting at the ponies on the left while the rest of the group did the same thing from the right side. This seemed to stop them from surrounding them, but there quick thought up defense gave one unicorn an idea and it grabbed the dead of his group and pilled them to use as a shield from the bullets which seemed to work and caused a stalemate between the two groups of soldiers for the moment. “Yes were doing it!” Gary yelled out and through his hand up in the air just barely showing out from behind there metal bench shield but it seemed that was all that was needed as an orange glow seemed to grab Gary’s hand and pulled him out in front of their defense exposing his head the only area that had open skin and would guaranty a transformation from a potion given they rest of the body was nearly sealed shut from the armor and gear Gary  was wearing. 
“No” Tommy yelled as a potion went sailing right for his face as the rest of his body was beginning held be unicorn magic. Tommy quickly jumped out from the safety of the metal bench. “Get back hear private” yelled the captain not wanting to lose two of his soldiers at once but Tommy didn’t seem to listen to his or the rest of the groups yells to ‘stay  back’ and ‘don’t do it’. But tommy was only thinking one thought. 
I won’t just leave my friend like this!!! And with great courage Tommy got right in front of Gary just before the potion got to him and Tommy looked right ahead as the potion went sailing at him just before it would hit him and he heard he thought his last words before becoming one of them or before he was shot by one of his guys.  “Tommy get out of the way” Gary yelled “Soldiers don’t do it” the captain yelled and many other voices from the rest of the group yelled out things like “get back man” or “duck!!!” But one voice stood out saying something very weird but after was about to happen Tommy wouldn’t question it “What the hell is that thing coming this way!?!”
The small object that seemed to have a light blue light flowing after it flew right in front of Tommy just as the potion was mere inches from his face and  that’s all tommy could see as the would around him seemed to be eclipsed in the light coming from the mysteries object as Tommy seemed to lose consciousness.

Northern Canada 12: 27 pm 
“This is striker 1 over you all hearing me?” Came the voice over Zoey’s radio in her jet. 
“Hey this is striker 2 over”, Zoey said over her microphone in her helmet then she heard the rest of her squad of jets call in. 
“This is striker 3 over an out”. “This is striker 4 and I can say without a doubt this is the most boring assignment we have been given over”. Please boring is good oh this striker 5 over”. And finally came in striker 6 “this is striker 6 over and can I say striker two your voice seems extra sexy today over”. 
“Yeah thanks Sarah but I’ve believed I’ve told you I don’t swing that way.” Zoey said deciding to skip the formalities even if McCloud or striker one as he kept reminding them to call him on missions said. 
“Well you can’t blame me, your blond hair is so smooth and soft I could sleep in it and those eye’s they are the reason why green is my favorite color.” Sarah said back having her image appear on the intercom screen that there X-77 jets had. “Man do I love these new jets” Sarah said looking at Zoey over her screen with a flirty grin on her face. 
“Hey get of intercom Sarah and that’s an order, also please stop with the flirtin its starting to get a little creepy”. 
“Please I’ve been in the air force for 3 years before this war started you may be higher up in the squad ranking but I’m pretty sure I can fly circle around you, also you know you love it.”
“Well maybe so but I’m still higher up so get off.” 
“Fine” and with that Sarah got off the screen and everything was silent and it gave Zoey a moment to think about what Sarah had said. Sarah was right the only reason that Zoey was striker two was because she had survived enough battle to take it. Since when she was assigned to the strikers she was 6 but as the group kept going into combat numbers 5-2 had been taken out in combat do to pegasus attacking them. So she was now number 2 with only McCloud left of her original team. 
“Hey striker two don’t listen to 6 you have eared the number 2 and the rest of the old gang would agree if they could”. Came the voice of McCloud over her microphone. 
“Thanks McCloud I needed” “hey no braking form I’m striker 1 when we are in the air”. McClouds voice came again over the radio cutting Zoey off from finishing her thanks to him. 	
“Oh yes got it thanks striker 1”Zoey said giving her head a shack and getting focused on the mission to keep patrolling the sky’s in case of a pegasus attack trying to brake there defense line.
