The almighty, devilishly handsome and insanely gifted Spirit of Chaos; Discord awoke from his bed with a big yawn. Smacking his lips he stretched. His joints squeaked like a rubber duck as he creaked them. Slowly he removed himself from his bed. He snugly placed his feet into his slippers, hoof made by Fluttershy. Yawning once again he shuffled his way to a sink that had appeared out of thin air. A snap of his fingers and a toothbrush with toothpaste on it came into existence in his hand.
He proceed to brush his teeth for several minutes. "Ah-hem". Discord stopped his brushing and looked up. There, standing sideways was Celestia staring blankly at him. "Every creature needs to sleep but I don't see why there is a need to sleep on the wall of the main hall."
Discord didn't answer right away. Instead he spit out the toothpaste saliva mix into the sink. "Oh come now Celestia. Would you rather have me sleep in the middle of the hall where I would be in the way of everypony." He finally replied slyly. The bed, sink, toothbrush and slippers disappeared in a blink of the eye. Discord floated off the wall, landing on the floor next to the Princess.
"You shouldn't be sleeping in the hall to begin with." She replied flatly. She didn't believe she needed to remind Discord how busy the day was going to be. Repairs, meetings, Court and paperwork was all Celestia could see in her future. There was however the task she had asked Discord to complete thus her main reason she had searched for discord, finding him asleep in the most unlikely of places. "Did you deliver the books?"
Discord raised a spoonful of pancake up to his mouth. "Yes, and I met that Exo that is helping her. For being an A.I. he looks quite good in an apron." Celestia was less attentive of what Discord had just said an more so attentive to the fact she was now in her pink bathrobe sitting at the dinning room table with a stack of syrupy pancakes in front of her.
She stared at the plate for a few seconds before throwing caution to the wind. She hadn't eat much for the last few days. She didn't even mind using the spoon that happen to be the only silverware given. "SO how is she?" Celestia asked before taking a bite of the sweet syrupyee goodness.
"She was asleep when I arrived but she is a strong mare I know she's fine."
"PULL UP, PULL UP, PULL UP!!!!"
"I'm Trying, I'm Trying!!"
"AHHCOO." Discord sneezed, sending bubbles out of his nose.
"Heavens bless you." Celestia said, consuming another piece of pancake.
Thank you."
The two of them continued to eat until the door to the hallway opened up letting the white, blonde manned Unicorn stallion walk in. "Oh Aunt Celestia I was wondering where you were."
"What is it Blueblood." Celestia said in a more tired tone then she would have liked to replied in.
"I-I was wondering if you knew were the acquisition forms were for the repairs to the city." Blueblood's ears flatten and he broke eye contact with Celestia. He was nervous, he had ask his Aunt for things in the past but never was it related to anything business related.
Discord raised a brow. He knew of Blueblood and his pompous character. What a change if Discord didn't know any better he would think this pony was actually a Changeling.
"The originals are on my desk... Ink Pot can help you find them." Blueblood smiled. a genuine no alterative motive smile. "But what would you want them for? You have never asked me something like this before." The smile disappeared, replaced by a blush on his cheeks.
"Well...I...Met somepon-someponies who have been waiting for supplies to arrive to their region in the city and I just though I could find out when it will get here."
Celestia gave him a soft smile. "Then, my Little Pony I will not hold you here any longer. Ink Pot was in the throne room last I saw her so you might find her there. With an quick nodded and a thank you Blueblood dashed out of the room. Celestia couldn't help smiling. She turned back to her pancakes only to stop when she saw Discord staring curiously at her. "What?"
"Ok, I can cause instantaneous changes to all sorts of matter but for him to do a 180 without my involvement... what happened?"
"My nephew has had a life changing event." The look on Discord's face told her to go on. "During the attack Blueblood became trapped within a building. A mare found and rescued him." Celestia's tone became more somber. "During the escape she was injured badly. From what I heard she can no longer use her back legs. After Blueblood came out from hiding away from the world he found her and since then as be helping her and those around her."
Discord tapped a claw on his chin. "Not the most clique thing I heard."
Celestia just rolled her eyes. "Don't you have something to do? Like visit a friend who has been worried sick about you.
