After some time of flying, we enter Ponyville but the KGs see us and get their AA guns aimed and fire at us. One of them strike our wing and we start to lose altitude. Light Bringer teleports out of the craft.
Dust and I have no idea where but we eject the ship and are now flying using our wings. Dust and I fly past all the Anti-Air guns and are now landing to continue trotting. I look back and I see that no one is following, so Dust and I continue to trot.
In a different part of the sector, the one Dust and I are nearing, two mare ponies are confused a little about what is going on.
"Ahh, what a bright and shiny day." A mare with a cute pink mane and tail trots out of her house looking around.
"Hey Alice!" Another mare with a red and blue mane and tail tells her.
"Skies!" Alice runs up and hugs. "How are you doing today?"
"I'm doing well Alice, however I hear loud noises but can't see anything. Can you tell me what's going on?" Skies asks because she's blind.
"Sure thing." Alice says as she looks around. "Hm, all I see is red robots in the air fighting with Wonderbolts so maybe a training session."
"Oh, well alright I'll be careful not to get in the way. I have to go now, see you later Alice." Skies tells her as she begins to fly off, completely undetected by the KGs.
Alice then starts to trot down the street to have a relaxing trot when out of no where, a KG lands and aims at her. "Ha! That's a joke." Alice laughs as she charges dark magic and fires at it disintegrating the enemy.
Then a few more land. But Alice simply kills them. However the KGs have had enough, so they come in with an elite team. Alice begins to have trouble, however, she has a magical shield protecting her so she will be fine for a while but not for long. The KGs fire at her but the bullets simply ricochet and bounce off.
Alice uses her magic as much as she can, but slowly starts to fail. Her shield zapping on and off. As I trot, I see Alice and gallop towards her. I draw a sword jump up and slice through two of them. I whip around to face the KGs that are now around me. I put my wings up to protect Alice. She looks up at me and is stunned.
The KGs position themselves. I draw another sword and cross them in front of me trying to intimidate them. One charges at me but I put my blade into his path and the unit is destroyed. The others fire at me, but I turn on a small shield and hit the bullets back at them using my wings.
I then charge and spin myself cutting a bunch of them. One sneaks past me and gallops after Alice. Seeing he’s the only one left, I gallop, jump and land with my back towards him. With the power of sense, i strike downward with my sword and it goes through the robot killing it.
Alice’s shield turns off as she looks up at me. I look back down at her smiling warmly. “Are you alright?” I ask.
“Y-yes I’m fine. Thank you. I thought i had them but they overwhelmed me.” Alice answers.
Suddenly in pain, she looks down holding her horn. “Ahh, it, it burns.”
“Will you be alright?” I worry.
“I just need to lay down and i should be alright.” She tells me.
“I can fly you to safety if you would like.” I offer.
‘No, no. Its alright, i can handle it.” Alice tells me.
“You sure?” I question.
“Yes I’m sure.” She answers.
“Well alright I’ll be on my way. Take care.” I tell her.
“I will.” She tells me then trots off.
Dust then lands next to me and i turn to look at him. “Alex, w-what happened, you just flew off in another direction leaving me.”
“Sorry dude, saw trouble in this area and i needed to help.” I lie trying to hide the fact that i actually wanted to help Alice who I saw was in danger.
“Oh. And everything is alright now?” He asks.
“In this area yes. Hey lets keep going.” I order.
“Right!” He agrees. So, Dust and I jump up and take into the sky nearing Cloudsdale.
Alice looks around to make sure she isn't being followed. Then starts to think to herself. “I, I think I like him. He saved me and was the only one out of everyone that could’ve. Hm, I wonder where he went. One minute he’s there, the next he’s gone. Damn, I never even got his name. That’s ok, I’ll run into him again, i think. But still, I want to meet him again. I felt something strong between us when he came to help me. Its hard to explain in words what i feel. I've just never felt it before. Its just wow.”
Dust and I finally land in Cloudsdale and find Spitfire. We tell her everything that we know and that has happened. We then tell her about the floating station above us. “I see.” Spitfire begins.
Spitfire then hands me the keys to a vehicle. "Yes I did see your blueprints for it and yes I did make it." She tells me.
"You mean the Hellcat cruiser?" I question.
"Yup that's the one." Spitfire confirms.
"Where is it located?" Dust asks.
"Right over their." Spitfire points to a ship landed and idling on the landing platform.
Dust and I trot over to look at it. "Nice." Dust says.
"This puppy is a monster of a fighting ship. And when not in use for weapons, it makes an awesome ship to cruise in." I tell him as I climb into the driver seat.
Dust climbs into the back turrets and turns them on. I put the key in and turn. The ship turns on and I set it to slowly fly upwards. Thrusts come out from underneath lifting it like a helicopter taking off. I then turn off the bottom thrusts and turn on the back having the ship fly forward as I angle it upwards towards the location of the KG factory.