“Hey striker one do you know how long until we get back into the action I’ve got an itchy finger and it needs to unload some lead on some ponies”. Said 4 making Zoey realize she didn’t really know his or strikers 3 or 5 name besides the fact they were all guys she didn’t know anything.
“Don’t know but trust me 4 this is good we need boring now an then if we stayed in the action to lone we could go mental and lose our heads”. 
“Please going nuts is better than this right 3? Yeah I guess but still- Boooooom and that was all they heard as the say what was left of striker’s 4 jet fall out of the sky.
AND LIKE THAT the cool calm skies had just become a battle zone.  
“Striker’s scatter!!!” McClouds voice screamed over the radio set. They then all broke formation just as 4 more bolts of blue light flew by right where they were mere seconds ago. 
“Crap!!! We got at least 200 pegasus coming this way!!” Sarah yelled over her walkie as she looked at the hoard of ponies that had just come into view. 
“Command this is striker 1 over. Command this is striker one! Dammit they jammed us striker 4 go back to command and tell them we need more air power! McCloud yelled over his intercom “yes sir”!!! 4 yelled sounding frighten as he fly as fast his jet could get.
“Alright kids are you ready”? Came McClouds voice as the rest of the group got back into a group facing the incoming  hoard of flying ponies “yes sir” came every ones voice as one over the intercom system. 
“Well then let’s go!” as he and his jet started flying straight at them. And with that the rest of the striker’s followed there leader into battle. Immediately bolts of magic and bullets crossed as the two groups fly into each other. 
Sarah had begun doing some quick  turns evading the pegasus that were tailing her trying to shoot her done with the saddle mounted magic bolt launchers but she was too quick for them as she kept dodging them and with a devilish smirk on her face she turned on her vi assisted rear mounted mini gun. Now it began unloading bullets on the pegasus killing most of them before they could get out of the way. Sarah then did a quick barrel roll and got behind the group that was chasing her and began personally firing shots on them. 
McCloud was on the offensive the second he got into the flock of ponies almost never taking his finger of the trigger to his gun letting it ammo fly right at the pegasus making them fall out of the sky in droves. He then notices a small group of the ponies was setting up a larger magic cannon basically over 20 times stronger than the saddle they were wearing, also the ponies version of an anti-aircraft weapon, and they were right in the open. With that as an invitation he got a missile locked on to their spot and fired it right at them taking them all done in an instant explosion of fire. 
“I can’t believe we are winning this”! Came striker fives voice over the radio sadly this was the last word he would ever say as a pegasus landed right in front of his window. He tried to shake it off but it was no use as the pony pulled out a potion and turned around and bucked the window open and through the potion right at him. Zoey heard over the intercom as he screamed as the potion changed him into one of the ponies. Zoey had just taken out a group of ponies and began heading right at him and his jet. 
“I’m so sorry” Zoey said as she locked on and fired a missile at his jet killing him and ending his suffering. Zoey was thinking things couldn’t get much worse half of the squad was gone and who knows how long until back up gets here, but as she turned around she would realize things were getting much worse over 30 airships came into view as the left the cloud bank they had been in before. 
“Shit”!! Came McClouds voice over the intercom “this isn’t a simple hit and run, this is there strike force to brake right through our defenses!!!”		
“Well this isn’t good” was all Sarah could say feeling dread take her over as she continued to fight ponies around her. “Zoey fire what missiles you got left at the ships we are all out” came McClouds over the intercom him seeming to have forgotten all his talk about using code names. 
“Yes sure” but before she could lock on and fire her thrusters were hit bit a bolt of magic, they gave out, and she began to fall right out of the sky. 
“Zoey” both Sarah and McCloud yelled out. But Zoey couldn’t hear them as she was screaming for her life trying to pull up. 
“Zoey!!!!!” Came Sarah’s voice over the intercom screen in Zoey’s jet getting her to stop screaming and see Sarah looking at her with complete fear over her face. “Zoey you need to eject before you hit the ground!!!” 
Zoey looked out and saw no less than a dozen pegasus flying around her them knowing that she would have to leave the jet giving them a chance to hit her with potion.