The Sprit of Chaos eye's widen. "By Joe I think your right. Well It was a nice time chewing the hay with you Tia but as they say, 'time waits for no man.' and besides your day is about to get more busy" A second later Discord was going leaving Celestia slightly confused.
"Man?" Before The Princess could contemplate why Discord use that phase in such a way there was another knock at the door. "Enter."
A Royal Guard stepped into the room and bowed. "Your highness I have an urgent message from the Boarder Guards. They report that the Queen of the Changelings is there and wises to speak with you." The Guard had not been released from his bow to see the surprise look on his Princess face. the clank of the spoon against the plate however was just as good an indicator was if he saw her face.
"How much more of this scrap do we need to get." Nox-23 complained. The Exo stood among pieces of Vex scattered around the Rain Forest like land the was Venus. He and his Ghost were giving Twilight a rundown on what to expect on Venus when they received a request from Holiday asking for Vex parts. A few minutes of walking around and they found their Vex. All twenty or so of them. Obviously they had been victorious and were now celebrating by picking up any parts that Ghost deemed worthy.
"Not much more and it's not scrap."
Nox-23 stared blankly at his Ghost. "They are pieces of fallen metal enemies... they are scrap, no matter how useful they are and besides, Twilight isn't even colleting anymore."
The Mare in question was a yard away taking note of the fauna and ignoring the dismantled Vex by her feet.
With the heavy sigh the Ghost spoke dejectedly. "Ok...fine. Holiday can probably make due with what we have."
"Oh, we're done?" Twilight called out to them as she turned toward their direction, head slightly titled. When Nox-23 nodded Twilight shamefully lowered her head. "I'm sorry. I should have collected more. It's just the Fauna here is vey different then from anywhere I have been. That's not to say that patrolling isn't interesting either. I-"
Twilight's rambling stopped the moment Nox-23 hand rubbed the top of her helmet. She couldn't feel it directly but the meaning still got across. "I'm sure Ghost can give you all the information you want on anything we come across...later." Nox-23 turned to his Ghost. "Any other requests that we can take up."
The Ghost was silent for a moment with only the sound of usual clicking sound it's body would make every once and awhile. When it did reply it's voice was dipped in confusion. "There is but there is something else that I am finding quite peculiar. Not to far away I am picking up a Guardian ship on the ground. There is no distress call or anything to indicate anything wrong but still I would like to check it out. We are in Vex territory right now, who knows what they can do."
Twilight and Nox-23 looked at each other for a second then back at the Ghost. "Led the way." they said in unison.
The Ghost lead them to the Ishtar Cliffs. The closer they got to the location they were being led to less they followed the Ghost directions and more to the sound of a song. Finally Nox-23 caught sight of a Teihard War ship at the bottom of a hill. A figure was kneeling by on of it's wings it's hands reaching into it through an open panel. The armor it wore put it as a Titan. A closer look at the armor revealed that it was the Queen's Guard set. The Titan mark was a Honor of Cormorant, the one that the Speaker would give out of Motes of Light. The only thing missing on the Titan was a helmet, though because of that Nox-23 could see that the Titan was a Exo like himself.
"Excuse me!" He called out. trying to get the titan to notice them was he and Twilight walked up to him and his ship. The Exo seemed not to hear him, focusing more on working on his ship. Nox-23 felt a tug on his leg. He looked down at Twilight.
"What type of music is that. I-I don't think I have ever heard this gene before."
"It's called Metal." The Ghost informed the young mare. She defiantly hadn't heard this type of music anywhere in Equestria. She had to admit the lyrics did draw her in.
The song eventually died down allowing Nox-23 to once again tried to get the Exo attention. "One of great classics before the Golden Age. It is very hard to find stuff as great as this now a days." The Exo turned around facing the newcomers. The Exo was a male with purple skin. A bright yellow paint splotch over his left eye. The eyes themselves were red and the light produced when the Exo talked was red as well. "Legion-59 at your service."
The sudden acknowledgement surprised the two Guardians and Ghost. "Wait you knew we were here?" Twilight vocalized the question first.
Legion-59 nodded. "Yea, saw you three out of the corner of my eye. when you first enter the Cliffs.
