Hiding himself in a small cave, HUNK was able to get away from his ‘Pursuers’ with little effort in his part. Holding the Briefcase that held the sample of Wesker’s blood close to himself, he started to plan for the most efficient outcome that can benefit him. For starters, he could just simply kill them all and save him the trouble of lurking through the volcano, or he could do the opposite and just make his way out of the volcano without them noticing him.
Pondering for the most probable outcome, HUNK was safe in his little hiding spot without a care in the world. But on the other hand, King Sombra was getting very angry and annoyed; yes he was impressed that his future champion was better than his previous one; killing about 5 Wyrm riders and 15 Goblin soldiers, but angry nonetheless. Good thing he was possessing his troops rather than facing himself front on. He already saw his champion’s potential and power, all he needed to do now is to get him to his side.
“Sir HUNK! I would only like to acquire your services!” he screamed, now possessing another Goblin Wyrm Rider. Around King Sombra lay multiple bodies of his dead troops, after moving from one body to another, he called for reinforcements. And after a good while, two Hulking Goblin brutes came out of the portal. The Brutes are called the ‘Minitour Brawlers’ almost the size of a troll and bodies bulging with hardened skin and hard muscles.
HUNK who was weighing if he should kill them or not, heard King Sombra’s words. His little hiding spot was located above where King Sombra and his Minotour Brawlers where located.
“So, he wants to hire me for a job, eh?” he whispered to himself, he then looked at his briefcase which contained the blood sample. His mission is much more important than this strange creature. So he tried to communicate with it.
“How do you know my name?” HUNK screamed, still hiding in his little spot just above them. To which King Sombra perked up and started to search for his voice.
“Are you familiar with the name, VECTOR?” replied King Sombra, who started to look around for HUNK.
HUNK was caught off guard at this, his one and only student. ‘How did this creature know where VECTOR is?’ HUNK thought to himself. To his knowledge, VECTOR disappeared right after Operation: Raccoon City, after Umbrella betrayed Delta Team. He knew that they were better than the rest, and that Umbrella was in for hell on earth when VECTOR gets ahold of them.
HUNK himself just used Umbrella as leverage, much like Ada Wong; he was not directly affiliated with Umbrella. But they didn’t know that.
“What do you know about VECTOR?” asked HUNK as he jumped from his little hiding spot, revealing himself to Sombra.
“Glad you can join us again, sir HUNK” replied King Sombra as he gave a small mocking bow, but HUNK did not answer, he only put his left hand on his gun holster.
“No need for more violence sir HUNK” said King Sombra hastily as he noticed HUNK’s hand.
“I don’t like to repeat my questions creature, either tell me, or you go find another body to possess” spoke HUNK coldly removing the safety pin of his pistol.
“Well you see, it all began when….”
***
Meanwhile, in one of the guest rooms in the Royal Crystal Castle, VECTOR has just finished preparing for the upcoming Preemptive attack on King Sombra, when a knock on his door caught his attention.
Opening the door slightly and peering outside, he saw a pink Alicorn standing outside his door.
“What do you want, Princess Cadence?” asked VECTOR
“I just want to talk, can I come in?” asked Princess Cadence
“You do know, we’re about to leave don’t you?” replied VECTOR coldly.
“Just for a minute? Please?” asked Princess Cadence. And With an audible sigh, VECTOR opened his door wider and gestured for the Princess to come in. Princess Cadence then proceeded to trot to one of the couches and sat there. VECTOR followed suit and sat on his bed just across the couch and looked at Princess Cadence.
The Two shared a little silence, when VECTOR spoke.
“So, Princess, What do want to ask me?” asked VECTOR, still looking at Princess Cadence behind his mask.
“I just want to ask, why?” she replied
“Why? Why what? Why did I punch your husband? Why did I lose my shit earlier? That’s a vague question, Princess” VECTOR retorted, pointing a finger at Princess Cadence.
“None of the above. My question is, why are you helping us? This is not your war to wage, I get that you want to help us, but. Celestia and Luna with the help of Twilight are already making preparations to get you back home. So Why?” asked Princess Cadence with a look of confusion in her eyes.