“Sorry Sarah I can’t Ill rather die a human then live as a pony.” Zoey said her voice calm now and full of resolve.
“Zoey U can’t do- 
“Quiet” came McClouds s voice over the intercom. Its strike 2 choice. Not yours, now get your head back in the game or do you want to die? “
No sir” she said giving one last look at Zoey’s face before turning of the screen and getting back into the fight. “Striker two it was an honor flying with you”. Came McClouds voice sounding full of sorrow.
“Thank you sir,” Zoey said as she flipped off the pegasus around her showing them she wasn’t going to get out but they stayed close none the less thinking she was lying.
Hey if you see any of the rest of the old gang tell them it was an honor knowing them. I never got the chance with them, McCloud said “yes sir” was her reply and Zoey closed her eyes as the ground got closer, but if she had had them open she might of seen what was about to happen net. 
A small object came flying out of nowhere and went right through a pegasus ending its life in an instant and braking right through Zoey’s glass dome screen just as she hit the ground. And all Zoey say was her world seem to go from black to a comforting shade of pink as she lost consciousness.
Atlantic Ocean 2:27 pm 
Since the humans didn’t have enough ships to make a line around the Americas to make sure no ponies got through the HLF decided to have ships in large groups each assigned an area of water to defend each with a different pattern all over the ocean constantly moving in a pattern given to them from command to make sure no ponies get through or at least any large groups.
The water was extremely choppy waves were rocking the enter group of ships back and forth. And top it off the Roosevelt’s radios weren’t working making the whole group on edge being how they were the closest group to the barrier. So they did the most logical thing send out there technician to fix it. Sadly for that person he hated the idea and his name is Jack Peterson Shibayama or as he liked to be called JP. 
“God this sucks” JP said for the 100th time since he got out in rain and began working on the radio antenna box. JP was a very average looking man with brown hair and eyes to mach. And like most Americans he was just a tad over weight nothing bad just a little padding around the gut. 
“Yeah well complaining about it won’t get it done faster “came the voice of Jack JPs only “friend” on the boat. See while JP was the ships head technician he was in charge of the most important equipment and the Roosevelt’s radio was always braking, so the two were always talking to each other and their friendship only grew from there.
“Yeah I know, but still I hate this and what if I fall off the ship this storm is making me nervous ill trip of something” was JPs Retort back and hopefully his ticket to get back into the ship without having to fix the radio in this rain. 
That won’t happen remember? Your magnetic boots, we could have a monster truck hook a rope onto you and it would be able to pull you off this ship.”  Jack said
“Ok good point JP said and with that he got back to work. And as he worked his mind began to wander. ‘Man I can’t believe I’ve been in the navy for a year already. It seems just yesterday I was traveling the world and show casing my magic show.’ At that thought he had to laugh remembering his last big show before the war started. 
It was at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and it was a packed house. He especially remembered his partner for that show.  That one unicorn that keep referring herself in the third person. ‘What was her name again?’ he thought but decided that that didn’t matter. But what he did remember was when the owner of the hotel proposed the idea and introduced him to her. Man she was annoying at first but he had to give it to her she knew her stuff and it was just as much her as it was his work they did so well. And he especial remembered how they both did well that if the war hadn’t had happened he would of been off in France for at least 2 months performing there but sadly it wasn’t to be. 
“Hey are you ok JP? You have been extra quite which is weird for you. You spacing out or something”? Came jacks seemly worried voice over the head seat JP had on. JP shook his head and looked back at the device he was fixing only to see he had seemly done the whole job without paying attention. 
“Sorry I was thinking about something. But he give it a try now. JP said as he closed the lid and began putting his tools away to get back in so he could dry off. 
“Hey well done works good as new”! Came jacks relieved reply “Hey man want to go get something to eat when you get ba- 
Boooooooooooooooom!!
JP hit the deck of the ship the second the explosion happened and when he looked up all he could see was the remains of the SS Dagger and the ships crew bodies beginning to sink into the ocean below. “Dear god what was that?!” Jack screaming over the head seat “Oh no JP look ahead to the front of the ship”! 