"Then why didn't you say anything. " Nox-23 asked disapprovingly.
Legion-59's tapped his ship with the back of his hand. "When working on a piece of art you don't take your attention off of it least you might make a mistake. I had my hand in a very delicate place I rather not damage anything in there."
"You landed your ship in enemy infested land, isn't that dangerous?" The Ghost asked.
the Exo titan shrugged. " It is for some but-" Legion-59 summoned a hand cannon to his right hand. A Merciful from what Nox-23 could tell. Legion-59 walked backward raising his weapon till it aimed at the hill across from his ship. Twilight, being the only one who really could, raised an eyebrow. A moment later a single Vex Goblin teleported into view on top of the hill. Legion fired a single shot from his gun. That single shot ended it's journey inside the Vex's Core. The Globin exploded. "-I think I can handle it..." Legion-59's voice dropped off as he eyes focused on Twilight. "You're Twilight Sparkle aren't you." Legion pointed a finger at Twilight.
"Last we checked she was unless there are any other talking ponies around here that we don't know about." Nox-23's Ghost said slyly getting a shake of the head from Twilight.
Legion-59 chuckled as he leaned against his ship. "Well what brings you here to Venus?"
"Patrol missions mostly but when Nox's Ghost detected your ship here we investigated to see why it was here."
"Well I like to tinker with my ship, learn how it works. Maybe I was a mechanic in my past life. And Venus just so happens to be my hunting ground."
Nox-23 folded his arms in front of him. "Apparently enough to land in a dangerous area and not give to shits about it."
Before Legion-59 could reply the Ghosts called out simultaneously. "Message from the Speaker to all Guardians on Venus."
There was a second of silence as the Ghosts began to broadcast the Speaker's voice. "Not to long ago, brave Guardians entered the lair of the House of Winter and defeated their Kell. Since then the House of Winter as fallen apart. Recently however, There have been reports of a massive number of Fallen and Vex in the area. It is believed that the House of Winter was something of great value within their ship. What ever it might be... we can not let the Darkness have it. I ask all Guardians on or near Venus to head to The ship find out what they are after and destroy it if need be."
Twilight and Nox-23 needn't look at each other for more the an second to recognize what the other was thinking. Next stop, Winter Stronghold. Nox-23 Sparrow materialized right besides him. He did not hesitate to jump on. The sudden weight on his back on hooves on his shoulders told him the Twilight was on the Sparrow as well. A roaring sound behind them made them look back. lifting off the ground Legion-59's Ship. Once it was a safe distance away from the ground it took off into space. At first it seem like Legion-59 had left but when the sound of another sparrow engine near to them reach their ears they instantly knew otherwise. heads turning again Nox-23 and Twilight found Legion-59 a few feet in front of them on his own Sparrow, the Helm of Saint-14 on his head.
"Let's ride!" Legion-59 said with great anticipation, ready to take down some Fallen.
The three traveled quickly on the Sparrows. The jungle quickly gave way to rocks and ruins with a few Vex here and there. The riders of the Sparrows paid them no mind and continued onward to their destination, ignoring the attempts to stop them from the Vex. Occasionally Legion-59 would look back seemingly checking that Nox-23 and Twilight were following him. After making a right turn through an oddly shaped stone structure. Legion-59 slowed down to a crawl Nox-23 followed suit.
Twilight, being out of the loop had to ask the obvious question. "Why are we stopping? Are were there yet?"
Legion-59 nodded getting off his Sparrow and walked forward. Nox-23 and Twilight did the same. upon passing a rock pillar they were treated to a battle between the Guardians and Fallen. The Guardians had taken up positions near some rock formations sticking out of the ground. to the far left of the trio. The Fallen had position themselves near and on metal walkways connecting a rock wall. The biggest of the walkways lead into a cave.
Both sides appeared to be evenly matched. What the Guardians had in quality the Fallen made up in quantity. The majority of the Fallen Forces were Shanks, Dregs and Vandals. There were however a few Captains and Servitors as well.
"Shouldn't we help them?" Twilight was as she saw a Servitor fire a large blast some Guardians only to hit a barrier a Titan popped just in time.
