The Lotus knew he was here last night. The reason being is that she could tell was the darkness she felt when the Corpus and them met. Yet, she knew he would be to much of a coward to approach her and her only.
She looked down upon the pod they had brought. Anyo had been known for taking dormant pods containing sleeping Tenno. In rested one Warframe that was yet to be awakened.
"Nova." She said as she ran her hand over the glass.
Nova would wake, but her time would not be until she was needed.
Fluttershy awoke to see herself alone in bed. She remembered this strange dream where she was about to be attacked. Though the pony woke up before her inner-dream self was hurt and turned over to hold Edge close.
She trotted out to see Mag, Nyx, Frost and Excalibur alined the balcony.
"You're mission will stand." She handed them a data unit. "This contains an override that will send the ship at high speeds into the sun. It will wake five minutes to activate once it is set."
Each nodded rhythmically.
"The mission stands. Good luck Tenno." Lotus said as the four dropships appeared behind them.
The small group of ponies waved goodbye as they took off towards the Infested ship, ready to eliminate the threat.
Spitfire laid in bed. she had come down with a bad fever as of the effect of being 'harvested' of her life force for such a massive creature.
"You show no signs of having the technocyte plague. Being sick is at best, the good part. Most people are usually struck with a fatal disease of sorts."
In the corner, Blaze felt his heart jump in his chest.
"Luckily, you are going to live." Trinity said as she looked over the pony.
"Yay." Spitfire said weakly as she tried to fall asleep, despite the Tenno addressing her.
"Now rest." The warframe told the pony as she walked out. She turned to Blaze.
"She's all yours."
"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked nervously. Spitfire giggled a little.
"Oh Blaze-y, can you get me some water?" She called to him, weakly batting her lashes at the pony.
"Might as well." He said as he trotted out.
The four dropped down in the infested ship. They looked and nodded as they ran. Mag carried the Data unit while the rest attacked any infested that advanced on them.
It wasn't long before wave after wave of them came down upon the Cell. Nyx used her shockwave to clear them at time while Frost and his Prme form powers cleared even more than what his original form could have hoped for. Mag would bring them all together while Excalibur would swing his sword to kill them.
Nyx blocked and countered an attack with her Cronus and saw their leave.
"Move." She said. The group follwed as they ran through a set of doors with a swarm of Chargers and Runners following.
'This act!' The Stalker thought. He merely sat on his knees in the middle of the room.
'They've done nothing! Yet, they must die!' He sat without movement.
'How could they go on! They brought all of this here with them!'
Mag inserted the data unit. The rest held off a Disruptor as a call was made.
"Tenno, Ash and Trinity need your help. the Grineer stole Corpus technology and are invading Canterlot." Lotus called.
"We will proceed." Mag told her.
Frost sliced the beast with his Reaper Prime just as the lights flickered.
"HAYDEN!" A mad voice yelled throughout the ship.
"Hurry. We will not interfere." Excalibur said as they ran to the Evac.
"DO NOT RUN! IT'S ENDING HERE!"
It was that voice, that didn't belong to any Tenno, but more of a human.
Excalibur's former self recognized it as he clutched his head. Mag stopped just as the Stalker appeared.
"Excalibur! Go!" She said as she readied her sword only to be cut down by the Stalker.
"You're dying now Hayden!" The Stalker, now calmed from his recent kill, said to his former ally.
Ice formed around his feet as Excalibur stumbled up and ran off.
The team made it to the pods only to see The Stalker run in.
"Take off." Frost said as the pods flew off.
The vacuum didn't affect the Stalker as he jumped out and onto the pods.
"Tenno, you are being directed back to Canterlot." Lotus told the team in their pods as they flew back.
The Stalker raised his Hate on as soon as he stood up on the pod.
He swung.
A pain ripped into Nyx's arm as the pod was torn by a jagged blade. The alert went of along with a 'Brace for Impact' warning. Nyx braced as the pod hit the ground.
Sharp Edge saw the pod hit the ground, only to dodge a hammer swing.
"Try better pony." The Grineer commander said from within the metal suit. It held it in both arms and looked down upon the unicorn.
Edge back flipped to avoid the attack the shattered the ground. It seemed to actually hide him.
"Where are you?" The soldier taunted.
Edge jumped on top and stabbed him through the suit with his blade. The suit fell with the soldier inside dead.
The pony got up and ran off.
Nyx dragged herself out of the wreckage. A fire burned around her from the destroyed pod.
He cut her arm off.
Nyx's right arm was taken off when the blade tore through her pod. She couldn't even stand up and let alone fight.
"Sweet Celestia." A pony called out.
The Warframe looked up to see Edge looking at her.
"I'll get help!" He said as he was about to run off.
"Don't." Nyx said. "All they'll do is watch me die." She claimed.
"Come." She called him over. Edge walked over by her and listened to what she was about to say.
"My life of fighting for what's right has been a long one. Most of which I cannot remember." She said. "To think my end would be fighting for those who have seen dangers from worlds that aren't there's is quite an honor."
Edge nodded.
"But you fight for them, so they don't have to fear it. Just like us." She began to sound weak. "Which is why..."
Using her arm, she reached onto her back and pulled her Cronus out. She held it forward to Edge.
"I wish for you to inherit my blade."
Edge was lost for words. He took it with his magic and attached it on his back.
"Now go fourth, honorary Tenno. Your fight awaits you."
Nyx fell silent after that.