As we near the base, flying units, tanks and AA-guns open fire. I avoid the shots as I make maneuvers. Dust opens fire using the rear turrets taking out some of the tanks. I load a Torpedo, aim and fire at one of the supports. The propeller explodes and I notice a flicker as it's destroyed. “Their is a shield and destroying all four supports will bring the shield down.” I think to myself.
As i pilot the Hellcat, Dust takes aim and fires at another support destroying that one. “Haha! Yes!” We both chant.
Suddenly, an AA gun hits our side panel and the wing catches fire. I Quickly shut it down and we are now going at a slower speed. I load another Torpedo and fire at the third support. It hits and the support crashes on most of the defense turrets around the base. Dust turns the turret and is now aimed at the last one. He takes aim and fires. In a frenzy, the bullets shoot out and the support is destroyed.
I then see the shield go out, so i gun it to the landing platform, at the same time, being careful not to overheat the damaged wing. As i move in, Dust take the turret and aims forward shooting anything that’s in the way. After the LZ (Landing Zone) has been cleared, I land the ship and trot out. Dust gets up and climbs down and follows me into the base.
We quietly trot through the door looking at our corners making sure no one will sneak attack us. When we fully enter the base, we see KGs everywhere. I take aim and fire killing a unit. After all are alert, Dust and I gallop in fire at whatever moves. Metal pieces and robot parts fly everywhere.
One gets a shot into me and it burns, but i keep fighting. After the room is cleared, we have to cross a bridge that separates the base to another part of the base. Dust and I slowly trot across it being careful.
When getting to the other side, we look up to see turrets aimed at us. As the turrets fire at our position, I grab a Thermal Detonator and toss it over blowing a hole in the wall for me and Dust to gallop too. After entering, i whip my hoof into a guard standing there and knocking him out of balance. Dust fires his hidden blade into the guard on his side. When the guard i hit looks back up, i punch him upwards then punch him straight in the muzzle.
He slides across the ground having a bloody muzzle. He looks to his side and breaks a piece of glass and pulls out a flamethrower. He hits the trigger and fire spews everywhere. Dust and I fly up into the air and wait for a few seconds. The moment the flames die down, i fly fast and low with my hoof out. Moments later, i strike the enemy into the stomach knocking him off the base and he falls to his doom.
After that, Dust finds a vent and looks through it. He sees another part of the base. So i trot over and cut a hole for us to go through using a laser i had with me. Dust and I jump down and look around. Then i here jet-packs turn on right from behind us. I look back and see they are KG air units with Gauss Cannons strapped to their backs.
They take aim and fire. Dust and I jump backwards dodging the mini explosions. The KGs start to charge at us, but Dust and I jump up as they ram into a wall. While I’m in mid air, i pull out an Energy Sword and stab the KGs jet-pack as i land. Upon removing the sword, the jet-packs go crazy and raise two of the three, seeing that Dust copied my move, and sends them into the air into a fiery explosion. The last one then gets another and frenzy fires at us. Dust and I do our best at dodging but begin to get overwhelmed due to the floor getting cracks and falling apart because of the impacts of the Gauss Cannon.
When i see the time is right, i pull out my Energy Sword and deflect one back at the KG unit. It hits him and sends him off balance. I then take my sword and throw it at him. The throw is successful and it was able to puncture the jet-pack He flies up out of control and explodes. I check and see that the coast is clear, so Dust and I keep moving forward. We run into some more enemy and even KG dispensers but by luck we get through. Finally, I find the control room and quietly enter.
"Strange, rooms empty." Dust tells me.
"Yeah your right. Kinda odd of the enemy to leave the most important area unguarded." I reply back.
"You were saying." A mysterious robot voice speaks out as I hear it hovering over us.
I look up to find that's it's Errol "You!" I call him out in despise.
"That's right it's me and this whole factory is mine. It will make and send KG units forever. Hehehe." He laughs.
"Not if Dust and I can help it!" I shout at him.
"Oh, and how are you gonna do that?" He questions.
I then fly up and punch him right across the face and then fly to his other side and punch him again right in the back of the head. Then I fly, grab him and throw him into the controls. He gets mad.
"Alright, you asked for this." He hits a button and dark creatures come from one of the tunnels and attack me and Dust.
I fight them but they are strong. One grabs me by the wing and throws me at Dust. I look up and shoot my gun at them. They dodge then come flying right at me and Dust. Quickly, I turn around and buck it right in the head. The force throws it into an electric gate killing it.
I grab Dusts hoof and help him up. We are then back in our fighting poses fighting off the others, which we do and win. Errol then runs to another control panel and hits another button sending a mix of the creatures and KGs to fight us.
Dust and I fight off the KGs first then begin to fight the dark creatures. As I struggle to fight, I wonder what the heck are these dark things. Eventually, Dust and I do fight them off but are severely hurt. "Give up, I win!" Errol laughs at our weakry.
After he laughs, my eyes turn red and my mane starts to flow with electricity. "You want to go! I'll beat you right NOW!"
