Boom
"That one's for Kat!"
Boom
"That's for Jorge!"
Boom
"That one's for Carter!
Boom
Emile sat at the massive driver emplacement, blowing up every Covenant ship he sees to kingdom come. Emile was never one for emotions, he always hid his with some humor. But something inside him snapped. At this very moment, he couldn't hold back anymore. The Covenant killed his only friends. It seemed only fair that he does the same.
"ALL OF YOU WILL FUCKING DIE!" Emile roared, continuously firing at the alien ships.
After he cleared the platform, he opened his comms.
"Six, you still there? Get the package to Keyes. I'll cover your escape." Emile explained, knowing fully that if he stayed behind he'll surely die.
There seemed to be a brief pause, before he heard a reply.
"Affirmative. Noble Six out."
He then got an alarming message from Captain Keyes.
"Cruiser, adjusting heading for the Autumn! Noble Four I need fire on that cruiser or we're not getting out of here! Do you copy?"
Emile looked out to the horizon and saw the approaching Covenant cruiser, its shadow looming over the barren wasteland.
"You'll have your window sir." Emile replied.
As Emile prepared to fire at the cruiser, a Covenant dropship appeared and rained fire on one of the two evac Pelicans. One went down. Emile, scared for the safety of his possibly last surviving teammate, paused firing and looked for him at the platform. As he saw Six crawl away from the burning wreckage of the downed Pelican, he failed to notice that the Covenant dropship was right on top of him. By the time he did notice, it was already too late. Two Elites, Zealot class, landed on the massive gun emplacement. Emile reached for his M45 Tactical Shotgun, shouted out a war cry, and fired at the nearest Elite. As the Elite fell over and hung limply, Emile crawled out of the gun and paused to look at the Elite. He was undeniably hurt now, hanging unto life by practically a thread. Oh, how Emile despised his kind. He pushed the barrel of his gun to his chest and fired, ending his miserable life.
"Who's next?" Emile yelled out, completely unaware of the danger behind him.
All he knew next was that an Elite grabbed him and stabbed him in the chest.
Emile looked at his body, and saw the Energy Sword protruding out of his chest. But instead of pain, all he felt was rage. All thoughts he had beforehand were dispelled , and only one thought remained.
Nobody. Fucks. With Emile.
As the Elite pulled out his sword, Emile pulled out his kukri.
"I'm ready! How 'bout you?!" Emile yelled defiantly, before he proceeded to stab the Elite in the neck.
The Elite was completely caught unaware. Fueled by rage and adrenaline, Emile kept stabbing and stabbing and stabbing the Elite, until he knew for sure he was dead. After his rage fueled stabbing spree ended, Emile slumped down, slowly bleeding out from the stab wound so generously given to him by the recently deceased Elite Zealot. As his life slowly ebbed away, he looked at the two bodies in front of him. He smiled at the sight. Truly it was a work of art.
"You... you fucking bastards... you think you own us... you think you're going to win..." Emile halfheartedly chuckled.
No answer.
"Well news flash bitches" he proclaimed with a smile.
He forced his head to look at the dead Elite to his left.
"You didn't win."
He moved his head to his right.
"And you didn't win." He taunted.
Emile chuckled, before scowling.
"Did you hear me? YOU DIDN'T FUCKING WIN!" He declared defiantly.
Emile slumped even lower, and as he relaxed, he muttered out his final words before falling into a very deep sleep.
"You didn't win..."
"Hey Twilight!" Spike called out.
No answer.
"Twilight..." Spike continued to call out.
Still no answer.
"TWILIGHT!" Spike yelled.
The lavender mare with a book metaphorically glued to her face yelped in surprise.
"Spike! What was that for? You didn't have to yell at me!" Twilight scolded.
Spike groaned in exasperation, but he guessed it was expected. Whenever Twilight focuses on one thing she's stubbornly oblivious of her immediate surroundings.
"Look Twi, I was just going to say that I'm going out today to hang out with the CMC. They said they needed my help in cooking, or something." Spike explained.
"Oh, well, good luck then!" Twilight exclaimed. As her number one assistant walked out the door, Twilight called out.
"And be careful, you know how dangerous their antics can be!"
"Alright, mom." Spike joked as he closed the door of the library.