And JP turned around to see a fleet of equestrian ships already mere yards from colliding with them. 
“How in the name of God did they get so close!!!? Quick JP you got to get- But before he could finish the captain’s voice over rid Jacks voice and his message important. “All hand prepare to be boarded! We have to hold at for at least 20 minutes for back up to arrive! 
JP for his part was doing well under the pressure. He was making quick time to get back into the ship but sadly before he could ponies had begun getting on the ship and taking ground fast. 
“For humanity!!!” Was the battle cry that JP heard as a group of armed marines came out of cover and began attacking the ponies. The ponies like the humans had taken cover behind the extra plates that the ship had to add protection to anyone on the bow in case they were on it for some reason. Sadly this left JP in a bad stop stuck behind cover without a way to get back into the ship. 	 
“Hello human” came a voice a feminine and familiar voice from behind him. And when he turned around he say her the same unicorn he had done the performance with in Vegas. The look on her face showed that she to remember him. 	
“You”! Trixie remembers you”! She explained out loud seemly to have forgotten for a moment about the potion she had floating be her side. 
“That’s right your name was Trixie!  Man how did I forget that name! JP said his bad habit of making jokes when he was scared kicking in. 
“What”?! How could forget Trixie after I made you speechless with my magic prowess”? Trixie said with a slit huff in her voice. 
“Well sorry lots have happened lately so sorry if I forgot it”. JP said slightly annoyed with her attitude seeming he too had forgotten they were right in the middle of a battle field. 
“Well Trixie just that you would remember her name is all, but still it kind of nice to see”- “ what in the name of Celestia are you doing private ponify him! Came the voice of another pony currently in battle. 
And like that both of them remembered where they were and what was happening around them. JP took a step back as Trixie moved forward with the bottle of potion primed to be thrown. “Trixie is sorry about this but if Trixie doesn’t do this Trixie will get looked in prison for being a traitor to the princess and Trixie can’t tell that happen”. She said with a look of regret for what she was doing mixed with fear what would happen if she didn’t do it. 
JP looked around him for any way out be sadly there was nothing by the look of it the rest of ponies had moved up and where getting close the door to get inside the ship while his fellow crew men had either gotten ponified or had shot themselves so they wouldn’t get turned. 	
“JP you need to get out of there”! Came jacks voice over the head set he was still wearing. “Sorry man but I think this is the end more me”. JP said as his back hit the metal plate he was early using for cover/protection from the fighting. 
“Hey if you become a unicorn like Trixie maybe after this war is over you and I can go back on the road and be partners in a magic show. Trixie said seeming to try to make being turned into a pony as a good thing buck JP couldn’t tell if it was his fear, or for Trixie’s conches buy the look on her face. 
As she through the bottle JP closed his eyes on reflex and waited for it to hit. “JP no!! Came jacks voice just as a single lightning bolt seemed to rocket out of the clouds with a strange object at the end. And the object and lightning bolt hit JP just milliseconds before the potion did. And as JP seemed to lose consciousness his world seemed to turn from black to yellow.  
Los Angeles, California 11:27 
Since Los Angeles was one of the Largest Coastal cities on the west coast it made sense to have a lot of soldiers there to make sure no ponies or per agents attacked. Sadly this made many people have to leave there home and business to make room for the soldiers and all there equipment and vehicles and everything. This made about half the city look like a ghost town completely lifeless except for the occasional patrol. 
“Man its hot out”! Came the voice of solider driving a jeep done Sunset Boulevard. 	
“Yeah well what do you expect”?  came from the seat behind him “we are in Los Angeles”. 
“But its November!! I don’t care where we are November should mean its cold out”. Came the driver’s response grumbling about how we wished he was some place colder. 
“Well to be far for Los Angeles this is cold weather”. Came from the drivers right. “Well look who has decided to join us in the present so ‘T’ what were you thinking about now big shot writer”. Was the driver’s response with a bit of joking behind.
“Hey man I’ve told you don’t call me that it sounds dumb. My name is Takuya Kanbara. So just call me by my name ok Michael”? “Yeah fine” was Michaels respond looking ahead and turn left down a street leading them back to the part of the city that had civilians in it. 