"Yes but we can't rush in or we will be filled with holes." Legion replied.
"Someone is contacting us...it's Roxy." The three Guardians heard Nox-23 Ghost through their helmet's comms. "I'm patching her through."
"Heya boys and mare, nice of you drop in."
"Do you need help?" Twilight asked. She raised her Shadow Price up. She wanted nothing more them to kill those monsters.
"Na we are... hold on a sec." The sound of Several shot being fire were heard through the Ghost's comm. "Yea we got it under control here. What we do need is to stop the Fallen and Vex from reaching the Ketch."
"Yes but the only path there is through the Fallen. There is to many right now to make a run for it." Legion-59 pointed out.
"Normally yes but word through the grape vine says that our mutual four legged friend happens to be very good at blinking. I'm sure I don't need to say more."
Legion-59 was confused. This Roxy person was obviously hinting at Twilight's abilities but Blinking was a short range ability, not to mention alone for personal use. Alas the only way to get his answer was from the pony herself. Turning his attention to his companions he found them in their own conversation.
"-wish they didn't call it blink though it's entirely different."
"You can't blame them. Magic is new to them. If I hadn't had seen in for myself in Equestria I wouldn't have believed it myself."
"You have a point." Twilight's horn lit as she spoke.
Legion-59 took a step toward the two about to ask them what they were planning. One blinding light later The Exo found himself along with Twilight and Nox-23 inside the cave they were trying to get into. "How did we-"
"Magic." Nox-23 and Twilight replied simultaneously. "Though I'm starting to wonder if that is going to be our Deus Ex machina for traveling." Before the thought could be taken in, Twilight began cantering deeper into the cave. "Come on, we better move before the Fallen see us." Nox-23 and Legion-59 raced after her taking her advice.
The two Exo ran through the cave trying to catch up to their Equestrian friend. A tap on his shoulder momentarily divided Nox-23 for focusing on where he was going. Without looking back he spoke. "What is it?"
"I notice Twilight is very ah... devoted to killing Fallen. I'm as much into taken them down as the next Guardian but even with just a few minutes with her I can see her she likes them less then anything else that tries to kill us."
Nox-23 debated whether or not to tell Legion. weighing his options he made his decision. "Her parents were among those killed by the Fallen when they attack her planet. Who followed me to it."
Legion-59 didn't make any sort of reply. He didn't know what to say.
The two of them final spotted Twilight and halted. Twilight herself had stopped, standing at the point where the cave opened into a large cavern. "Twilight?" Nox-23 asked gently.
Nox-23 voice snapped Twilight out of her stupor. She looked back at the Exo coming toward her before looking forward again. "It's empty in here? If the Fallen have made it this far why isn't there any here?" On cue "Shit, Shit, Shit!" someone farther up ahead yelled out. A Warlock popped into view from higher up in the cavern. Three Minotaurs teleported in firing their Torch Hammers at the Fleeing Warlock.
Legion-59 pulled out two Hand Cannons. The Chance in his Left hand and Merciful in is Right. Nox-23 pulled out his Doctor Nope and Twilight her Shadow Price. Legion and Nox-23 fired their weapons at the Vex. Twilight fired her magic pulse grenade. The first minotaur's shield was destroyed under the assault. Twilight's grenade landed near it, catching it in it's blast radius. The explosion caused the Minotaur body to send out sparks as well as make's it head explode. It however still stood. The lost of it's head only made it more dangerous. It rush forward firing it's weapon carelessly at the three Guardians. Twilight teleported while Nox-23 and Legion-59 ran away from the blasts. they did not escape completely unscathed no thanks to splash damage. The Two Exo spit up as they ran away. As the Minotaur agroed on Nox-23 Legion-59 threw a magnet grenade at the attacking Minotaur. The grenade stuck to it's arm and before the Minotaur could even react it exploded finally killing it.
While the headless Minotaur had charged the Warlock had glided away from danger. During his glide he turned around to face the other two Minotaurs. He pulled out the Truth and fired a shot at the two as they aimed their sights on the fleeing Guardians at the entrance. The Minotaurs teleported from their spot avoiding the attack entirely.