Twilight smiled. Now finally alone in the library, she can read her book quietly, with no distra-
A surge of energy washed over her. She felt like she just drank a thousand cups of coffee. She felt like she could run a marathon. She felt like she could do anything. But her new sensation departed as quickly as it had arrived, leaving the alicorn mare in a fatigued state.
"Woah..." Twilight mumbled, suddenly feeling dizzy. "That was... weird."
Twilight shook her head in an attempt to regain her equilibrium and immediately set out to find anything about sudden surges of energy in her books. Maybe one of them holds the answer...
"Hey Twiiiiiliiiiiight!" somepony called out in a sing-song manner.
Twilight groaned. She immediately knew whose voice it belonged to.
"Not right now Pinkie! I'm busy!" Twilight called out.
Twilight awaited a reply, but none came. She assumed the party pony left her alone, and continued her search for answers.
Knock knock knock
"Twilight"
Knock knock knock
"Twilight"
Knock knock knock
"Twilight"
The alicorn groaned. She knew it was too easy. Nevertheless, she had no time to talk to Pinkie right now. Her best bet was to ignore her. Maybe she'll leave after a few knocks...
108 knocks later...
Knock knock knock
"Twilight"
Knock knock knock
"Twilight"
Knock knock knock
"Twilight"
"Arggghhh! I can't take this anymore! I can't think straight with all her obnoxious knocking!" Twilight thought to herself. Giving up on ignoring Pinkie, Twilight used her usual calming technique to quell her growing migraine and opened her front door.
"Hello Pinkie! What brings you here to- oh, hello everypony" she greeted.
This was unusual for her. Pinkie wasn't the only one on her front door. Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were here too.
"Umm... what brings you all here?" Twilight asked.
"Didn't you feel it Twi?" Applejack asked.
Twilight didn't immediately catch what the farmer was asking until it dawned on her.
"Oh yeah... that energy rush... you guys felt it too? Twilight guessed.
"That's right' Applejack answered. "For I second ah felt like I could run around Equestria without breaking a sweat!" Applejack beamed, but her body language sagged immediately afterwards. "But then ah got dizzy afterwards. Ah felt like I couldn't stand on my own four hooves!"
"Same here. Did anypony else other than us felt it?" Twilight asked.
"We asked everypony else but us, but they said that they didn't feel a thing." Rarity answered.
"Well, did anypony see anything unusual lately? Anything that could lead us on what happened." Twilight asked again.
"Now that you mention it..." Rainbow Dash thought loudly, "I was trying to do an awesome trick I've been working lately, but then I saw this bright flash of light in the Everfree Forest. It was a pretty big flash, I could see it from where I was. After that, I felt the energy rush."
Twilight pondered at this. Whatever it was, it probably wasn't a good sign, especially if it was in the Everfree Forest. She needed to make a decision.
"Alright girls, here's the plan. We're going to investigate what Rainbow Dash saw in the Everfree Forest." Twilight turned to Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow, we need you to show us where you saw the flash while it's still fresh in your memory."
"Aye aye, cap'n!" Rainbow replied enthusiastically.
Twilight turned to the others. "Everypony else, follow her lead."
"Before we go Twilight, don't you think we need the Elements of Harmony?" Pinkie questioned. "I mean, whatever it was, it was powerful enough to affect us and only us."
Twilight smiled at the thought, but immediately shook her head afterwards.
"We can't Pinkie. While we're still connected to the Elements, we don't have them anymore, remember?" Twilight explained.
Pinkie Pie's mane deflated at the thought. "Oh yeah, the whole "Invasion of the Everfree Forest" thing..."
The party pony seemed sad at first, but immediately perked up faster than anypony could blink.
"Oh well! We might not need them anyway! Whatever it is, I'm sure it's something we can handle on our own!" Pinkie encouraged.
Twilight smiled at the pink pony in front of her. You could always count on Pinkie to lighten the mood.
"Now that that's settled, are we all set?"
"We're all ready Twi!" Applejack answered .
"Oh, actually, um, can I, uh, stay back, because, I need to, um... Fluttershy stuttered.
"Then let's go!" Twilight exclaimed enthusiastically, trotting off to the general direction Rainbow Dash headed off to.
Everypony else followed Twilight, and with them they carried the poor, socially awkward pegasus on their backs, completely oblivious to her quiet cries of protest.