Lotus looked at the sky with a look of horror as a Fomorian ship flew downwards.
"This is it." She said as she turned back to the remaining Tenno. "The final battle is here. We're gonna start it off by taking down that ship."
Excalibur, Frost, Trinity and Volt stood in line. A crowd of ponies gathered in the throne room, even the foals were there to watch their new-found guardian take on his final mission in this world.
"You all leave in three minutes." Lotus informed as she walked off.
The ponies attempted to talk to the Tenno, though they didn't do a good job at responding.
"So is this 'goodbye' Mr. Lightning Bolt?" Scootaloo asked Volt as he checked his weapons.
"Negative. We will return to finish this fight after. Then we part ways."
A few foals began to cry a little. The emotion-devoud Tenno knew why. They all grew close since he saved them from a Grineer trooper who shot their teacher. Though, he always knew what to say.
"Do not worry. No matter how far I am, I am with you as much as you will with me." He told them as the pods docked on the balcony.
"Well good luck Mr. Lightning Bolt." Sweetie Belle said as she hugged his leg, the other young ones did the same. They said they're goodbyes and waved as he walked to the pod.
"We love you."
"You're the best."
"I want to be like you when I grow up."
Just as he was about to board, he turned around and waved gently to them. They all waved back as he boarded and the doors sealed shut.
"Alad, you may begin your assault on all ships except the Fomorian. The Tenno plan to take it down." Lotus informed as the firing began. Ash and the ponies watched as the sky became a battlefield.
"Lotus, you must know that you can't simply take out a Fomorin with one team, right?" Alad asked over the comms.
"Well we don't have much." She said while trying to stay calm.
"Affirmed, good luck Lotus. Please take good care of our offer." Alad told her.
"Nova is in good hands." She told him.
She looked back to see the dormant Warframe in a deep slumber.
Excalibur and Volt lead the cell through the halls while blasting Grineer. They had boarded five minutes ago and the Grineer found them. Their forces were relentless as the team sliced and shot their way through the teams.
"The core is dead ahead. Keep moving." Lotus told the team.
"We appear to have such high attention. Perhaps a V.I.P. is here." Frost suspected as he shot a Grineer in the head with his Braton prime. Trinity jumped back to avoid a Scorpions swing and shot him dead. Volt sliced down a Lancer as Excalibur stopped a roller mine dead in it's tracks.
"We should move though." Volt suggested. He shot off one last magazine before pulling out his sword to slice away a Trooper.
"Lets." Excalibur said as he shot a Grineer in the head with his Lex.
They moved on to the next room to be greeted by more soldiers. Though, they were being lead by someone this time.
"TENNO!" He screamed at them as they opened fire.
"General Sargus Ruk, last seen by Sharp Edge when he was taken hostage." Excalibur informed while in cover.
"Tenno. Must you fight... along side... greedy Corpus.... They will... betray you." He tried to convince as he too fired at them.
"We must distract him." Frost said.
"I will." Trinity told him. "You will go. I will make my way to evac soon after you begin to destroy this ship."
"Then good luck." Excalibur said.
Trinity quickly gave them blessing as they charged through. Trinity fired at Sargus Ruk and got his attention long enough for the three to make their way to the fuel core.
She fired at him with her Burston and ducked down to avoid an exploding grenade and slid out of cover. The warframe poked her head out to dodge a bullet from the General. Using her sidearm, she suppressed his fire and ran from cover to cover.
Ruk decided that this Tenno will simply die and walked off and let his squad deal with her.
The team made their way to the fuel core. It's yellow glowing cell lit the room as the three approached it. Excalibur turned to Frost and nodded as he gave him a corrupter unit. They placed it in and waited as Lotus gave them a timer of one minute and thirty seconds.
Swarms of marines flooded the room as both sides opened fire. The Tenno ran to dodge enemy fire while eliminating them one by one. An Evisirator fired sawblades that were jumped and flipped over by Volt as he sliced the Grineer down. Frost slammed one blade down with his Reaper Prime and killed the marine without ease. Excalibur slash dashed his way into a group before using the radial javelin.
As soon as the time was up, all marine were dead. Yet the ship only felt as if it lost power.
"Tenno, the ship is only merely damaged from our corrupter unit." Lotus informed.
"How are we to bring down this ship now?" Excalibur asked.
"More power." Volt answered.
The electric Warframe put his hands on the unit and put electricity into it to charge it. It glowed to show it was working, thought Volt grew tired and let go, only to show that he seemed to power up the ship even more.
"Volt, you could have overloaded the ship. Fall out now." Lotus ordered.
"Would an overload destroy this ship?" he asked the question Lotus knew he had to ask.
"Yes." She said as she cut communications with him for good.
"Volt, doing so will cost your life." Frost said.
"So be it." He said as he turned around and put his hands on the Unit. "Brothers and sister, you are needed down there for our last fight on this planet. It saddens me that I will not join you." He said as he lowered his head. "But the Tenno know a fallen brother adds strength to ones will."
The two nodded at him. "Volt, what shall we tell the young ones?" Excalibur asked.
Volt lowered his head even more. "Tell them... that... Mr. Lighting Bolt will miss them very much and that... he had to go... and for them to remember that no matter how far I am, I am with them as much as they are with me."
"Good luck brother." Frost said as he and Excalibur ran off. Volt began to push all his strength into putting electricity into the unit and the core.
Light and parts of the wall began to blow out as explosions rocked the ship. Excalibur and Frost ran with the alarm sounding and saw Trinity up ahead. She lead them to the evac room as they hurried into the pods.
Ruk watched from the bridge of a Galleon as the Fomorian began to explode. He knew it was all or nothing from here on.
Volt ignored all explosions as he put more voltage into the fuel core.
All of them. From Rumble watching the stars with him to Apple Bloom asking if he was alright. the joy of Button being reunited with his mother. them giving him hugs goodbye.
All of the memories flooded through his mind at once. it wasn't fair to never be able to see them again after all he did for them. Yet, the Tenno knew he had to due this so they can go on.
Even if it was without him.
"Even though I'll never know what's up ahead, I'm never letting go." He said as he forced the last of his energy out.
It was the explosion heard around Equestria.