“Hey where are we going” Takuya asked looking ahead and seeing what seemed to be a very popular burger joint by the looks of it. 
“Getting lunch I’m starved” came a very energetic voice from the back that Takuya had forgotten about for a minute. 	
“So have you been here before Kim”? He asked looking at the female in the jeep 
“Yes, was her reply I’ve been here a lot when I was a kid they have the best burgers here”. She said seeming to look of into a memory of the past. 
“Well with that said let’s eat”. As Michael said as he got out and began walking in.  
After about 5 minutes of waiting they all had a huge burger in front of them and looked at one another and said at the same time “let’s eat”!! 
But just before any of them could take a bite a high pitched feminine voice called out. “O My god! Are you Takuya Kanbara?!” Takuya put done his burger and turned around and say a little girl about 11 or maybe 10 years old looking at him with eyes that made him feel like he was a rock star or something. 
“Anne don’t bother the solider he is trying to eat his food”. Came an old more mellow voice from behind the girl seeming to belong to her mom he guessed this because the little girl looked like her mom same hair color of black and both had these bright blue eyes. 
“But mom that’s him! Takuya Kanbara the author of digimon frontier the greatest book series ever!!! Please can I have your autograph”?! She said pulling out the very first book the series and holding it out to him.  
“Oh Anne put it away you can’t bother- But she was cut off by Takuya 
“Hey don’t worry I’m flattered that your such a fan Anne” he said with a small smirk on his face as he took the book and pen and wrote done his name and a small thanks for liking the book series so much.
Here Takuya said giving the book back into the shacking hands of the girl. “OMG I have your autograph!!!! She said jumping up and down looking like this may have been the greatest thing that had ever happened to her. 
“Thank you so much for signing my daughters book. But please Anne let’s sit down and eat the chef just brought us our burgers. 
“Wait mom Mr. Kanbara which of the legendary warriors is your favorite? I’ve thought Agunimon was the best he was the coolest!!! 
“Well” takuya said rubbing the back of his head feeling a little embarrassed by all the looks he was getting from around the room. “Well my favorite was Agunimon too don’t tell anyone but I always thought he and I had a lot in common”. Takuya said looking done at the girl. 
“Yes I know it! My friend Lisa said you would like beetlemon more can you believe it”? 
But before takuya could answer the girls mom grabbed her shoulder and began dragging her back to her table. “I know you are amazed to meet your favorite author but it doesn’t mean you can just forget that this is mother daughter day so come on back to the table”. Anne’s mother said 
“Ok mom Anne said realizing that she was beat “thanks for the autograph” she said before she turned around and began walking with her mom back to the table. 
“Well that as something” Takuya said turning around to the table only to see that both Kims and Michaels burgers were untouched as well as his. “What you guys didn’t start eating”? Takuya asked
“Hey my mom raised my saying its rude to eat before everyone is ready”. Michael said “But Kim thinks that something’s up with the burgers”. 
“Hey sorry I just said it smells different and that chef looked kind of weird” she said eyeing her burger then the door back to the kitchen. 
“Please” Michael said grabbing his burger getting ready to take a bite “its fine see”. But before he took a bite an ear splitting scream filled the room. 
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH”!!! Takuya turned around immediately because that screamed sounded familiar. And then he say Anne on the ground holding onto herself as she thrashed on the ground. 
Takuya ran up to her and began checking her body for any wounds but she looked fine and the crowd of people gathering around him wasn’t helping. “Give the man some room came from Annes mother as she Michael and Kim began pushing the people back. 
Takuya took a deep breath trying to come himself and restarted looking for any signs of the cause of pain but in a few seconds he wouldn’t be asking himself the question anymore. 
CRACK!!! A loud noise caused all the people excluding Takuya to jump a little but what Takuya say made him freeze in position, as his blood turn ice cold a horn had begun growing on Annes head and her fingers were beginning to regress back into her hand. 
“What the hell!!! How did she get potion into her”? Michael said 
“Oh no” Kim said looking at the food but before she could finish her thought a group of people 30 strong came out of the kitchen and through the front door with a hand truck full of bottles of glowing liquid. Per agents.