One teleported right in front of Twilight. She shrieked in surprised as it brought down it's fist upon her. Through quick thinking Twilight leaped back away. Twilight was able to avoid the fist itself but not the attack in it's entirety. The shockwave threw her small body back against the rocky wall behind her. She recovered just as The minotaur locked on to her. Nox-23 jump in right beside the Alicorn and put up a barrier. The Troch Hammer blast it harmless against the bubble. Twilight decided to take it one step farther. Her horn shot a magical light at the barrier around Nox-23 and herself. There seemed to be no change in it until another Torch Hammer blast hit it. Instead of disappearing against it the barrier bend inward at the area of impact. The Barrier continued to give till the blast was right in front of Nox-23 making the Titan step back. In a split second it shot backwards like a rubber band hitting the minotaur square in the chest.
The shield broke, leaving the staggering Minotaur open to direct attacks. Twilight ran out of the barrier. Nox-23 quickly followed not questioning the what happened... at least not yet. The two of them together brought down the Minotaur before it could correctly react. With their Minotaur down the turned to face the last one.
The Warlock once again gilded backwards away from the last Minotaur's melee attack. Legion-59 hammered away at it's shield with his Hand Cannons. The moment it's shield Disappeared the warlock glowed with a violet light. His arm pulsed with energy which he gladly released into the Minotaur, tearing it to pieces.
The battle over the four of them walked into the toward each other, meeting each other in the middle of the bottom tier of the cavern. "Well that was fun." The warlock spoke first.
Legion-59 rolled his yes underneath his helmet. "Who are you and how do you get three Minotaurs on your tail." He said in disbelief pointing at the remains of the said enemy.
"The warlock shrugged. "What can I say Minotaurs are my favorite enemy to face off against. he said in a loud sarcastic voice. "Actually I ran into them when I was leaving the cavern. Oh and the name is Zeelock." The warlock bowed.
Nox-23 looked at the Warlock from head to toe only able to identify the Voidfang Vestment that he wear. A sudden weight on his right leg broke his concentration on the warlock. He looked down to see Twilight leaning heavily on his leg. "Twilight? Are you okay?" The concern in his voice drew the other two Guardians attention to the two friends.
Twilight slowly fall back to her haunches. "Sorry. I think that last hit took more out of me then I thought." Twilight's voice was shaky and strained. Nox-23 bent down, placing a hand on her back.
"Her ability to recover is faster then a normal human but not a full fledge Guardian." Nox-23's Ghost explain to the curious Guardians watching.
"Sooo-" Zeelock tap the armored forehead with two fingers. "Are we taking five. Shall we Whip out some tea and biscuits."
Twilight shook her head vigorously. "No I'm good." Twilight tried to take a step forward but was halted by Nox-23 putting pressure on her back.
"Are you absolutely sure you are alright." Nox-23 stared sternly at Twilight through his helmet. The mare met his gaze and stared back for a moment before nodding.
"Yes, I'm sure." Her voice held no strain nor was it shaky. Instead it was full of devotion and strength.
Nox-23, satisfied stood up. "Alright Legion-59 you take point. I'll bring up the rear. Twilight stay between us and... Zeelock?" The Warlock nodded. "Um just do whatever floats your boat." The Warlock gave him a thumbs up.
Their journey through the cavern was surprisingly uneventful but as they neared the exit distant sounds of battle reach their ears. The four of them readied their weapons and raced to the outside.
Running pass a rock wall the four Guardians were introduced to the sight of their goal. A Ketch belonging to the House of Winter. The ship hovered over a large canyon. The bottom section of the Ketch was open and a ramp hung off it bridging the gap between the ship and the cliff besides it. "Wow." Twilight spurted. "That is a big ship."
"Guys! You need to see this." The owner of the voice Legion-59 stood on a jagged rock overhang. He was looking down toward the direction of the sound of fighting and waving to the rest of the team to join him. Gathering on the overhang Nox-23 Twilight and Zeelock understood what they would be facing.
Down below on the same cliff that was connected to the ship was an army of Vex and Fallen. The was, however something peculiar. Twilight Sparkle was the first to blurt it out. "The Fallen are attacking each other!"