VECTOR was silent, but after a good few seconds, Princess Cadence became afraid of what happened next. VECTOR laughed, he laughed so hard he was holding his stomach. After a good while of laughing, VECTOR recovered and stood up, took his weapons and headed to the door.
Princess Cadence stood from the couch and was about to call out to VECTOR, when he stopped by the door and spoke.
“Because the Bastard, tried to hurt those that are very close to me” replied VECTOR coldly and as he was about to leave the room, he added. “Nobody fucks with my family” Closing the door, VECTOR left a Princess with a small smile on her face.
“May Faust show mercy on King Sombra” said Princess Cadence to herself.
***
At the Entrance of the Crystal Empire, 5 battalions composed of Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns gathered, and at the front was Shining Armor accompanied by five of the bearers of the Elements of Magic. And as Shining Armor barked orders and speeches alike, VECTOR appeared from the back of the battalion riding the red dragon.
And as he made his way to where Shining Armor and the rest where, He made no eye contact with Shining Armor, but was greeted warmly by the 5.
“VECTY! Are you ready to go now?” asked Pinkie Pie in her usual cheery tone of voice whilst bouncing up and down.
“Yes” he replied, he then looked at Shining Armor, who was glaring back at him. VECTOR then proceeded to walk next to him and spoke.
“Are your troops ready?” asked VECTOR flatly.
“As much as they’ll ever be” replied Shining Armor as he continued to stare at VECTOR.
“Good, here is the plan; we’ll do an improvised Pincer attack formation” replied VECTOR as he showed Shining Armor a rough draft.
“You mean to tell me, we’re going to sacrifice battalion 1,2 and 3?” screamed Shining Armor
“Not exactly. Battalion 1,2 and 3 will be more of a wall-like decoy. Earth ponies are much more resilient than any other race, correct? So what we’ll do is combine all the earth ponies of battalion 1,2 and 3 and make them the wall, the unicorns of the 3 groups will provide protective spells and the Pegisi will be the interceptor, in case any Enemies try to take out the Unicorns” instructed VECTOR
“As for 4 and 5, they’ll sandwich the enemy from behind, that’s why your group of 1 to 3 will go to the front and 4 and 5 will go to another route to the sides. We need to show Sombra that we have a bulk of a force so that we can hide the other 2” VECTOR added.
“But, I think it’s still not enough. Didn’t you say that he had like 20 Battalions of Goblins?” retorted Shining Armor.
“That’s not a problem, once I get inside I’ll go straight to Sombra. These creatures are in a hive-mind. Once I take out Sombra, they’ll panic and it’ll be easy pickings for you guys. Besides, Celestia and Luna are readying their forces as we speak. They told me they’ll join the fray together with battalion 4 and 5. We’ll make Sombra think that he is winning, THEN we strike.” replied VECTOR.
As VECTOR and Shining Armor proceeded to exchange strategies and plans of attack, Twilight and the other Princesses arrived, everypony turned to bow at the Royalty; except for VECTOR.
“Sir VECTOR, we have brought good and bad news” Spoke Princess Luna.
“The good news is, we found a way back to your world!” said Twilight with a smile.
“And the bad news?” asked VECTOR
“The tool for the transportation has been stolen from us, by non-other than King Sombra himself. We found traces of his Dark Alicorn Magic in the Royal Treasury” said Princess Celestia as she slightly lowered her head.
“No need to feel sorry Princess, It will be like killing two birds with one stone” replied VECTOR with a chuckle, but made Fluttershy ‘eep’ in response.
“Why would you kill two birds with a stone?” protested Fluttershy.
“A figure of speech, my dear” replied a familiar voice accompanied by a familiar laugh, Except for VECTOR.
And as everyone looked around for the source of the voice and laugh, a familiar creature appeared next to Celestia. Its name was Discord, The Element of Disharmony and Chaos.
“Hello my little ponies! I mis----“
BANG!
Discord wasn’t able to finish his sentence, as a bullet was found in his head.