A big man with grey hair and beard, the guy who had been cooking the food come out to the front of the group of per agents and began talking to the group of civilians and takuya and his other military partners. 
“Please do not worry she is not in true pain. It’s just her evil human body trying to fight back the blessing of the potion.  And do not worry we have enough for all of you.” 
Michael being the highest rank of the three got to the front of the civilians who had begun to cower behind tables and each other. While Takuya was standing in front of Annes now unconscious ponified body that was being held by her mother. 
“I don’t think you know who you’re dealing with but I’m a trained marine and unless you stand done I will gun you done!! He said with as much rage and fear he could put into his voice. But sadly the man and the ground of agents behind him didn’t seems to care.  “With what gun? You left them all in your car”. The bearded man said trying to sound as ‘matter of factly’ he could. 
Michaels face turned from one of anger to a look of realization and then to fear when the bearded man pulled out a pistil from his belt and shot Michael right in the face killing him instantly. 
“Now that that’s taken care of will the other two marines step out of the group of civilians and if you don’t I will begin shooting into the group your hiding in”. With that both Kim and Takuya knew they had been caught and stepped to the front right next to Michaels dead body. 
“Well well well look how the so called guardians of humanity are so easily defeated. This is why the royal guards of the princess is always beating you. He said “Oh but where are my manners my name is Quick Whisk”. 
“What kind of name is that”? Kim said trying to maybe make the leader step closer so she could maybe attack him but sadly it didn’t work. 
“I took the name when I became a per agent when the rest of the humans are ponified we the helpers of the goddess celestia will have the honor to have herself turn us into ponies so we have taken the liberty of coming up for names for ourselves when that day comes”. 
Every word out of Quick Whisks mouth made Takuya worry how he was not already in an insane asylum before this war happened and how the rest of the per agents seemed to believe every word out of his mouth with the nods of agreement takuya was seeing. 
“Well let’s get this over with I want to ponify the rest of the civilians soon especial the mother of the new unicorn foul it’s always good to familiars ponified together so they can bask in the joy of ponydom together”. 
And with that faster than either Kim or Takuya could move he shot at Kim rite into the chest. 
“Kim”!! Takuya yelled getting into the ground next to her looking at the wound in her chest and how blood was flowing out. 
“Hey don’t worry it’s only a flesh wound” she said back trying to hold it together but Takuya could see the pain on her face and then Takuya heard a click coming from right behind his head. As her turned his head he say the guns barrel right on his forehead. 
“Well that was very touching but we have work to do so close your eyes”. The bearded man said looking impatient and taping his left foot on the ground. Takuya looked back at the civilians realizing he had failed them and that there was nothing he could do. He wasn’t anything like Agunimon not anymore anyway, and now he was done. 
But before the bearded man could start talking again about closing his eyes a small object broke through the wall and plowed through the per agents knocking them all over. And just as the object came inches from his face he closed his eyes on reflex and say the darkest of his inner eye lids, but then just as the object came into contact with him the darkness changed to looking like a red that belonged to a blazing inferno then he lost consciousness.  
Cascavel, Brazil 3:27 pm 
Cascavel was once a very small town hardly on any maps and a population of barely 1500 but since the barrier began its march and began taking the eastern continents it rapidly became a very busy place. This is why the HLF had built a massive fortress there called fort Reload. It was given this name due to the face it had a lard dock for the Navies ships to come in to get more supplies and ammunition, also because of the train that was on the western most part of the base. Since the western nations knew that they had to get out before the barrier came the government s of those nations did a very thorough burn the earth plan. 
Taking ever resource they could from tearing apart builds to get to its steel supports and to setting oil derricks to overdrive to get as much oil as they could they had brought with them to America most of the wealth the west had. And because of this the HLF had voted nearly unanimously to build bullet train rail lines all over the Americas connecting almost every major cities with dozens of lines of rail to get anything from supplies to troops to spots anywhere. Do to the importance of these trains and the tracks they rode on this met that any given time a train was present at the station there were at least three dozen troops marking sure no one got on or near it unless authorized and there small groups of soldiers always moving along the rail lines to make sure no one could sabotage them. 