The four Guardians had arrived in time to witness a three way battle between two Houses and the Vex. The Vex were positioned the furthest away from The Guardians. their forces were centered near a large door, using the natural rock formation as cover. One of the Fallen forces which had yellow colored armor had found their own cover near the Ketch while the other, covered in orange armor stayed near Fallen equipment positioned closer to the Guardians then the other two.
"From what I can tell It looks like what's left of the House of Winter is guarding their ship. The other House... I don't think I have seen before." Nox-23's Ghost explained to the Guardians.
The four of them watched the battle for awhile The enemy's numbers dwindle down. Normally they would have sat back till very few were left, however due to the nature of their mission, lofting around could not be afforded. "So what's the plan." Twilight looked back and forth between the others in the hopes that one of them had something.
Legion-59 had her answer. "I will go to a lower ledge and jump across, putting up a shield to draw their attention. Zeelock and Twilight will snipe them from here. Nox-23, follow me down to the ledge but wait till their numbers are lower then jump in and help clear house. When he does that I want Twilight to teleport both Zeelock and herself down and join us. any Questions?"
"Ah ha... Are you crazy they going to bum rush you down there you think you can handle that many?" Zeelock looked at the Titan curiously.
"It will be painful."
"Then wh-"
"For them."
Zeelock stared blankly at Legion-59 then turned to Twilight and Nox-23. "I like this guy, were did you find him.?"
"Just met him. lets go." Nox-23 and Legion-59 headed down the slope to the ledge below. Twilight and Zeelock watched them go as they readied their Ice Breakers.
Twilight got into position and had already chosen her victim before realizing Zeelock had paused midway crouching beside her looking down at her. "What did Legion-59 mean by you teleporting us?"
"Oh I can use a magic spell that basically works like blink but better." Twilight replied nonchalantly focusing more on the Vandal she was aiming at.
Zeelock completed his crouching. "Oh ok....wait what?" before He could get his answer the form of Legion-59 leapt across the chasm and on to the cliff below. He instantly placed up his shield, catching the attention of all the Vex and Fallen there.
"Come at me bro." Legion-59 said to himself as the Fallen closest to him ran right into the bubble firing their weapons all the while. The moment they entered the bubble was the moment they forfeited their lives. The ability of the Saint-14 helm activated, blinding all enemies who entered Legion-59's domain. The first Fallen to enter was punched to oblivion. The second one Legion-59 grabbed at the arm and swung him around, throwing him in it's brethren. But not before attaching a magnetic grenade to it. It exploded taking out several of the Fallen. After that the rest of them wised up enough not to enter the bubble and waited till it dropped. Legion-59 wasn't going to sit in his comfy little bubble. Instead he walked out of it with his LMG his Super good advice posed to fire.
meanwhile Twilight and Zeelock sniped at Fallen and Vex that were hanging back from the assault on Legion-59. Twilight went after the Fallen relentlessly. Killing a Fallen with each shot and waiting impatiently for the ammo to recharge. Zeelock on the other hand fired his sniper casually, never letting his ammo drop below 2 .
Nox-23 finally decided it was time to join the battle. He leapt into the air firing his Dr. Nope haphazardly upon the enemies. He landed on the edge just as Legion-59's bubble disappeared. Two brave Harpies flew toward Nox-23. The titian switched to his Comedian and charged the floating vex. The Harpies halted, their weapons popping out ready to fire. Nox-23 slide forward avoiding the weapon fire. As he did so he fired the shotgun point blank range of the first Harpy. It let out a mechanical scream as it was blown to bits. The second harpy met the same fate as the first before it could even attempt to escape.
A Hobgoblin teleported out of cover ready to fire on Nox-23. A single shot from an Ice Breaker from a newly teleported Twilight ended it's life. Nox-23 found another target, a goblin walking out into the open. A sudden pain in his shoulder stopped him. "NOX!" Twilight screamed. Nox-23 looked into the direction from where he was shot from. A Vandal a long distance away held up it's sniper, the building energy a tall-tell sign that it was going to fire again. Nox-23 ducked just as the shot was fired.