Then Dust jumps at me and pins me down to the ground. "Alex snap out of it. He's doing this on purpose. Remember, when someone turns dark, it hurts their good and they stay evil for a long time."
I blink my eyes a few times then they go back to normal. "Ugh, s-sorry Dust."
"It's ok, just remember he is manipulating with you. Well, trying to. Just use your anger into your strength for good not bad."
"Got it." I tell him, as he gets off me.
I get up and look at Errol as he is just about to punch Dust and I. Quickly, I grab my Energy Sword and slice upwards cutting his chest and sending him back. He lands on a control unit and it explodes. After the first one goes, a chain reaction happens and all of them go off. I look to my right seeing a portal that leads outside. "Dust go save yourself, he's mine."
"Alex, don't do this." Dust cries back.
Out of nowhere a huge chunk of metal falls and crashes between us breaking the glassy ground and sending Dust backward closer to the portal. I get up and go after Errol Dust begins to jump towards me, but I push him away and he lands right in front of the portal. I grab a Detonator and throw it at the other side blowing up the rest of the ground.
Dust, thinking it was gonna hit him, jumps backward and enters the portal getting sent to where I parked the Hellcat. As things explode around him, he has no choice and gets in and flies away. I pin Errol to the wall and punch him. Punch after punch over and over. He then punches me in the stomach and uses his small cannon on his robotic hand to fire and shoot me. I get hit and fly across the ground. Just before falling through the crack, I grab the edge and hold on.
Errol walks over and steps on one of my hooves. The pain makes me let go so I hold on with my other. "Errol please don't."
"To bad." He smirks then steps on my last one. I let go and begin to fall, but quickly shoot a grappling hook to the top. I then climb back up and jump kick him in the back. He flies forward and I pick him up and throw him at the portal’s mainframe. The portal shuts off and Errol gets zapped heavily with electricity. He gets up and jumps to hit me, but I punch in a downward motion on to his back making him crash onto the ground.
He closes his fists together and punches me in an upward motion as he jumps up sending me backwards. I land and look to the left of me to find a pipe. I pick it up and uses it as a staff. I gallop and thrust it forward hitting Errol then hit him up and back down. Then I take the staff and whip it across his face knocking him down. I then kick him up and bat him as he's in the air. He flies and hits the wall cracking it.
He gets up and fires a shot at me but I bat it away, gallop, jump up and smash the pipe on him bending it. He quickly then punches me a few times in the face then grabs my body and knees me in the back injuring me severely. He then throws me across the ground. He sees the pipe and kicks it up to him and takes it. "Not bad fighting, I must say you are good, however the ties have turned." As he walks towards me, I use my dark power to strengthen my body then turn my tail into a mace as my mane flows with electricity. Meaning I'm not full dark, I'm just controlling what powers I use.
I purposely stay still and weak then when Errol gets close enough, I jump-spin and smash his chest with the spike ball at the end of my tail which sends him flying right into the power core. Him landing their damages it and the power goes berserk. Me seeing that, I turn back into normal and run for an eject pod but then BOOM! The factory explodes.
Star Dust looks behind him and sees a bright flash as the KG factory falls apart. “Alex, NOOOO!!!!” He cries. Dust slowly turns his head back to watch where he is flying. After sometime, he lands the ship in the hanger and slowly trots out.
Other ponies look up at the flash and watch the factory come down and crash near the mountains. The Wonderbolts finish off the rest of the KGs and begin to rebuild. The Changelings finish off what's left at their village and also begin to rebuild. Dust trots through Ponyville with his head down and all he does is trot over and sits down by the river and does nothing but look at it as small tears run down his face.
One pony in particular sees him and trots over shyly. She knows however that Dust is my friend after seeing him with me, so she sits down and talks to Dust. “Hey, are you ok?” She kindly asks.
Dust slowly turns to see who it is then back at the water shaking his head sadly. “What's wrong?” She asks. “Oh, and my name is Alice by the way.”
“W-well, I lost a great friend that sacrificed himself for everyone…” Dust tells her.
“Oh… I’m sorry to hear that.” Alice hugs him. “Um, what was his name? If that’s ok to ask.”
“Alex was his name. He went down as a war hero.” Dust sadly answers.
“The one that saved me when i was attacked?” Alice jumps.
“Y-yes…” Dust tears up again.
Alice then grabs Dust and hugs him tightly also crying. “I was hoping to see him again. B-but…” Dust wipes her tears away. “I know…”
As the two ponies shed tears for me, I fall from the sky and land right into the water in front of them, making a big splash. Alice and Dust quickly jump and look in as they see me sink. Alice quickly jumps in and pulls me out, as my eyes are closed. “Alex!” They both call my name but get no response. Alice checks my pulse and sees that its pulsing and my heart is working, however I’m unconscious.
“What do we do?” Dust asks.
“Help me carry him to my place. I’ll treat him.” Alice tells him.
“Alright.” Dust agrees.