And two of those soldiers made almost every other solider turn their head to do a double take at them. They were so similar they looked like clones of one another same height same black hair and same dark blue eyes. The only way you could tell them apart were the way they styled their hair and what they wore on their heads. One had his hair longer than his near doubles, long enough to have it in a ponytail and he wore on his head a bandana that was blue and grey colored. His name was Koji. Will the other one wore nothing on his head and had shorter hair barely reaching his neck and his hair was parted done the middle. His name was koichi.
“Man this is boring” Koji said looking around at the calm blue sky. 
“Yeah but still what are we going to do”? Koichi said chuckling a little and looking at his twin brother with a smile. 
“I don’t know but just standing around guarding an empty train just seems pointless.”  “Well maybe but our orders were to guard it so that is what we are going to do”. Koichi answering his brother’s question again starting to fell this conversion wasn’t going to end anytime soon. 
“I think I’m going to grab my water bottle from the barracks my throat is killing me” Koji said as he left his post and began walking to the soldiers barracks. 
“Wait you just can’t leave your post Koji”, koichi said with much more power in his voice to hopefully get is brother to come back. 
“Relax koichi, hey can you guys cover our spots for a minute”?  Koji said talking to two of the patrolling guards. The guards just shrugged there shoulders and got into the spot the twin brothers where in moments ago. 
Koichi was going to say something about that they weren’t supposed to stop on their patrol but he first noticed his brother was already in the base and ran after him. “Koji stop”! Koichi yelled now that he knew they were alone. 
“What” Koji just before taking a drink of water from his water canister he had grabbed from his room. 
“What’s gotten into you lately your usually by the book and please tell me what’s wrong”. Koichi said looking his twin right in the face with a look that showed much concern for his brother. 
Koji breathed out a large breath of air before he began talking. “I just I fell worthless of late ok. It’s nothing I’m just feeling a little low”. 
“What? Why would you feel worthless”? Koichi said looking confused 
“Come on Koichi don’t tell me you think we have any chance winning this war! Ever time the ponies attack we lose more of guys and they get more and what are we doing about that? We are just guarding a train! 
“I know but still what can we do were only human”!
“Well when we were younger we weren’t”! Koji said with rage begging to show in his voice. “When we were kids we saved the whole digital world and this world from the greatest evil it had ever known and now look at us now! Powerless and losing to a bunch of techno colored ponies”!!! 
“I know what you mean but we can’t let our anger take over Koji or we will make mistakes and now more than ever we can’t let that happen”. Kojis brother said putting his right hand on his shoulder with a firm grip.  
Koji started at his brothers’ face for a few seconds then took a deep breath and exhaled it. “You’re right, sorry Koichi”. Koji said looking a little ashamed for his outburst. 
“Hey don’t worry I get angry thinking about it to sometimes, but that’s the past and no matter how much I would like to have my old powers back we have to look to the future for an answer to how to win this war”. 
“Yeah your right” Koji said felling his anger go down ever so slightly then it was before. “Hey would should proba- But before Koji could finish his sentence the base alarms went off at full volume catching both of them by surprise. 
“Why is the alarm going off”?! Koji yelled hoping to be heard over the alarms noise. 
“I don’t know” Koichi shouted back “let’s go check”. And with that they both went outside to see the Atlantic Ocean and what was in it. The three battle ships that were there refueling were in ruins and the personnel that were around the ships running around panicking and when the twins looked up they saw why. 
Somehow one of the ponies’ largest airships had somehow gotten past all their defenses and was now attacking the fort and dumping potion everywhere to get as many humans as possible. “Help”!!! Came from down near the destroyed ships and Koji and Koichi both looked and say a group of 3 badly injured soldiers trying to keep the ponies that were parachuting out of the airship from getting to them. 
Koji and Koichi both looked at each other and readied there assault rifles and charged done the hill and began shooting at the ponies that where getting close to the injured men. They had scared of the ponies at least for a few moments and the brothers made their move and grabbed the men and got them out of the eminent danger zone and back to the base. Koji was in the lead holding on to two of the men and Koichi had the other one who was trying his best to use his pistol to kill the ponies that were on their tails as the got back to the base. 