Twilight teleported into the sky, she though back her head with a purple light. A second later her had shot forward unleashing a beam of magic energy to the remaining House of Winter. With that taken care of Nox-23 turned back to his target. Only to find it destroyed by Zeelock and Legion-59.
A quick scan of the area revealed that they had wiped the Fallen and Vex out. "Nox!" Twilight yelled out again rushing toward him full throttle. Once she was close enough she slammed down all four of her hooves on the ground some sliding across the ground till she was right in front of Nox-23 "Are you ok. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I should have seen the Fallen hiding. how badly hurt are you. I learned a few hea- no they wouldn't work on you."
"whoa, whoa, whoa." Nox-23 waved his heads in front of him trying to calm down the erratic mare. "I said I was okay. It's not like I haven't been hit by a sniper before. It happens even when I'm in groups." Twilight had stop her mindless rambling but Nox-23 could feel the stare of the unconvinced pony through their helmets. " and besides I'm already healed anyway. quick healing remember. Close calls like this always happen we Guardians just learn to not fret over it and move on." Twilight stared at him for a few more seconds before breaking contact and sighing. Everything seem to being cooling down until Twilight jerked upright. Twilight once again was trading glances with Nox-23 before slowing turning her head to the side. Nox-23 followed to see what was the matter.
Only a few feet away stood Legion-59 and Zeelock. "Oh don't mind us, go on finish your lover's quarrel. we'll wait." Zeelcok said slyly. Legion-59 nodded sagely in agreement.
That day They leaned just how much an angry, embarrassed Alicorn can lift with her levitation spell. Nox-23, having escape the Princess's wraith watch in amusement as Legion-59 and Zeelock ran around dodging objects that were being thrown at them. "AHOY!" A feminine voice called out to the Guardians below. Twilight halted her assault on the two Guardians who were just about have their faces rearranged by a Pike. The three of them looked up to see who had interrupted/saved them. Nox-23 own vision fell open a lone figure standing on top of a overhang. It only took a second to recognized that it was Roxy.
The woman took a few steps back the ran off the over hang gliding down to them. Zeelock and Legion-59 quickly stepped out from underneath the floating Pike just in time to avoid being crushed by it as Twilight subconsciously released her magic on it. Roxy finally landed, looking around at the results of the battle. "You guys clean up pretty good."
"we aim to please." Legion-59 replied. "I guess you are done with the Fallen out front?"
Roxy nodded. "Hey the others should be here soon. I just took a running start just incase you needed me. Did you find out what They were after?"
The four teammates shook their heads. "No... we were just settling a disagreement just before you came." Zeelock coughed, interrupting Twilight though it sounded like a word pertaining to a bull's bodily function made it's way into it. "We are going to do it now.
"alright." Roxy turned around ant started to walk away from the group. Her head turned to the side as she address them again. "I'll go tell my team that everything is clear here. You guys go on and complete the mission before my guys try to take it from you." The female warlock said mirthfully then took off toward the cavern.
The four Guardians turned around to face the Ketch. It's massive size did nothing to diminish their resolve to enter it. As one they took a step forward toward their goal.
Surprisingly the ship was mostly empty besides the corpses that littered the ground. They had all died fighting against each other in the attempt to gain power over the House that was left by the death of their Kell. A few Shanks wondered about aimlessly but easily dealt with. Searching the ship brought up no physical object that appeared to be so important that the Fallen and Vex would risk themselves to obtain. This meant they were looking for was digital.
Within the throne room they found a Minotaur length console that looked promising. Legion-59's Ghost appeared out of thin air and begun hacking through The Fallen's systems. After what felt like forever the Ghost spoke. "I think I found something." The Guardians, who had been pacing about due to boredom quickly gathered around the small A.I. "I found coordinates to another Solar system, one with two planets."
"Not to sound rude or anything but what is so special about it?" Zeelock asked.
"That's what I though when I first found it but after a look into the information the Fallen have collected I can see why they would be interested. Based of their scans of the planets it is surrounded by an unknown energy but farther scans show rich mineral deposits and some unidentified materials that would be worth investigating."
The discovery of a new and potential useful solar system would be an interesting prospect to some but for Twilight and Nox-23, it was evidence that kept piling up. "d-do you know where they got this information from?" Twilight asked, her voice wavering with collage of emotions.
The Ghost took note of mare's status but answered dutifully. "It's was intercepted from a unknown House, most likely the one we saw today." Twilight's muscles tensed up. Memoires of that day returned to her as she shifted though them for some correspondence between the two. Was the armor that the Fallen wore orange. That day was such a blur to her she couldn't sure if they did or if it was her own mind making her think it was the color that she saw. Nox-23's Ghost decided to completely and fully confirm what it, it's partner and Twilight were thinking.
"Can you send me the data?" A millisecond later it was received. "It's as we thought." It was give two confused glances from the curious Guardians. "This Solar system is were Twilight comes from."
Legion-59 and Zeelock stared down at the mare in silence. Twilight looked straight back at them. "I haven't seen any of your mapping systems so I don't know what to look for but if Ghost says it is then it probably is." The mare spoke distantly, like she was only half listening to what was being said.
"You're serious?" Legion-59 asked, politely.
"Very." Nox-23 Ghost answered promptly.
"Okay, and since we are on the subject, why hasn't the Tower been given any of this information or any other information pertaining to This world of magical talking ponies." Legion-59 folded his arms over his chest. He had be curious to why there was a lack of Intel on newest ally to the Guardians. Now was his chance to get the answer. Apparently he wasn't the only one.
Twilight Sparkle turned her head up towards the Ghost. "You haven't released the information that you gathered about my world? Everything you got came from the Crystal Empire Public Library. I don't see why at least some of that information could be shared."
"I can answer that." Nox-23 stepped up next to his Ghost. "Ghost and I decided to withhold any information-" Nox-23 looked down at Twilight. "To protect you."
Twilight stared back at Nox-23 slacked-jawed but before she could respond Nox-23 once again spoke. "I hold nothing against either of you or anyone else Twilight and I many end up teaming up with but if we were to give out information about a new traversable world what do you think people well do?"
"Uh Guys."
"They would rush to it." Twilight and Legion-59 said at the same time.
"Exactly. Equestria is recovering from the attack and the other nations hadn't even been informed when Twilight and I left. Thwy aren't ready. "
"The number of traveling Guardians will catch the attention of our enemies. Who knows what would happen if they converge on the Planet." Legion-59 added in is inner thoughts.
"GUYS" Zeelock yelled jumping up and down to get the others attention. The three Guardians and two Ghosts finally took notice of their friend. "Aren't you forgetting something?" Zeelock only received blank stares. The warlock sighed. "What else were we fighting against not to long ago?"
"VEX!"
"By Joel I think they finally get it."
Twilight felt the fur on her back rise up. "Wh-why would the Vex be here. do they know about the coordinates?"
"Legion-59 shook his head. "Truthfully, who knows. I've been on Venus longer then most Guardians and even I don't know a lot about them. The could have just been trying to obtain more territory or maybe they did find out that the Fallen had something and they took interest in finding out what it was. Unfortunately, without anything to go on all we can do is wait till an opportunity to arise to find out more."
"I agree." Nox-23 spoke. "I don't know about you guys but I rather not stay here any longer then we have too." He shot a quick glance at Twilight. "Let's head home."
Several hours later Legion-59 Stood in front of a large metal door. The dank atmosphere and the strange looks from by-passers did not bother him in the slightest. He was used to it now, he had nothing to fear. The door finally opened and emerging from it was a voice. "She will see you now." Acting upon the invitation Legion-59 entered the room beyond the door.
It wasn't much different from the rest of the place. dull, grey metal floors and an view of the outside which contained nothing but broken ships against a cloudy purple background. Two guards took positions on either side of him before the began to walk down the bridge that took them from end of the room to the other. On the other side of the room were four figures. Two were Fallen welding spears the other two were Awaken one black haired, yellow eyed male and one white haired icy blue eyed female. The male stood next to his female counterpart who instead of standing like everyone else, sat casually on large throne.
When Legion-59 reached the end of the bridge he took a knee and bowed. The Female watched him with emotionlessly as he did so. "This one has knowledge that we seek. Tell us, what you know about the Alicorn that has joined the Guardians." Legion-59 nodded to the Queen then begun his report.