Just as they were getting close they say that the door was beginning to lock down as a large still panel began moving from the top of the door down to the bottom locking them out. 	
“Quick Koji” shouted back to his brother “we have to hurry”! 
The group made it back to the door as the steel plate had just covered about half of the door. “Quick” Koji said putting the two soldiers in front of them. “You get inside Ill cover you” the men gave a single nod in response as they began walking will having to duck even more ever second. 
Koichi had just gotten his solider inside the base with the other two and he turned back to his brother. “Koji come on you got to get in quick” as the plate just cover about three fourths of the plate but before Koji could even turn his head to look at koichi his left hand began to glow with a light pinkie and he was pulled hard out of his cover and to the ponies that were coming up the hill. 
“Koji”!!! Koichi yelled as he began crawling back to the outside to get his brother. “Wait”. Came the voice of one of the soldiers that the twins had just saved. “What are you doing?! You’ll get killed or ponified for sure”!!! 
Koichi hadn’t looked back as he answered the solider “I’m not leaving my brother he would do the same for me”. 
The solders looked at one another processing what he had said. Finally one looked as koichi had gotten out just before the steel plate finished descending and completely blocking off the way into the base. “Good luck soldier and God keep you safe”. 
Koichi having grabbed the pistol from its holster he ran out to the clearing were koichi say his brother and at least 10 other soldiers and workers all surrounded by at least 50 ponies. 
A pink mare unicorn that Koichi bet was the one that grabbed Koji stepped forward and began to talk. “You have all given us quite a bit of trouble, all we want to do is help you and what do you do? Kill and do everything in your power to halt our attempts to help you”. 
“Your help is just turning us into your slaves’” one soldier in the group yelled out and some of the others gave shouts of agreement to his statement. 
“I don’t see why I bother your souls are all still filled with evil, well might as well get this done before we get to the rest of the base of yours. She then grabbed a potion and looked into the crowd of humans. “You the one with the pony tail step forward.” 
Koji slowly stepped out of the group was now facing the leader of the ponies head on. “You killed my special somepony back there I want an apology”. 
Koji looked at her and then with not even a bit of emotion behind said  “NO”. 
The unicorn then seemed to quickly lose her cool. “Why you fucking human trash. All I’m asking is for you to apologies for killing marefriend and look you can’t even do that. Well no matter once you’re a pony you will apologies for what you have done. She then got ready to throw the bottle of potion at him only for it to shatter right next to her and even get some of the potion and glass in her left eye. 
Koichi then jumped over the pony and pointed the gun at the ponies in front of him “don’t even think of doing that to my brother” Koichi said with a dark very intimidating edge to his voice. 
And he pulled the trigger only to her a click noise meaning the gun was out of bullets. The ponies that had taken a step back at the site of the gun took a few steps forward and made the humans closer to each other. 
The pink unicorn then once again came out to be the talker of the ponies rubbing her eye with her hoof will doing so. “Well look who is out of bullets”. She said with a very smug grin on her face. “But good for us we still have a lot of bottles of potion. She then grabbed two so she could get both Koji and Koichi at the same time so she would finally be rid of both the annoying humans. 
“Sorry Koji looks like I failed”. Koichi said looking straight ahead at the unicorn 
“Don’t worry and don’t blame yourself. But thanks for coming back for me. Koji said stand shoulder to shoulder with his brother seeming to look pontification right in the face. 
“You two are weird even for humans but no matter”. The pink unicorn said as she through the potions right at the two humans that had been annoying her for the last few minutes. 
But sadly for her the potions bottle would not meet there mark as two object flew at break neck speed right to the twins and just before the bottles could hit them they both seemed to pass out when the small object made contact with them.  Koji’s vision seemed to go from the colorful world around him to a pure white light that seemed to coming from all directions. And Koichis’ world changed to on what seemed to be as dark as the void itself but it wasn’t scary for koichi in fact to him it seemed comforting as if it was trying to tell him everything was going to be alright. 
Koichi had no idea how right he was.